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Troutbugs: Up is hard

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Tuesday, June 9, 2015. There's no strategy for hiking. You just put left before right along a path. It's mindless, cathartic, and healthy, and usually takes you somewhere good. But as was noted on our first mountain-lake trip of the year on Sunday, "up is hard". One "up" down, and I'm feeling empowered. Posted by Josh Bergan. Hi Josh.have you ever heard of the North Dakota disco? Twelve miles, pretty good. Likewise looking forward to fishing the high country. June 9, 2015 at 8:17 AM. Althea Grateful Dead...

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Troutbugs: Barely literate: writing advice from a non-reader

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Saturday, December 27, 2014. Barely literate: writing advice from a non-reader. Sometimes I feel old and haggard, without much left to learn. Then the universe rolls its eyes and checks me, and I'm reminded that none of us know much. In my long, drawn-out dream to write well, I've recently taken some advice to heart: read. Problematic for a guy who both writes and works at a book-publishing company. Other writing advice I've encountered recently:. Join or start a writer's group (maybe not even the type t...

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Troutbugs: Crickets, in Wyoming

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Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Crickets, in Wyoming. I found 'em. The best secret keepers of the fishing world are in Wyoming. Working on a short article regarding a mountain range in Wyoming we recently visited known to be arcane, I gave it my best. I read up, spoke with locals, and tried to track down fish-stocking records. All I found were wild geese, which I gleefully chased. The upper Green River below Warren Bridge. We landed *CLASSIFIED* trout over *CLASSIFIED* inches. No answer (business hours).

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Troutbugs: Disenchanted on the South Fork

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Sunday, March 1, 2015. Disenchanted on the South Fork. I can tell that you don't like me. Sometimes things feel good between us, like in the first hour we're near when the excitement is fresh, and when I'm catching the whitefish around you, and for about 15 minutes after we hook up (I know it hasn't been often). I don't know why it can't always be that good. You can't deny that we had a strong connection on my first-ever visit, but you seem like you're avoiding me now. Posted by Josh Bergan. Save Our Smi...

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Troutbugs: July 2015

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Thursday, July 30, 2015. Highland halftime: Schooled by the crags. So we've found ourselves peering down on brown-trout country from ascending trails searching for fishy lakes. We want the scoop: Big cutts? These fisheries are hopelessly ephemeral, pending the previous winter, self-sustainability, stocking histories and sassy attitudes. There's only one way to know for sure . Posted by Josh Bergan. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). What is your favorite southwest Montana mountain range? Big Hole River web cam.

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Troutbugs: PR 022, and others

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Wednesday, May 27, 2015. PR 022, and others. Somewhere on the public-private jigsaw puzzle of northeastern Montana, an unnamed swimming-pool-sized mud puddle sloshes in the prairie breeze. It is a remnant of a drained reservoir, I'm told, whose tributary stream still flows across the adjacent mud flat. It seems vacant, until you near its edge and see the wakes shoot toward the center. The wakes veeeee off the backs of carp that grow up to 10 pounds. Clean feet are for waders. Posted by Josh Bergan. Yello...

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Troutbugs: Small scale steelheading

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Wednesday, December 31, 2014. There are incredible fly-fishing opportunities in Montana, but mostly for trout/grayling. Some bass, pike, carp, even walleye for the extra intrepid. But many anglers yearn for and travel great distances to try their hands at catching the magical West Coast ghosts. Montana does not have, nor has it ever had, steelhead,. Bored with trout fishing, you can fish a mouse in any of the few-but-big fisheries mentioned above. Posted by Josh Bergan. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Troutbugs: Ruminations on steelheading in Montana

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Thursday, December 8, 2011. Ruminations on steelheading in Montana. As I plan a trip to the Olympic Peninsula this February (my first foray into sea-runners), my thoughts end up on the fish. Which got me thinking - what exactly is a steelhead? Merriam-Webster defines a steelhead as: " an anadromous rainbow trout. Merriam-Webster defines anadromous as: " ascending rivers from the sea for breeding". Merriam-Webster defines sea as: ". Posted by Josh Bergan. Labels: lake-run rainbow trout. Do we really want ...

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Troutbugs: Fishing on the prairie

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Wednesday, October 22, 2014. Fishing on the prairie. Another sensational weekend in Phillips County, Montana, on and around the American Prairie Reserve. Best believe we caught some dandy trout in the brown-water BLM reservoirs, and that we weren't the only ones doing so. But the Madison River's nice, too. Posted by Josh Bergan. Labels: American Prairie Reserve. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). What is your favorite southwest Montana mountain range? A Montana-centric flyfishing blog by Joshua Bergan.