Cabin Fever

"Fred" wrote in message
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On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.


On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

I love weather, but 2 weeks of horizontal rain
can find every imaginable way into a structure.

Dave

I don't live tooooo far from you in NW MT and we have similar weather
but Luckily no high winds
We had 3 ft of snow which I loved as we do back country skiing
Then we had 4 days of heavy rain and the skiing is gone - all ice
Its crazy to even leave the house - dangerous driving - You can't drive on
ice

Re leaks - us too - in some places we never had them before

Fortunately our structures and barn are sound - I had to shovel the roof
of
my hayloft and chicken pen

So for now just staying home and fiddlin' around
Drinking a bit and a puff or 2

Like you - I am headed out for warm sunny Long Beach CA in 2 weeks for
business

TL
Fred

Last total 40 miles north of Spokane (Spokane has gotten around 80 inches)
we are just over 100 inches. (just over 8 ft.) It's been crazy. I've
shoveled the house once and thankfully it unloaded on it's own within the
last day or two. I've shoveled my storage/shop 30x40 twice... My back will
never be the same. The scary part is that we are only a week or so into
January.

Cabin fever has come way to early this year,
JT

On Jan 8, 2:26*pm, "Fred" wrote:

This is their website.
http://www.scottishlakes.com/Home.shtml
It looks like they did a bunch of upgrades on several of the cabins.
You bring all your own food. They also have this deal where you go up
in the autumn and work for a few days, for which you get a a very
significant credit on costs. My son and his wife have done this.

Its a very old school place, family run, pretty unique, not money
grubbing, not for complainers expecting groveling service, and goes
out of its way to recognize mountaineering folk who live and sometimes
lose their lives in the back-country. It is also not a place for
people overly sensitive about logging, as there is responsible active
logging in the area. I think Montanans will feel right at home. :-)

Dave

On 8-Jan-2009, DaveS wrote:

This is their website.
http://www.scottishlakes.com/Home.shtml
It looks like they did a bunch of upgrades on several of the cabins.
You bring all your own food. ...

Thanks

Sounds great

Fred

"Fred" wrote

Larry

When you come to this area again Pls let me know
I will put you into some unwary 5lb rainbows - right in our lake

Re Blackfoot - yes
There is an Indian guide - Joe Kipp
He can take you to some of the most unbelievable places that only tribal
membners can get to



Years back when my fishing was shoe horned into times between work I fished
lakes a lot. California has many quality stillwater fisheries, but only a
very few moving water ones ( that suit my style and preferences ) and they
are always very crowded.

Unlike many anglers I meet, I enjoy FFing lakes and find it challenging and
in important 'cosmic' ways more mysterious and intriguing than most (
freestone) rivers

BUT

when I retired I decided to mainly fish the places that most appeal to me
and try an 'learn' them while I still had a few years left to do so ... thus
I spend many hours each summer on a relative few rivers at this time.
There is NO WAY I can ever 'master' waters like the RxR Ranch in my
remaining time and that is it's biggest appeal, to me.

When, as is certain to happen to us all, I find getting around on streams
and fishing tiny insect imitations to be physically too demanding, I plan to
return to stillwaters where a good watercraft does much of the work, and big
flies are a norm, as is heavier tippet. Each year I think about going to
the Blackfoot lakes but the best time there is also the best time elsewhere.
August is the hardest month to find quality FFing and I often return to
lakes then, Hebgen is at it's prime time in the 8th month. Are the lakes
in your area good August destinations? What bugs/ flies/ tactics are likely
to be used to best advantage?

On 9-Jan-2009, "Larry L" wrote:

Unlike many anglers I meet, I enjoy FFing lakes and find it challenging
and
in important 'cosmic' ways more mysterious and intriguing than most (
freestone) rivers

BUT

when I retired I decided to mainly fish the places that most appeal to me
and try an 'learn' them while I still had a few years left to do so ...
thus
I spend many hours each summer on a relative few rivers at this time.
There is NO WAY I can ever 'master' waters like the RxR Ranch in my
remaining time and that is it's biggest appeal, to me.

When, as is certain to happen to us all, I find getting around on streams
and fishing tiny insect imitations to be physically too demanding, I plan
to
return to stillwaters where a good watercraft does much of the work, and
big
flies are a norm, as is heavier tippet. Each year I think about going
to
the Blackfoot lakes but the best time there is also the best time
elsewhere.
August is the hardest month to find quality FFing and I often return to
lakes then, Hebgen is at it's prime time in the 8th month. Are the
lakes
in your area good August destinations? What bugs/ flies/ tactics are
likely
to be used to best advantage?



Re Blackfoot Rez

Joe Kipp can take you to lakes or streams
I fished w him in August and some of the accesss points and streams wree
isolated and unbelievable
Joe sat in back w a scatter gun and asked us to move whenever he thought
that he heard a gizzly
The fishing was great and the scenery even better.

Where he lives - right on his own land he has great access to Cut Bank
Creek
But he will take you to remote lakes and rivers that are only accessible to
the tribe

Definitely worth it
He is in Browning MT

Contact me if you want his info

Fred

"DaveS" wrote in message
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On Jan 7, 5:02 pm, "Fred" wrote:


Then there are the FLOODS!!!!!!!

Dave,

If you haven't already seen:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wsdot/s...42253091/show/

JT

take the wife or significant other out to dinner or 'god forbid"
shopping, to build up goodwill so that when you disapear during
fishing season, you will build up some goodwill g

if that doesnt cure the no-fishing blues, get in the car and drive
south until you find open water....


dan
http;//MyFishingplaces.com



On Jan 7, 8:02*pm, "Fred" wrote:
I lubriicated my reels and lines today

3 months away, at least, from fishing
Snow and rain - rain and snow
the rain has fu**d the skiing * * *so

Gotta play and listen to *--- more music and watch more movies
but--- * Watching fishing DVD's will drive me off the cliff

What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?

Fred

Off season?

Still fishing for steelhead in NW pa. There is one creek that never
freezes.
One year I fished every day from Jan. 1 to April 1.

In article , Dave LaCourse
writes
On Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:47 -0800, rw
wrote:

Tight lines in Tierra del Fuego. Are you fishing for those big sea-run
browns? I've heard stories and seen awesome photos. Lots of night
fishing, so I'm told.

Thank you.

Yeah, sea run browns in the Irigoyan and Malanguana Rivers on the
Atlantic coast, literally at the end of the road. Fish after
breakfast until lunch, siesta afterwards, then fish until after dark.

Dave



Many years ago I saw TV programme about Tierra del Fuego trout fishing.
Anything under 2 lbs was returned !

Hope you're taking a wheelbarrow :-)
--
Bill Grey

In article , Denis Lamy
writes
Fred a écrit :
What do most of you guys do in the off fishing seasons?


I've tried ice fishing, but it's hard to hit the hole with a 9 weight. :-S



But.....did you catch any ICE ?...:-)
--
Bill Grey