Emerger It is spring and I have a song in my heart and it is not, “A Bridge Over Troubled Water”. We are honored and grateful to be a finalist for the Orvis 2019 Fly Fishing Lodge of the Yearaward. I am thinking of Dean Martin singing, “Ain’t That A Kick in The Head”. Snowpack is good […]
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Guides at Healing Waters Lodge and Lewis & Clark Expeditions Smith River float trips, love what they do and work hard on behalf of the angler in providing the best possible fly fishing experience. It is the relationship between the fly fishing guide and the client that keeps people coming back year after year and how word spreads to new clients; fact is, that relationship has been the means of our success in this business for over 25 years.
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Fly Fishing in Southwest Montana
For the past 5 months we have practiced our language skills with Coffee Break Spanish podcasts. By this weekend, we will have another check-off on our bucket list, Spain. Mike has rented a house north of Barcelona, in Cadaques, Catalonia. The house overlooks a beautiful bay and is in walking distance to Salvador Dali’s place. […]
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Women and Rivers On our refrigerator, I have a magnetic plaque with a picture of John Wayne in a cowboy hat from the movie Hondo along with the quote, “A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.” This implied saving damsels in distress, taking on mountain lions with your bare hands, drinking whiskey neat, […]
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Mike Geary Presentation: Tuesday, January 22, at 6 pm, Mike Geary will be at Orvis Houston to talk about fly fishing with us in southwest Montana. We offer vacation packages at our Healing Waters Lodge in southwest Montana, five day/four night guided float trips down 59 river miles of the coveted Smith River, and fly […]
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April 25 thru April 30, 2019: This is considered Graduate school for anglers with more experience with the emphasis of honing your skills. Think of it as immersion therapy. $3250 per person includes six nights and five days lodging, all meals, classroom instruction, 5 days of guided fly fishing. May 2 thru May 7, 2019: […]
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Fly Fishing Vets Patriotic Stimulator by Son Tao Son Tao is an American story. We met Son when he came to Healing Waters Lodge with a group of Disabled Veterans from Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, LLC. Project Healing Waters is a non-profit organization that uses fly fishing as a rehabilitative tool for injured and disabled service […]
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April 25 thru April 30, 2019: This is considered Graduate school for anglers with more experience with the emphasis of honing your skills. Think of it as immersion therapy. $3250 per person includes six nights and five days lodging, all meals, classroom instruction, 5 days of guided fly fishing. May 2 thru May 7, 2019: […]
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When you are tired of the Smith River in Montana you are tired of life. This is bastardizing Samuel Johnson’s thoughts on London but it is apropos when referring to the Smith River. 2019 will be our 26th year of outfitting on the Smith River making us the oldest and largest outfitter (we own 26 of 73 commercial […]
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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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I thought about writing a goofy newsletter with space ships, Elvis sightings, J. Edgar Hoover singing Tighten Up with Archie Bell and Drells; but, my medication kicked in. I did have an image of the actor John Malkovich fly fishing in something called the Vegomatic. The Vegomatic was a set of headphones, wrap around sun […]
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