Thursday Outdoor Roundup

Bozeman Daily Comical: Fish Porn Tour arrives in Montana.

No link to this article but the AEG Fly Fishing Film Tour makes it's appearance in both Missoula and Bozeman this coming week. For those who are not familiar with the film tour it is a series of short films that a group of guys who call themselves the Angling Exploration Group put on each year. The films are very hip and remind me more of snowboard films than anything. The footage is great and all I can say is that I do get a bit jealous that they can travel all over the world in search of fish. It is definetly generation X's take on fishing and for me it can be a bit over the top.

Billings Gazette: Just for kids: Get your fishing gear ready

http://billingsgazette.net/articles/2008/02/21/features/outdoors/30-kids.txt

Mark Henkle brings us another good article on the rights of spring and getting your gear from the garage and cleaning any mouse nest or cob webs from the old tackle box. Spring also brings out the itch to get the kids outside and spend some quality family time at local ponds as the ice thaws.

Missoulian: This time of year, fishing can be hit and miss

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/02/21/outdoors/out18.txt

A roundup of late season ice fishing throughout Western Montana. Not much for the fly angler but there are some reports on fishing for perch and trout on the lakes around the Missoula area.

Denver Post: River's recovery suddenly threatened

http://www.denverpost.com/huntfish/ci_8307816

This week there was an annoucement of a possible enviornmental catastrophe from an old mining tunnel located near the Headwaters of the Arkansas River in Colorado. Mining has some steep history in Colorado and an old tunnel that is blocked has over a billion gallons of contaminated water sitting behind the plug. If the tunnel lets loose it will send heavy metals such as zinc and cadmium down the river and pretty much kill one of Colorado's finest freestone rivers. The problem could also cause a substantial loss of human life as there is a trailer park located near the tunnel's mouth. This is a major problem facing the state and federal agencies as they try to find a fix to this horrible situation.