Howdy Friends,
This year went by fast. Here are some of my favorites from this year. Enjoy.
-Link
Originally this blog was to be about my fishing outings. I suppose to some degree it still is, but it's also here to simply tell the tale of the things I enjoy most in this life. So here's to an adventure of one who is learning to live loved!
12/29/2012
12/25/2012
Memories of 2012 part 1
With snow on the ground, it's fun to remember what was, and what will be again.
Merry Christmas everyone from the shop.
-Link
10/29/2012
etsy.com
Howdy Friends!
Recently I had a friend suggest I get started on etsy.com with some of my art. Well here it is!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Linkstackleshop
I will be adding more pieces as they come along. Enjoy!
Hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
Recently I had a friend suggest I get started on etsy.com with some of my art. Well here it is!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Linkstackleshop
I will be adding more pieces as they come along. Enjoy!
Hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
9/29/2012
What to do with old flashlights
Howdy Friends,
Recently I had a fun idea come to me on what I could do with some old flashlights I'm collecting. Really I just drilled a hole in the bottom of the light and then ran a bolt through it and but a nut on the other side. Then I took some copper wire and wrapped in around the end of the bolt a bunch of times and the curled it around to make the picture holder.
So in short... save your old flashlights!
Hope to see you below the green boxes!
-Link
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Recently I had a fun idea come to me on what I could do with some old flashlights I'm collecting. Really I just drilled a hole in the bottom of the light and then ran a bolt through it and but a nut on the other side. Then I took some copper wire and wrapped in around the end of the bolt a bunch of times and the curled it around to make the picture holder.
So in short... save your old flashlights!
Hope to see you below the green boxes!
-Link
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9/17/2012
One more run
Howdy Friends,
Been busy lately and not much fishing but on Saturday afternoon I got to go out with my bud Satoshi from Livingston. After a slight delay getting to the water we started at Brogans and went down to Yankee Jim. It was fun. Thanks Satoshi for being patient with me and letting me go out with you on the stone. Always a good time.
Check out Lefty Angler's post here.
Hope to see you all below the green boxes.
-Link
Been busy lately and not much fishing but on Saturday afternoon I got to go out with my bud Satoshi from Livingston. After a slight delay getting to the water we started at Brogans and went down to Yankee Jim. It was fun. Thanks Satoshi for being patient with me and letting me go out with you on the stone. Always a good time.
Check out Lefty Angler's post here.
Hope to see you all below the green boxes.
-Link
8/29/2012
Pine Creek Fire 2012
Howdy Friends,
Just
got back from Livingston MT and was witness to an amazing and scary sight. The town of Pine Creek is all a blaze. It was
almost unreal. Hard to believe that much burned so quickly. I
know at bible study tonight the folks were praying for all the people affected by this fire. These pictures were taken around 8:30 pm this evening.
8/23/2012
Minus the Bead
Ok. Here was my first try. I was totally out of beadheads so I had to improvise. I think I have a ways to go yet. Got down on the Yellowstone last night and there were many fish rising around dusk. I caught a few white fish and a cut throat before it got too dark to see my fly. Lots of smoke here in Gardiner today. Hoping the cooler nights ahead will help things out a bit.
7/23/2012
Float the Stone
Howdy Friends,
Got to float yesterday with my buddy Satoshi! He was a rowing machine. (Excellent rower btw)
Here's a link to his post at leftyangler.blogspot.com
Hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
Got to float yesterday with my buddy Satoshi! He was a rowing machine. (Excellent rower btw)
Here's a link to his post at leftyangler.blogspot.com
Hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
7/17/2012
City Life
This was a note I found on a scratch piece of paper from a training class in Denver I had to take a few years back. Thought it was fun.
"It was a hatchery of sorts not really where it should have been. Tall buildings and a choir of tires singing of the pavement. But it was a hatchery none the less and the morning duns let me know that I really wasn't that far away from where I really longed to be."
7/07/2012
Salmon Fly Invasion
Howdy Friends!
