Greetings, all, from E-14’s Intergalactic Headquarters:
What a beautiful winter sight it is here, gang, as just last evening, after a most enjoyable dinner with my new law clerk, daughter “Boots” Trina [she is now in her second semester at U. of Montana’s School of Law], I was driving back up a snow-laden Rock Creek Road under a star-filled full moon sky only to be amidst a light snowfall…yes, as you can see from the attached pictures, the Montana winter is just as breathtaking as our shared summer months!
And what a small world it indeed is, for, as you Hostess With The Mostess and I were boarding our connecting SLC-MSO flight on Valentine’s Day, who should appear and sit two rows in front of us but no one else but our good friend and now Montana’s senior US Senator, Jon Tester…yep, life is good in these here parts and we can’t wait for all of this white stuff around us to dissipate so we can welcome you here in now just four (count ‘em!) short months.
How is the snowpack, you properly ask (as that is the savings account for E-14’s fishing waters)?? Well, I am pleased to report that, NOW MID-February, California drought conditions notwithstanding, the Bitterroot Valley’s (our targeted E-14 fishing grounds) snow water equivalent (“SWE”) is tracking right at 98% of 20 year averages with snow levels up 30% over last year’s lower content levels; so, things are shaping up very nicely for Extravaganza 2014, thank you very much.
As we spend our monthly 10 days in these wonderful climes, I want you to know and to be assured that plans for your E-14 arrival(s) are already in their advanced stages, as we pave the way for yet a(nother) special venture into the wonders and wilds of Western Montana. As you winterize, I am currently reading an interesting book that may well tickle your fancy, as it has mine: veteran fishing magazine editor Geoff Mueller has written a very readable and wonderfully photographed book entitled What A Trout Sees; it is readily available on Amazon, snippets of which read: “Trout see tippet, strike indicators, and split-shot far differently than we see them. For us they are extensions of our line, our last connection to the fly and fish….The key to understanding tackle selection from a trout’s perspective resolves around presentation: a focus on better deliveries and fishing our bugs as close to a naturally behaving fly as possible.” [i.e., don’t be so taken with the size of tippet as with the fact that, at any size, the trout will see it…it is how a trout sees it that matters more than a tippet’s size.] “Although trout are not high on the evolutionary tree of fishes, with very new season they prove they are smart enough to outwit us. Understanding how and what trout see helps our cause.” Amen!!
Best to all in the early preparatory stages of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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