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    i've fished with a successful country songwriter who was given a couple of flies on the river by jimmy carter. he fishes with a secret service detail, of course. it would be annoying to never be alone like that. fyi, the flies were ants.

    bush and putin went fly fishing for stripers at the bush home in maine. both men are reportedly fairly accomplished fly fishermen, but putin says fishing is a passion of his. i'll bite my tongue...

    but hoover had a huge impact on the shennandoah country and particularly the rapidan river that he loved so much. to this day you cannot visit the area or even research fishing the area without realizing very quickly that president hoover loved to fly fish there. from an historical perspective, i would have to say that he gets the nod for greatest presidential fly fisherman.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bobinmich View Post
    Eisenhower's favorite fly or so I was told.

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    Bob
    i heard it was an H & L Variant. could be both

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    Thumbs up Hoover...

    Heres a couple pics of the Rapidan that Hoover has his Cabin on, the cabin is still there its been refinished, I don't have a pic of it but I think you can google one up...






    Hey Bass Bug thanks for posting that pic, warms my heart to think I'v fished the Rapidan with the same reel and cane rod as Hoover, newer versions of course...
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    from what i read, i'd have to say carter. hoover was fiddling while rome burned. bush senior was really a spin fisherman, and i don't think he had much luck (i remember the papers even reporting that he was on his X day without a fish. and that was striper fishing in Maine during the season, where if you go more than two days without a fish somethings wrong).

    as far as obama, i think he made the promise to go fly fishing in missoula when i was there (though he might have made that promise at every campaign stop) i don't know about catching fish, but he certainly is good at catching flies (did you see the interview?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Diane View Post
    Nobody ever said Obama was an outdoorsman but I guess he made a campaign promise when he was in Montana. So this weekend, according to some online news sites, while there with his family to spend time in National Parks, he went fly fishing. He spent a couple of hours in the pouring rain on the East Gallatin River with guide Dan Vermillion who runs the Sweetwater Fly Shop in Livingston. Vermillion said that Obama hooked up half a dozen times but didn't manage to land any. No camera crews or journalists allowed.
    I got stuck circling the Bozeman airport for two hours on Friday due to security precautions surrounding the President.

    Then wound up having to take a detour set up by the police due to protesters that doubled my drive time to Ennis.

    Not sure why since the President wasn't there, but there were black helicopters up and down the Madison on Saturday. There was some talk that he was supposed to fish the Madison but word had leaked out and the Secret Service had nixed the plan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Steven View Post
    There was some talk that he was supposed to fish the Madison but word had leaked out and the Secret Service had nixed the plan.
    Geez,.....I would go nuts if I could not get out to a river or the woods by myself at least once in a while.

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    "NEWS FROM MONTANA ?Things are not always what they seem?.


    Hello All,
    By now you have probably heard that President Obama came to Montana last
    Friday. However, there are many things that the major news did not
    cover. I feel that since Joe and I live here and we were at the airport
    on Friday I should share some facts with you. Whatever you decide to do
    with the information is up to you. If you chose to share this email with
    others I do ask that you DELETE my email address before you forward this
    on.


    On Wednesday, August 5th it was announced locally that the President
    would be coming here. There are many groups here that are against his
    healthcare and huge spending so those groups began talking and deciding
    on what they were going to do. The White House would not release ANY
    details other than the date.


    On Tuesday Joe found out that they would be holding the ?Town Hall?
    at the airport. (This is only because Joe knows EVERYONE at the airport)
    Our airport is actually located outside of Belgrade (tiny town) in a very
    remote location. Nothing is around there. They chose to use a hangar that
    is the most remotely located hangar. You could not pick a more remote
    location, and you cannot get to it easily. It is totally secluded from
    the public.


    FYI: We have many areas in Belgrade and Bozeman which could have held a
    large amount of folks with sufficient parking. (gymnasiums/auditoriums).
    All of which have chairs and tables, and would not have to be SHIPPED
    IN!! $$$$$


    During the week, cargo by the TONS was being shipped in constantly.
    Airport employees could not believe how it just kept coming. Though it
    was our President coming several expressed how excessive it was,
    especially during a recession. $$$$$


    Late Tuesday /early Wednesday the 12th, they said that tickets would be
    handed out on Thursday 9am at two locations and the president would be
    arriving around 12:30 Friday.