Happy belated Fourth! Fourth of July in Yellowstone country means salmon flies. This year's hatch could very well be the biggest I've seen in the past decade. Vast swarms have been coming off the river here in town almost every evening for the past week. Fishing has been great but not too many big fish. Most are running around 10 inches or so. Did catch a few nice ones however on Tuesday night with Lee. We are currently seeing salmon flies, golden stones, yellow sallies, about 3 different kinds of caddis, and a crane fly. Mosquitoes aren't too bad yet and wet legging was enjoyable with above average temps we are seeing. The river is dropping like a rock and I'm hoping too get out as much as possible while we have the water. Here's some pics and a video from the past week. Hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
Happy belated Fourth! Fourth of July in Yellowstone country means salmon flies. This year's hatch could very well be the biggest I've seen in the past decade. Vast swarms have been coming off the river here in town almost every evening for the past week. Fishing has been great but not too many big fish. Most are running around 10 inches or so. Did catch a few nice ones however on Tuesday night with Lee. We are currently seeing salmon flies, golden stones, yellow sallies, about 3 different kinds of caddis, and a crane fly. Mosquitoes aren't too bad yet and wet legging was enjoyable with above average temps we are seeing. The river is dropping like a rock and I'm hoping too get out as much as possible while we have the water. Here's some pics and a video from the past week. Hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
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| Golden Stonefly |
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| Caddis |
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| Golden Stone and Yellow-Sally |
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| Salmon Flies in the air |
6/08/2012
May.... um June.
Howdy friends!
Where did May go? I'm still here I guess. Lots of running and not much fishing for me. Been busy getting the park opened. However, I did make it out on the Gardner a week ago yesterday and caught four. Sorry no fish pics. :( I think my father-in-law enjoyed himself though. The weather was sunny and not too many bugs around and I didn't really get any pattern going. Caught one on a dropper. Another on a foam bug and a few others on a streamer. It cleared up significantly in the last 24 hours and I wish I could have gotten out this evening... Perhaps tomorrow. Here's a shot of sheep mountain though and a wild iris not too far from the Boiling River.
Where did May go? I'm still here I guess. Lots of running and not much fishing for me. Been busy getting the park opened. However, I did make it out on the Gardner a week ago yesterday and caught four. Sorry no fish pics. :( I think my father-in-law enjoyed himself though. The weather was sunny and not too many bugs around and I didn't really get any pattern going. Caught one on a dropper. Another on a foam bug and a few others on a streamer. It cleared up significantly in the last 24 hours and I wish I could have gotten out this evening... Perhaps tomorrow. Here's a shot of sheep mountain though and a wild iris not too far from the Boiling River.
A word of caution to you if you are headed out on the Gardner anytime soon. Be sure to take your bear spray. Monday morning, June 4th, at about 6:45 am a huge male grizzly was seen near the confluence of the Gardner and the Yellowstone. I just missed it on my way to work but got to see a video someone took. Lots of elk calves in the area right now. In fact I had one out in front of the house last night. Anyways... Prime grizzly territory so keep your eyes peeled down there.
Hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
4/21/2012
4/19/2012
I wonder
There's an old old boat that sits alone behind a bunkhouse in Gardiner, Montana. In the shade of a cottonwood and within earshot of the Gardner River its days go by trailered perhaps for the last time. I wonder what stories this old boat could tell if it could tell. I wonder what waters it has seen; what places it has been and people it has known.
What do you think he or she would talk about?
4/14/2012
House Concert
Howdy Friends,
I recently had the honor and privilege of joining singer/songwriter Kurt Prond at a free house concert he gave in Bozeman, Montana last night. It was a lot of fun! Thanks Kurt for including me! Hope we can do it again sometime.
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4/03/2012
Spring Kitchen Sessions #1
Howdy Friends,
Really like this song from David Crowder Band. It's called Let Me Feel You Shine. Just a regular night here at the house in the kitchen...
Enjoy.
4/01/2012
3/26/2012
Back to the River, The First Outing
Howdy Friends,
This weekend was the most beautiful yet here in southwestern Montana and I was glad to finally get back on the water. Air temp yesterday was pushing 70! That sun felt good on my face; I'm not gonna lie, and the choir of birds got me whistling right along. Very refreshing after the long winter and seemingly month or two now without sun.
