by Merle Ann Loman | Feb 20, 2009 | Conservation/benefits/organizations
Saturday, March 7, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel, Missoula
Please send Registration Form by February 25 to:
FOAM Annual Meeting
PO Box 67
Gallatin Gateway, MT 59730
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Saturday, March 7, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel, Missoula
FOAM invites you to the DoubleTree Hotel in Missoula on Saturday, March 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for discussions, lunch, our traditional raffle, and drinks.
Ten rooms are available @ $109 double occupancy if you reserve before February 20.
Call Rachel at 406-542-4654 and refer to FOAM when making reservations. PLEASE CALL IMMEDIATELY if you want to reserve a room for the night.
Agenda
8:30 – 9:00 Register, get coffee, find friends, swap stories
9:00 -10:30 RRAFT Blackfoot Mgt. Proposal – Charlie Sperry, Chet Crowser, Jack Mauer
10:30 -12:00 B’foot & Madison SRP Process, Fees, Expenses, Local spending – Molly Wainwright, Gerry Walker
Noon Buffet Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 Stacy Juelfs, Payne Financial Group, on FOAM insurance costs, coverage, benefits
2:00 – 3:00 Wayne Johnston, Board of Outfitters on operations plans, guide advertising, agents, and more
3:00 – 4:00 FOAM updates, Q&A from members for directors
4:00 – ? Raffle, hors d’oeuvres, drinks
For the raffle, we’ve got Simms, Patagonia, and Northwest River Supply gear scheduled to appear, other items from local and national flyfishing gear manufacturers, plus gift certificates from local eateries and such.
Are you a Montana guide and want to know more about FOAM? Visit the site at http://www.foam-montana.org/index.php or contact the FOAM Director, Robin Cunningham, at 406.763.5436 or foaminfo@foam-montana.org.
by Merle Ann Loman | Feb 18, 2009 | Conservation/benefits/organizations
Posted from an email by Clark Fork Coalition:
Support the Big Sky Rivers Act TODAY! Join us Friday for River Lobby Day.
Your river needs you this week.
Please voice your support for HB 455, the “Big Sky Rivers Act,” up THIS THURSDAY, February 19 in the House Local Government Committee.
1) Leave a message for your Representative at 406-444-4800
2) Email a brief message of support directly to your Representative
3) Send your support to the entire House Local Government Committee: send emails to kbutcher@mt.gov
Join us this Friday, Feb 20th, at the Capitol!
8:30 am – Vans leave from CFC office in Missoula.
10:30 am – Meet at the Rotunda and tour the Capitol building.
11:00 am – “Lobbying and Legislature Basics” with Brianna Randall of the Clark Fork Coalition, Sarah Cobler of Montana Conservation Voters, and other policy mentors.
12:00 pm – Lunch with selected Representatives and Senators (food provided).
1:00 pm – View House and Senate floor sessions from the gallery.
2:00 pm – Join a mentor to attend committee hearings or lobby your elected officals on the Coalition’s priority bills.
4:30 pm – Leave Capitol and swing by the Blackfoot River Brewing Company to meet and greet other Coalition members and river supporters.
Please RSVP by Weds 2/18 to attend or carpool: info@clarkfork.org or 542-0539 x200.
by Merle Ann Loman | Nov 26, 2008 | hunting/fauna/flora
In early May, Jack was floating the Big Hole river with clients when he noticed this lone gosling had been following his boat for miles. At the end of the day he thought of it’s fate if he didn’t rescue it. He scooped it up in his net and brought it home. We put it under a light until it could survive being in the coop with out it. It stayed with us in our yard until mid August. One day I came home from work and he was gone. I have to believe he flew away with other geese as he should. Maybe one day Swisher will come back to our ponds with a mate and nest.
Here is a slide show of Swisher from May through mid-August. I hope you enjoy it.
If you click “View Album”, then “Slide Show” it will show in full screen mode. If the photos don’t quite focus, slow down the speed to 5 or 6 seconds per photo.
Note: I don’t know if Swisher was male or female. I just found myself calling Swisher “he.”
Canada Goose – Montana Field Guide
by Merle Ann Loman | Sep 13, 2008 | Big Hole, iii Fall
The Big Hole is a wonderful river. It is quite a bit higher in elevation than the other rivers we fish with much of the Big Hole valley floor above 6000 feet. Today Jack is using his raft because the water levels are also lower than the Bitterroot, Clark Fork and Blackfoot. A raft doesn’t make much noise when it hits the rocks, etc.
Bob and Peggy are heading back to Ohio next week and we are having this years last fishing fling on this amazing river.
View Bob and Peggy’s Album on my Picasa website
Click the link to see a closer view of Bob’s Trout.
by Merle Ann Loman | Jul 30, 2008 | Big Hole, ii Summer
Fly Fishing Montana, the Big Hole river near Maiden Rock. The photographer, in haste, didn’t wipe the fog off the camera lense. Mike fishes with us often and I get very few photos so I am publishing this anyway. Jack tells me it was a beautiful fish! A brown trout.