    Thursday morning about 600 tickets were passed out. However, 1500 were
    printed at a Local printing shop per White House request. Hmmmm??900
    tickets just DISAPPEARED.


    This same morning someone called into the radio from the local UPS branch
    and said that THOUSANDS of Dollars of Lobster were shipped in for Obama.
    Montana has some of the best beef in the nation!!! And it woul d have been
    really wonderful to help out the local economy. Anyone heard of the
    Recession?? Just think?with all of the traveling the White House is
    doing. $$$$$ One can only imagine what else we are paying for.


    On Friday Joe and I got out to the airport about 10:45am. The groups that
    wanted to protest Obama?s spending and healthcare had gotten a permit to
    protest and that area was roped off. But that was not to be. A large bus
    carrying SEIU (Service Employees International Union) members drove up
    onto the area (illegal) and unloaded right there. It was quite a commotion
    and there were specifically 2 SEIU men trying to make trouble and start a
    fight. Police did get involved and arrested the one man but they said
    they did not have the manpower to remove the SEIU crowd.


    The SEIU crowd was very organized and young. About 99% were under the age
    of 30 and they were not locals! They had bullhorns and PROFESSIONALLY
    made signs. Some even wore preprinted T-shirts. Oh, and Planned
    Parenthood folks were with them?..professing abortion rights with their
    T-shirts and preprinted signs. (BTW, all these folks did have a permit to
    protest in ANOTHER area).


    Those against healthcare/spending moved away from the SEIU crowd to avoid
    confrontation. They were orderly and respectful. Even though SEIU kept
    coming over and walking through, continuing to be very intimidating and
    aggressive at the direction of the one SEIU man.


    So we had Montana folks from ALL OVER the state with their homemade signs
    and their DOGS with homemade signs. We had cowboys, nurses, doctors you
    name it. There was even a guy from Texas who had been driving through. He
    found out about the occasion, went to the store, made a sign, and came to
    protest.


    If you are wondering about the press?..Well, all of the major networks
    were over by that remote hangar I mentioned. They were conveniently
    parked on the other side of the buildings FAR away. None of these crowds
    were even visible to them. I have my doubts that they knew anything about
    the crowds.


    We did have some local news media around us from this state and Idaho.
    Speaking of the local media?they were invited. However, all questions
    were to be turned into the White House in advance of the event. Wouldn?t
    want anyone to have to think off the top of their head.


    It was very obvious that it was meant to be totally controlled by the
    White House. Everything was orchestrated down to the last detail to make
    it appear that Montana is just crazy for Obama and government healthcare.
    Even those people that talked about their insurance woes??..the White
    House called our local HRDC (Human Resource and Development Committee)
    and asked for names. Then the White House asked those folks to come.
    Smoke and mirrors?EVERYTHING was staged!!!!!!!!!!!


    I am very dismayed about what I learned about our current White House.
    The amount of control and manipulation was unbelievable. I felt I was not
    living in the United States of America, more like the USSR!! I was
    physically nauseous. Joe and I have been around when Presidents or Heads
    of State visit. It has NEVER been like this. I am truly very frightened
    for our country. America needs your prayers and your voices. If you care
    about our country please get involved. Know the issues. And let Congress
    hear your voices again and again!! If they are willing to put forth so
    much effort to BULLY a small town one can only imagine what is going on
    in Washington DC. Scary!!"
    I'm just showing you what I got from a Friend....
    Sonny Edmonds

    "If I don't teach them, how will those Grand Kids learn to fish?"
    Lesson 1: What catches fish Vs: What catches fisherman's money.

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    "NEWS FROM MONTANA ?Things are not always what they seem?............................................. .................................................. ...............I'm just showing you what I got from a Friend....


    Hmmmmm must of not read it close enough, didnt see anything about his fishing in your post.



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    And I don't see anything about fishing in your response, Eric.
    But the post is about Obammie and Montana.
    Can't help it if you want Socialism for America.
    I do not.
    Sonny Edmonds

    "If I don't teach them, how will those Grand Kids learn to fish?"
    Lesson 1: What catches fish Vs: What catches fisherman's money.

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    Chill it guys! You're getting political rather than fishing.
    I can think of few acts more selfish than refusing a vaccination.

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