I got started with my buddy Jeremy yesterday afternoon in one of my favorite spots... just within earshot of Yankee Jim Canyon on the Yellowstone. Not much bug activity when we arrived so I started with a streamer. There's a big fishy hole right by the car and when I didn't get any takers I decided I must be doing something wrong. I switched it up to a big foam bug with a dropper about 36 inches below. That did the trick! Started to pick up fish after fish. Lots of whitefish but I didn't mind at all. Every once-in-a-while I'd pick up a trout. This one was close to 15 inches!
This weekend was the most beautiful yet here in southwestern Montana and I was glad to finally get back on the water. Air temp yesterday was pushing 70! That sun felt good on my face; I'm not gonna lie, and the choir of birds got me whistling right along. Very refreshing after the long winter and seemingly month or two now without sun.
I got started with my buddy Jeremy yesterday afternoon in one of my favorite spots... just within earshot of Yankee Jim Canyon on the Yellowstone. Not much bug activity when we arrived so I started with a streamer. There's a big fishy hole right by the car and when I didn't get any takers I decided I must be doing something wrong. I switched it up to a big foam bug with a dropper about 36 inches below. That did the trick! Started to pick up fish after fish. Lots of whitefish but I didn't mind at all. Every once-in-a-while I'd pick up a trout. This one was close to 15 inches!
This cut here below dropped a hurt bomb on the foam bug! Guess he wanted meat and taters.
All in all I think I caught about 5 trout, all rainbow and 1 cut. Lost a few others. Also caught about a dozen whitefish. Everything came on the dropper except the one cut. Fished from about 2pm until 6pm or so... By the time we were packing up to head home a bunch of whitefish were rising in the pool on midges. I saw a march brown mayfly while we were out and there was also a black stonefly coming off as well. No caddis yet! Anyway it was fun. Hoping to get out a little more here over the next few weeks.
Hope to see you below the green boxes,
Link
3/21/2012
Easter is coming...
Howdy Friends,
Here's a good teaching I just watched from Tenth Avenue North and wanted to share it with you. I never realized the symbolism of a wedding in the last supper.
Have a great day!
-Link
Here's a good teaching I just watched from Tenth Avenue North and wanted to share it with you. I never realized the symbolism of a wedding in the last supper.
Have a great day!
-Link
3/14/2012
Updated pictures on the board
Greetings Friends,
Added some pictures to the board. If you have a fish you'd like to put on the board let me know. Hope to get out this weekend. Need to get my license still!
See you below the green boxes.
-Link
Added some pictures to the board. If you have a fish you'd like to put on the board let me know. Hope to get out this weekend. Need to get my license still!
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| Show me your fish |
See you below the green boxes.
-Link
3/04/2012
Simple Pleasures
Howdy Friends!
This afternoon, on our trip into the Lamar Valley, I was reminded of some childhood memories of riding bikes in the rain. No it wasn't raining in the park today but it was warm enough to... lots of melting going on. Back home, when we would get a heavy summer rain, we couldn't wait to get out on the street after the storm. Bike riding was fun most of the time but after a down pour there were special bonuses. Puddles. Lots of em'. Down the street from our house a huge puddle would form on the side of the road. Perfect conditions for top speed collisions! Coming home dirty and soaking wet was a blast! I guess some things never change...
Hope your weekend was a good one and if it keeps warming up this week I hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
This afternoon, on our trip into the Lamar Valley, I was reminded of some childhood memories of riding bikes in the rain. No it wasn't raining in the park today but it was warm enough to... lots of melting going on. Back home, when we would get a heavy summer rain, we couldn't wait to get out on the street after the storm. Bike riding was fun most of the time but after a down pour there were special bonuses. Puddles. Lots of em'. Down the street from our house a huge puddle would form on the side of the road. Perfect conditions for top speed collisions! Coming home dirty and soaking wet was a blast! I guess some things never change...
Hope your weekend was a good one and if it keeps warming up this week I hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
2/27/2012
Open Water in Illinois
Greetings Friends,
Here's my brother's first large mouth out of open water from Weldon Springs this year. Nice one! Wish I could have been there with you. Miss you a bunch.
It's been colder here the past few days so if I see you out below the green boxes make sure you don't forget your long-handles! Until then.
