Montana time

Ran across this while checking out a youtube video. I found it absolutely delightful. Hope you do, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iuh30...eature=related

John

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Regards,
Scott

Fantastic! Counting down days to retirement to when I head that direction!

Such a nice video. So envious

I should have noted to be sure the sound is on when you watch this one. The music pretty much makes some interesting fishing shots into a really entertaining video.

John

Thanks, John. Neat video and music. Man, I gotta get back to the Big Sky Country.

Great video.

Gets your blood a pumpn' and ready to go.




Joe

John,

Hope the snow that's coming your way this week amounts to something; it'd be nice if the rivers in the video resemble that come August.

Regards,
Scott

The first system seems to have petered out, Scott. Every time we've had a forecast for snow, we ended up with nothing. Maybe the next two systems will actually deliver for us.

La Nina is in place, but that Artic oscillation is splitting the Jet Stream so everything is going either north or south of Western Montana. The oscillation could, and probably will, fade and the forecast is for very good precipitation in February, March, and April, so we are still optimistic that we'll have a good water year out here. Maybe not on the scale we had last year, but a good one.

John

John,

Things are looking up; snow is coming down:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...CBC1E_cam1.jpg


Regards,
Scott

33" on Lolo Pass in the past day or so - and obviously larger amounts higher up in the mountains, 25" in Turah, about 20 miles east of Missoula, about 15" in Missoula . I've shoveled more snow off the driveway in the past 36 hours than in the past 24 months, partly because the past two years it came in smaller amounts over a longer period of time and often times no shoveling was required.

After a winter that wasn't, we finally have one that is - probably record breaking in some places just yesterday and today, if not on the longer term, through the spring.

John

John,

That's a lot of snow; looks like La Nina's going to try and make up for ignoring MT. My mother-in-law got out of Whitefish just in time (she snow-birds in the Cali desert). Take it easy on the shoveling; got to have a strong back to handle all those fish you're going to catch this spring.

Regards,
Scott

Scott -

I actually enjoy shoveling snow. It fits in nicely with an overall winter conditioning program of indoor rowing and cycling, weight lifting ( moderate weights ), calisthentics, and walking ( maybe some snowshoeing given current conditions ) that are going to help me get on the summits of Wyoming Peak, Mount Wright, Trapper Peak and some others by the end of the year.

Now back to your regularly scheduled thread. Montana Time really is an entertaining video.

John

John Scott La Lanne,,, :) inspiring as well.

still a trout bum however,, with a gentlemen's touch.

Be safe.

Snow gauge at Colter Pass outside Cooke City:

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j1...e12012_000.jpg



Up almost 2 feet since earlier in the week; not bad but still way below last year (highest I saw it was almost 11').

Regards,
Scott

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Originally Posted by ScottP

... got to have a strong back to handle all those fish you're going to catch this spring....

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Spring ??

What about TODAY ??

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Had a quintuple to include the three above plus a mountain whitefish and a couple smaller rainbows. Only got in a little over an hour of fishing before an incoming front chased me off the water, but had 12-13 hooked and all in hand.

John