“A strong people don’t need a strong leader.” John Steinbeck from the screenplay Viva Zapata Fence line in southwest Montana I agree 100% with Steinbeck. At our core we are the strength in our Country regardless of political party. When kids were embarking for the beaches of Normandy no one was asking what political party […]
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Enjoy this four minute plus video produced for us this summer by Muddy Shutter Media. Mike Geary, owner of Healing Waters Lodge, Twin Bridges, Montana, and owner/outfitter of Lewis & Clark Expeditions, explains “Why I Fish” while visually taking you along on a Smith River float trip, around Healing Waters Lodge, and the waters we […]
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For Whom the Bell Tolls by John Donne No man is an island, Entire of itself Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less. As well as if a promontory were. As well as if a manor of […]
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Taking Leave of a Friend Chuck Robbins (L) Chuck Robbins was a guide, author, conservationist, husband and father, and a friend. Chuck treaded gently on the land that he loved and gave more than he got. He was an ardent conservationist working to maintain public lands, clean water and wild trout. Chuck was a man of dignity, […]
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Last week we had the good fortune of hosting Tammy and John, guests of Harlan (who has been coming to Healing Waters Lodge for 15 years) and his wife, Amy, all soon to become “in-laws” as their children marry. Orvis review written by John and Tammy: “We went for the friendships, we stayed for the […]
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Is April the Cruelest Month? April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. The above is the opening sentence from T.S. Eliot’s poem the Waste Land. I don’t believe T.S. Eliot ever fly fished or cast a fly line, but he […]
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