-Link
Here's my brother's first large mouth out of open water from Weldon Springs this year. Nice one! Wish I could have been there with you. Miss you a bunch.
It's been colder here the past few days so if I see you out below the green boxes make sure you don't forget your long-handles! Until then.
-Link
2/26/2012
The Winter Laundry Sessions #1
Here's something fun we do at our house while waiting for the laundry to dry. If you haven't listened to Andrew Peterson he's one of my favorites. This is the title song from his album The Far Country.
Enjoy.
Enjoy.
2/25/2012
New Junk Art Family Members
Here are a couple of guys I've been working on. Have a great day! Hope to see you below the green boxes. -Link
2/24/2012
2/18/2012
2009 Day on the Lamar Final
That day on the Lamar was one of those days you always hope you have. It was the kind that keeps you going. Motivates. Inspires. Just being in creation; in the middle of it all. It's kind of like feeling for a moment that you are right where you need to be... right where you were meant to be. That was this day.
Normal folks, non-fishin' folk, I think struggle with this... They ask, "How can you go fishing so much? Don't you get tired of it?" It's never so much the fish for me on any given day. Although, I will admit, lots of fish makes for a nice day! It's more than the fish though; isn't it? I think it's the whole experience. Trees, rocks, rivers, weather, friends, critters... the take, the fight, the release, the near misses, the close calls. Every experience is unique. Everyone absolutely different than all the others. This is why we go fishing. This is why we love it.
This day was no exception. A unique experience. Many fish were caught and all of them came on this one fly. It's been dubbed, in some circles, the foam bug. It comes in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. Sometimes finding the right combination can be tricky. But this one is the one that was working on this day.
I can't remember how many we caught that day. What I do remember is that if a fish should have been in a spot; there was a fish in the spot. Textbook. Behind the rock! In the seam! Hold on! Under the riffle! Next to the down log! It was great. I wish I could of taken my daughter fishing on this day. Mostly cuts live in this part of the river and they are gorgeous. This picture doesn't do em' any justice.
After I released this fish we had our second rare sighting on the Lamar River. The wolves earlier in the day were great. Sometimes though, small things can be just as cool. Walking along the bank we noticed some movement in the rocks. Looking a little closer we discovered a friendly toad. Little did we know at the time but it's the rarest amphibian in Yellowstone. A Boreal Toad. How cool!
I'm grateful for trips like these. Days like these. I'm hoping and patiently waiting for this summer to experience some more like them. Hang in there! Winter will be taking a rest here before we know it. Until then, if we get a warm one, I hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
Normal folks, non-fishin' folk, I think struggle with this... They ask, "How can you go fishing so much? Don't you get tired of it?" It's never so much the fish for me on any given day. Although, I will admit, lots of fish makes for a nice day! It's more than the fish though; isn't it? I think it's the whole experience. Trees, rocks, rivers, weather, friends, critters... the take, the fight, the release, the near misses, the close calls. Every experience is unique. Everyone absolutely different than all the others. This is why we go fishing. This is why we love it.
This day was no exception. A unique experience. Many fish were caught and all of them came on this one fly. It's been dubbed, in some circles, the foam bug. It comes in many different shapes, sizes, and colors. Sometimes finding the right combination can be tricky. But this one is the one that was working on this day.
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| Most Delicious Foam Bug |
I can't remember how many we caught that day. What I do remember is that if a fish should have been in a spot; there was a fish in the spot. Textbook. Behind the rock! In the seam! Hold on! Under the riffle! Next to the down log! It was great. I wish I could of taken my daughter fishing on this day. Mostly cuts live in this part of the river and they are gorgeous. This picture doesn't do em' any justice.
After I released this fish we had our second rare sighting on the Lamar River. The wolves earlier in the day were great. Sometimes though, small things can be just as cool. Walking along the bank we noticed some movement in the rocks. Looking a little closer we discovered a friendly toad. Little did we know at the time but it's the rarest amphibian in Yellowstone. A Boreal Toad. How cool!
I'm grateful for trips like these. Days like these. I'm hoping and patiently waiting for this summer to experience some more like them. Hang in there! Winter will be taking a rest here before we know it. Until then, if we get a warm one, I hope to see you below the green boxes.
-Link
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