MONTANA 2006 - PING ROGER and RIVERMAN

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:30:53 -0500, Jeff Miller
wrote:

good work roger...booking a room at the slide inn often becomes a sport
in itself. it's a great location and kelly galloup is among the best of
the u.s. flyfishermen in my opinion...i think you'll like it there.
you're really going to enjoy the western u.s. streams, especially if the
madison salmon fly hatch occurs during your stay.

So, do you and Gentleman Joe have your itinerary figured out yet?
--
Charlie Choc
234778

Charlie Choc wrote:

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:30:53 -0500, Jeff Miller
wrote:


good work roger...booking a room at the slide inn often becomes a sport
in itself. it's a great location and kelly galloup is among the best of
the u.s. flyfishermen in my opinion...i think you'll like it there.
you're really going to enjoy the western u.s. streams, especially if the
madison salmon fly hatch occurs during your stay.


So, do you and Gentleman Joe have your itinerary figured out yet?

i sent joe a note, but haven't heard from him yet. i reserved a cabin
at slide inn for july 8-15. i hope to go out for 9-10 days...but not
sure. flight costs have gone crazy. all of northwestern flights are
over a grand - was about 400 bucks last year. cheapest fare i've found
is about 500 with a bunch of stops in strange places. not good for my
flying psychosis.

jeff

On Sat, 07 Jan 2006 08:07:20 -0500, Jeff Miller
wrote:

Charlie Choc wrote:

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 07:30:53 -0500, Jeff Miller
wrote:


good work roger...booking a room at the slide inn often becomes a sport
in itself. it's a great location and kelly galloup is among the best of
the u.s. flyfishermen in my opinion...i think you'll like it there.
you're really going to enjoy the western u.s. streams, especially if the
madison salmon fly hatch occurs during your stay.


So, do you and Gentleman Joe have your itinerary figured out yet?

i sent joe a note, but haven't heard from him yet. i reserved a cabin
at slide inn for july 8-15. i hope to go out for 9-10 days...but not
sure. flight costs have gone crazy. all of northwestern flights are
over a grand - was about 400 bucks last year. cheapest fare i've found
is about 500 with a bunch of stops in strange places. not good for my
flying psychosis.

Atlanta to West Yellowstone is around $485 round trip on Delta with a stop in
Salt Lake. Raleigh/Durham to West Yellowstone is $531 stopping in Atlanta and
Salt Lake on the way out and Salt Lake and Cincinnati on the way back, FYI.

Assuming I can afford it I'll drive and stay 2 or 3 weeks in July, then I come
back in September for another 2 weeks.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com

"Jeff Miller" wrote in message
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flight costs have gone crazy. all of northwestern flights are over a
grand - was about 400 bucks last year. cheapest fare i've found is about
500 with a bunch of stops in strange places. not good for my flying
psychosis.

jeff

Just saw a rate of $449 roundtrip from Philly to Jackson Hole on American
and $396 from ATL to Jackson Hole. Just have to be careful about using Alamo
out of the Jackson Hole airport :^)

Just checking out feasibility for me right now (if Roger and Co. are coming
from Sweden I can't see how I have an excuse not too), but using the miles I
would have to be there from the 8th, through the 18th. Not sure I can be
away from home that long, but for $449 it may be a mute point. Can save
those miles for a more exotic location.

As you know I flew into Jackson last time and it worked out well. Would
like to fly into Bozeman, but I was seeing similar rates that you did. I
could pay for the airfare, rental, and hotel, flying into Jackson vs. flying
into Bozeman.

Anyone know how the snowpack is so far this year? Any extremely early
predictions for water levels?

Mike

Mike Makela wrote:

Anyone know how the snowpack is so far this year? Any extremely early
predictions for water levels?

Mike

Mike,
Snowpack in the northern rockies is pretty healthy this year. Here's a
slightly technical site that will give you more data than you could
possibly want about western US snowpack...

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/

Best way to guage snowpack is to use this function:

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/westsnow.pl

and click on the current month. The resulting map will show snowpack
in terms of "percent of normal." You can see from the map that we're
looking at a VERY slim year down here in the Southwest but that MT/WY
is looking wet.
Hope this helps,
Bevin

Bevin wrote:
Mike Makela wrote:

Anyone know how the snowpack is so far this year? Any extremely early
predictions for water levels?

Mike


Mike,
Snowpack in the northern rockies is pretty healthy this year. Here's a
slightly technical site that will give you more data than you could
possibly want about western US snowpack...

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/

Best way to guage snowpack is to use this function:

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/westsnow.pl

and click on the current month. The resulting map will show snowpack
in terms of "percent of normal." You can see from the map that we're
looking at a VERY slim year down here in the Southwest but that MT/WY
is looking wet.

Central Idaho is looking pretty good. You Southwest guys got most of
"our" precipitation last year, so we're due. :-)

BTW, here's a webcam for Stanley, ID:

http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~dpinney/

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

"rw" wrote in message
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Central Idaho is looking pretty good. You Southwest guys got most of "our"
precipitation last year, so we're due. :-)

BTW, here's a webcam for Stanley, ID:

http://www.ruralnetwork.net/~dpinney/

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Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Nice digs..

"Bevin" wrote in message
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Mike Makela wrote:

Anyone know how the snowpack is so far this year? Any extremely early
predictions for water levels?

Mike

Mike,
Snowpack in the northern rockies is pretty healthy this year. Here's a
slightly technical site that will give you more data than you could
possibly want about western US snowpack...

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/snow/

Best way to guage snowpack is to use this function:

http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/westsnow.pl

and click on the current month. The resulting map will show snowpack
in terms of "percent of normal." You can see from the map that we're
looking at a VERY slim year down here in the Southwest but that MT/WY
is looking wet.
Hope this helps,
Bevin


Thanks and looking Good!!

Guys,

Any suggestion on what airport I should go for?
I would prefer to be able to hitch a ride with someone. Time is way to
precious to spend trying to navigate my way in a rental car when there
are people who know their way around (and when I could be fishing
instead ;-)).
Saw Jeff's comment "....booking a room at the slide inn often becomes a
sport" and you know what, after I sent my credit card info to them
through fax I haven't heard anything (even emailed them to hear if they
got the fax, but no response). Anyway, they said earlier that the room
was reserved in my name, so I guess it should be allright (even though
they haven't charged me yet).
Back to the airport issue, I'd like to be able to start looking at air
fares and destinations but need a little help here. What airports are
there to consider? Anyone close by such an airport that I can hitch a
ride or should I consider trying my luck in a rental car?

/Roger

angler wrote:

Any suggestion on what airport I should go for?

I flew in to the West Yellowstone airport when I went out there.
It's small, so you'll be flying in on a small plane and you won't have a
lot of choices of flights/airlines, but it worked out fine.

It's also a pretty drive from there to the Slide Inn, as you pass
Hebgen and Quake Lake/the Madison on the way. IIRC, it's about 30 miles
from the airport to Slide Inn.


Chuck Vance