Laurie is holding the trout she caught on the upper Bitterroot. The Bitterroot has been bank full, but it dropped just enough for Keith and his family and friends to have a few good days of fishing and floating on the Bitterroot.
Laurie just happened to be in the boat with the camera. Thanks Laurie, we love the photos. See the slideshow below for a few more photos.
Currently working for National Institute of Health (NIH) as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Anthony (Tony) Fauci was on a visit to Hamilton, Montana. The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) is a branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and more than 20% of DIR’s research is conducted in western Montana at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in Hamilton.
Read more about RML and the campus at “Rocky Mountain Labs: NIAID’s Montana campus” by Karen Honey published February 2, 2009 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI).
When Tony came to visit, he also got to fish. Marshall Bloom, associate director of RML, knows Jack and set up an afternoon of fishing. Everyone needs a break and Marshall wanted Tony to see what is in the lab’s backyard. Tony knows that the beautiful Bitterroot is part of the draw for RML’s talented scientists. In fact he told the JCI that “over the last 20–25 years, the potential liabilities of the physical separation between RML and Bethesda have morphed into assets, where the beauty of western Montana and the collegial working environment couple with state-of-the-art facilities to make RML highly attractive to world-class researchers and an integral part of the DIR.”
Read more about Tony Fauci at the Director’s Page on the NIAID website. He is a personal hero of mine for his contributions to the understanding of how HIV destroys the body’s defenses leading to the progression to AIDS and that is just one aspect of his work. You can learn more by visiting Anthony Fauci’s biography on Wikipedia.com.
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| From 2010-05-09 Jay Evans near Noxon Montana with a bass |
Jay Evans donated a bass fishing trip to Bitterroot Trout Unlimited. Doug Nation and Jack Mauer “bit” on the trip. Jay, Doug and Jack fished the Noxon Reservoir on the Clark Fork River in early May of this year. The water temperatures were in the mid 50 degree range and the water was clear (no big run-off yet). Both smallmouth and largemouth bass were well into the pre-spawn stage. A few weeks earlier Jay and a friend caught about 40 bass staging on main lake points (mostly 2-3 lb males, both small and large mouth) and saw a few big females starting to move up shallow (4-5 lb smallmouth and a 6 lb largemouth). The larger fish were very spooky and would not bite and according to Jay this is often the case when they first come up to the shallows.
Jay also spotted a couple areas with a bunch of 15-25 lb pike. It would be fun to fish for them with a fly rod! But that didn’t happen on this trip.
Introducing Kyle Kosovich – Longboat Outfitters in Springfield Missouri.
Jack visited his mother and sister last week and had the opportunity to fish with Kyle on the James River. Visit Kyle’s website to see more about him, his rivers and his fishing outfitting business. If you don’t know about longboats, give Kyle a call. Jack really enjoyed his day. Check out www.longboatoutfitters.com and you will see why; professional, knowledgeable, experienced, organized and the list goes on. Jack, as an outfitter himself, sets high standards and he thinks very highly of Kyle. Thanks! and we hope to see you up here one of these days!
Here is a slideshow from June 4. If it doesn’t rain too much, the water levels should recede soon.
From the banks of the Missouri River in Craig, Montana – The Headhunters Fly Shop.
Jack fished the Missouri recently and spent a little time in the Headhunters Fly Shop. He enjoyed the owners, Mark Raisler and John Arnold, the staff and all the shop had to offer.
If you get to Craig, be sure to check them out!
145 Bridge Street
Craig, MT 59648
(406) 235-3447
