http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly Fishing with my best friend Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:44:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the time of year I prize as a trout fisherman. Of course part of my enthusiasm is generated by the overwhelming need to put line on water. This winter has been especially long in my part of the country and I have had to quell that need to ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/24/ice-off-area-lakes/ I have been reading lately about the ongoing battle over the Smith River in Montana.  Landowners are becoming very resistant to allowing access to the river.  The fight between landowners and sportsman is heating up and sadly the sportsman are ending up with egg on their face. Of course it isn't ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/15/stewardship/ We all have memories of fishing trips past.  We may not remember what lie we told last about how many fish or how big they really were, but we remember the faces and the friends who were with us.  Sometimes it all gets lost in the moment. We compete for ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/15/fisherman-past-and-present/ I have found that no matter how many books you read, you will never learn as much as spending time with an old timer on the water. When I was a kid my mother’s uncle Arnie taught me all I would ever need to know about fly fishing. My dad ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/14/fishing-with-an-old-timer/ I grew up the son of a wildlife biologist in the state of Montana, and I have had alot of extraordinary experiences with my dad over the years. I guess that when you grow up fishing you sometimes forget that there are actually people out there who have never had ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/02/take-a-friend-fishing/ I know that when you think of gear reviews, the last thing you might consider is a Barbie Pole. However, I wanted to inform the readers of a remarkable product and the experiences we have had with it. It is sort of its own phenomenon really, when you see it ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/02/the-barbie-pole/ I was reading an article the other day about an illegal species introduction into one of our area lakes. It seems that anglers were fishing illegally with live chub bait and as a result the chubs have been introduced into a fantastic trout fishery. It seems that the chubs compete ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/02/tiger-trout/ There is a little girl inside every woman.  Sometimes its hard to see her, but she comes out every once in a while and is playful!  The trick to the whole thing is at what inopportune time might she emerge. We were fishing at one of our local haunts on a ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/04/01/kite-fishing/ When I met Kelly she was an active fisher woman before any of my influences.  She had a nice fishing pole and a tackle box loaded with all of the prerequisite gear needed for success at the lake.  So when we went fishing for the first few times I was ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/03/30/the-evolution-of-kelly-the-fisherwoman/ You know as I was buying neoprene waders today I realized how much adulthood can complicate fishing.  I'm not saying we don't still fish with the same passion we just at some point in our lives decide that we need more stuff to go fishing. I can remember as a boy ... http://outdoorsblogger.com/fishingwithkelly/2008/03/28/fishing-like-a-kid/