by Merle Ann Loman | Jun 23, 2009 | Big Hole, Conservation/benefits/organizations, ii Summer
Jeremy and Becky Anderson went to the Bitterroot Trout Unlimited Annual Banquet last September. They had a great time and won the bid on a fishing trip with Wapiti Waters. Today was the day and boy, did they catch fish! Next years BRTU Banquet is Friday, September 25 – 2009 Annual BRTU Banquet, 5:30 pm, our 30th!!! Mark your calendar and plan to attend. Visit BRTU’s site at http://www.brtu.org/
Jeremy sent these terrific photos with this note:
Jack,
Thank you for a great time fishing on Saturday. Becky and I enjoyed it and learned a lot. We will definitely be coming back for more. Here are some pics for your website.
Thanks again,
Jeremy Anderson
Thank you, Jeremy and Becky. Jack really enjoyed his day with both of you.
See the slideshow below for all four photos from the Big Hole River fly fishing day.
by Merle Ann Loman | Jun 22, 2009 | Bitterroot, ii Summer
This was the last day of Billy’s trip. He just sent me photos. They caught some hogs!! I mean big trout.
I just updated the slideshow below with photos from Jack’s camera.
by Merle Ann Loman | Jun 21, 2009 | Bitterroot, ii Summer
Wapiti Waters has been following Nate Schweber for a while now on his New Heathens’ Blog and finally, Jack got to meet him.
Nate and Kristen fished with Jack on the Bitterroot on June 14. Nate is from Missoula but he and Kristen now live and work in New York City.
Kristen had never been to Montana until this trip with Nate! They had so much fun, I am surprised they survived all the activity.
See some of their photos here, the rest of the photos with all the stories are posted by Nate on his New Heathens’ Blog.
by Merle Ann Loman | Jun 19, 2009 | Big Hole, ii Summer
Jeff and Billy fished the Big Hole with Jack for a few days. Here are the photos that they sent me – taken with their camera. I have yet to see what is on Jack’s camera. I will post those as soon as he has the time to give it to me. He has been very busy with fishing clients.
6/22: I just updated the slideshow below with a few photos from Jack’s camera.
See the slideshow below.
by Merle Ann Loman | Jun 16, 2009 | Bitterroot, ii Summer
Billy Burk is up from Colorado visiting his good friend Jeff. Jeff and Billy fished the Bitterroot yesterday with Jack. See the slideshow below. Tomorrow they will drive to the Big Hole, meet up with Jack (who is guiding there today) and fish another two days. They know how to have a good time. I hope they will be able to take more photos on the Big Hole. Check back to see…
by Merle Ann Loman | Jun 11, 2009 | Bitterroot, i Spring
John fishes with Jack pretty regularly. John is a retired (more than once) Marine, neighbor and good friend. He is also “godfather” to our Chesapeake puppy, Freda. Yesterday we fished a stretch of the Bitterroot mainstem Jack hadn’t been down since high(est)-water. The water level was at about 3000 CFS – fairly big, but clear. John wanted Freda to come, too. In order to be safe and keep Freda in tow (or more accurately, in the boat), I got to come along as dog-sitter. I did get to catch some fish, too!
We saw a LOT of wood – new wood, the big kind with green leaves – in the river. In the slideshow you will see John play a fish and I will include some photos of Freda and new “trees” in the river.
If you are floating the Bitterroot while the water is fast, be sure to do your homework and have safety flotation devices. The hydraulics are dangerous and often difficult to predict. I didn’t take photos of the biggest rocks and obstructions because Jack made me put my camera away. Wise choice.
Along the way, we saw herons, ducks, osprey, eagles, kingfishers, Lewis’s Woopeckers and many more small birds. Those photos are for another blog entry.
