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Month: July 2016

Drifting Through Big Sky Country

Drifting Through Big Sky Country

My love for fly fishing began, as a young girl, at my father’s old antique desk, picking through drawers of feathers and fur and shiny “mermaid hair”. After making my selections, my dad would show me how to use them to tie flies. Although my flies were purely artistic expression, I remember looking at the flies my dad would tie; intricate, beautiful recreations of mayflies, salmon flies, even grasshoppers.  Although it may have taken me another 20 years to learn…

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Cliff and Wade Lakes, Montana

Cliff and Wade Lakes, Montana

For our first full day in Montana we decided a dip in a nice cool lake would be the perfect cure for the road-lag of driving 1,000 miles in 24 hours. Luckily we knew the secret of Cliff and Wade Lake! After turning off the main highway and crossing Three Dollar Bridge, a popular fishing spot on the Madison River,  you follow a winding dirt road through cattle land for 7 miles. The cattle fields quickly turn into tree covered peaks and as…

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