Looking for one of these? I know where you get one (or several dozen) cheap! Amazon has them on-sale for $19.95 (plus the usual shipping fees, etc.). If you’ve always wanted one of your very own, or perhaps as a gift for a lucky family member or friend, now is the time. Imagine the look [...]

For her birthday, Kel was recently gifted a Buddha Board, which is meant for “in-the-moment” water-painting. And that’s a pretty apt description of how it works. You use a brush to “paint” with water. The board’s surface then darkens where wet and the image is revealed—but not for long! As the water evaporates, the image fades to [...]

Just giving this a bump from the second page… FF&W commercial break: The FCI Clinic at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital is revving up for August 21-23. I’m really looking forward to this Clinic, since the Marcus Daly facilities are so nice (and brand new to boot), and the Bitterroot is just a few blocks away. [...]

Sounds a bit like an opening at a university-town “alternative art” gallery, but it’s just Jeff Kennedy’s blog, “Drawing Flies 365.” And yes, all of the above can be found on the blog—first page, actually. I first met Jeff when he was just starting with his “365 flies” idea (that is, drawing or painting or [...]

My friend, and fellow casting geek, Tomonori “Bill” Higashi, e-mailed me a few months back asking if I had a good mo-cap sequence showing SLP (that would the “Straight Line Path” of the rod tip during a cast, which is actually only straight for part of the cast, and then only for casts where it [...]

Yes, the day has come. A mere 17 years after its theatrical release, you can now snag a copy of A River Runs Through It on Blu-Ray. My copy is on its way today. Here’s to hoping that a few deleted bits from the fishing scenes are back…

Had a good (if short) interview this last Friday with The Big Wild Radio Program (get the station listing here). We talked a bit about the “why and what of fly fishing” and had a quick revisit of the River Runs days (Blu-Ray release due on July 28th). The show runs an hour on the weekends (the interview [...]

The 100th Post Contest has a winner (Bill H.) who will soon be enjoying the A River Runs Through It soundtrack via iTunes. Bill’s name was randomly drawn from all of the correct answers to the question of “Name the river on which the ‘Shadow Cast’ scene was shot.” The correct answer is the “Gallatin [...]

The Portland Midnight MPR League (“PMML” on the street) was born from a desire for something more, something that would be remembered, something that would etch the names of the brave into the hearts of a city longing for heroes. The PMML is secretive, its members few. The exploits of the group on the dark and [...]

On my last (July) trip to western Montana, I was directed to some water that I had never fished. I knew about the place, had even seen the lower end of it, but had never wet a line in it. After an exploratory drive down the gravel road that parallels the flow, the stream became [...]

Yes, the milestone* has arrived! The 100th post of the (new) FF&W blog has been reached. Naturally, we at FF&W are so thrilled by this that we have to give something away. How about the A River Runs Through It soundtrack via iTunes? If you want a shot at it, you have to answer a [...]

Now this is how a hot-tub is supposed to be placed. A cast of 50 feet puts you into the Clark Fork chow-line. You might encounter issues trying to land a good fish, but otherwise it’s pretty hard to argue with the set-up. This also takes night-fishing to a whole new level (especially if you [...]

In the previous Gallatin Days post, I promised a few pix of the river’s residents, so here are two fish that defined the time… There is something about the texture and swooping form of a net that adds so much to a fish shot (as does the ”shape-shifting” effect of water). While I’ve certainly done my fair [...]

The Gallatin is often viewed as the “poor cousin” of the Madison. While the Gallatin’s waters don’t tend to yield the size of fish one might expect from the bigger river one valley over, it can still be a fun place to wet a line. Indeed, with a little exploration and a walk, you can [...]