Big Sky PMD- by Todd Moen

From the vaults of Catch magazine and Todd Moen come this great video short from a

few years back. In the height of summer fishing and great hatches of PMD's.

Todd captures some fantastic footage to rising trout, to music that just mesmerizes you.

One never grows old of watching this kind of fish porn.

Tamron 150-600mm F/5-6.3 DiVC USD G2 Lens

Oh, Never the last of needed toys, but Mary insisted that we needed a lens to capture some addition river shots ( rapid, waterfalls and other long to reach places with our traditional lenses) and of course wild lift that we see , buuuuuuut just can't quite get close enough to get the wonderful shot.

Need to get a couple of accessories for my tripod, as this beast is just a bit heavy for the majority of hand-held shots. One would tend to get camera shake and hand shake interfering .

Can't wait to try it out this next weekend.

Partridge and Yellow Soft Hackle- Fly Fish Food

As the winter fly tying season should be setting in, thought I would share another 

box filler from Fly Fish Food that is worthy of 6-8 Slots. Swinging these little soft hackles

is a blast, and is often under estimated on the sheer number fish it will bring to the hand.

Hook: Heavy Wire Scud Hook

Body: Uni 3/0 Yellow- Spun

Thorax Thread: 8/0 Camel

Thorax: Tan UV Ice Dubbing

Soft Hackle: Hardline Premium Partridge

Little Maintenance Goes a Long Ways

Floaters....... Wow , you have got to take care of your boats and trailers. This is almost the 2nd trip in a row that I have seen a trip sidelined to to blown out "bearings" on a boat trailer. Both times right at the boat ramp and absolutely ruining the trip. Besides the obvious routine maintenance, be sure you are not submerging your axles in the below the water line, this will help alleviate a lot of the issues. In addition, have the wheel bearing changed and serviced yearly, especially if you are hauling them a great deal of miles and heating them up greatly.

On other cheap piece of advice is to care a spare set of bearing and accessories in your tool box. Often times there are mobile mechanics you can find to do the work, but finding the parts on evenings, nights, holidays and weekends is another story. This can save the trip and a lot of money.