Super Solitude...Winter fishing the Mo

The day before the Super Bowl and all is well. Plenty of folks on the river today. Driftboats, wade fishers, spinner tossers, worm drowners, spey casters…all enjoying the day. Come join them, at your leisure.

B & E fished for a couple hours Saturday. He did well casting Fire Bead Sow Bugs and Ray Charles. His advice: Wear warm clothes, bring a thermos of coffee, and when you find ‘em…hold on. He said the fish are in good shape, the whitey’s too.

Birthday Boy Tom from over the hill in Missoula came over for the day with friends and drifted from the Dam to Craig. They stopped in the shop in good spirits with good reports from the river. Great day, great fish, and said pics are forthcoming. We’d love to see the Birthday Brown that Tom caught today.

Looking upstream into Trout Lane

Quiet on the river on Super Bowl Sunday. SOL was at the shop for a spell and did have a few customers…non football fans.

Party @ the Vacation House with Ben, John, Julie, Adair, Mike, and Mark in attendance. We were only missing Andrew and Sara. We hope they were enjoying the game in Headhunters fashion. I don’t know what that entails or means…I guess making the most of the day would be considered Headhunters style. Super Bowl Dip  made by Mark…Velveeta, Rotel, Jalo’s, Bacon, Burger…just add shops of your choice, Yummy. Mike made a pot of Chili, delicious. Ben created a homemade Calzone with Chicken, Spinach, and several white cheeses, outstanding. Julie brought the health plate, veggies and dip, very nice. John brought Chocolate chip cookies and Budweiser. Perfect.

We had enough to eat. For a week. Everybody crawled out after the game  for a long winters nap. Back to work in the morning. Ben to the Cascade school district, schooling the youth of the county. Mike back to his vice and whipping out dozens of tiny flies for the shop. John, Mark, Julie tending to Headhunters stuff, whatever that might be for a Monday. The phone rings and you folks have questions…we answer. Adair, she’s a kid, tomorrow Adair…just have fun. Tuesday, repeat. LTD. She must be learning from her folks.

EDITORIAL NOTE from the author of this BLOG: I Pulled the “June” blog from last week off of this web site. SOL, which is me, thought it a little harsh. May have come across the wrong way. Just a knee jerk reaction to sooo many inquiries about a 3-4 week period in mid-summer. We will keep trying to accommodate you folks and your requests.

Providing the highest quality experience for you, the angler,  is paramount to our philosophy. It is the most important facet of our business and included in our Mission Statement. I expressed myself in a manner that may have not been appropriate for the audience. Come visit any time you please. We will continue to be honest with you the guest and express our beliefs/concerns openly with you. Thanks.