Thursday Outdoor Roundup

Bozeman Daily Chronicle:

Unfortunately I can't post a link to any of the Bozeman Comical's outdoor post because they only offer it to subscribers but I have to mention the article that was the lead story in the outdoor section today. Two men were cross country skiing above Hyalite Reservoir last week with their labrador retriever when one of the men triggered an avalanch. Both men were able to hold on to trees as the slide went screaming down the mountain side. Unfortunately the lab was swept away by the slide and they were unable to locate the dog after several hours of digging for him. They returned to the area the next day and were still unable to locate the dogs body in the slide and they assumed the dog was deceased. A few days later the owner of the dog and his wife were getting ready to head over to a friends home for dinner and they recieved a phone call from a number they did not recognize. The gentleman on the other end of the line said that he had found their dog and that it was scarred and ready to return home. The dog miraculously survived and it turned out to be another amazing story of a pets survival after some amazing circumstances. What a great story!

Billings Gazette: What would be your one fly of choice!

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/07/features/outdoors/30-krumm.txt

Bob Krumm writes about having just one fly and which would it be. This is an old debate that all fly anglers have ask themselves and their friends many times before. Not much of interest in the gazette this week.

Missoulian: Great Falls in the heart of outdoors fun in Montana!

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/02/07/outdoors/out26.txt

Highlights from the Great Rockies Sport show in Great Falls where the author hosted his radio show and spotlights the abundance of outdoor activities surrounding Great Falls. From a hunting standpoint I agree with him but the limits for the fly angler are a bit far fetched for me. The Mo is a great river but other than that you have to travel a ways to find much else.

Denver Post: Maverick idea spawns success!

http://www.denverpost.com/huntfish/ci_8151501

Charlie Meyers reports on findings at the annual Whirling Disease symposium of succesful work on cross breeding a strain of rainbow that is apparently resiliant to the Whirling Disease outbreak that has disrupted rainbow trout populations throughout the west. The news is good with fish that have successfully spawned in the Gunnison river and there may be a bright future for the fish. However there is still a very long road to hall on the issue as Cutthroat trout populations continued to decline because of the disease and there is no bright future for the cross breading of the cutthroats to help them get through this tough disease.

And last but not least the Great Rockies Sport Show hits the Gallatin County fairgrounds this weekend here in Bozeman. The show has been moved this year due to a conflict with the MSU field house where the show has called home since it's inagural year. We will have to see what kind of attendance there will be at the fair grounds but I would expect to see attendance way down for the show due to the lack of the big show feel. Yours truely will be tying bugs on Sunday afternoon so if any of you want to head on down to get some hints and ideas of great tailwater bugs for the Mo or Bighorn stop by the tying theater on Sunday Afternoon.