by Merle Ann Loman | Sep 7, 2011 | Clark Fork, ii Summer
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| Trout from the Clark Fork River – beautiful! |
This has been a crazy summer for many people for many reasons. Mike fishes with Jack quite a bit each summer. He and his wife have a home in Hamilton. This summer, they had to be out of Montana more than usual. Today, Wapiti Waters floated Mike and some friends on the Clark Fork and you never know how it might fish. They hit it just right. Mike said it was one of the best days he has had on a Montana River. His friend, Jim, thanked Jack for sharing that day on the river with him. They deserved a great day and got it. Thanks to the fishing gods and the recovery of the Clark Fork after removing Milltown Dam.
by Merle Ann Loman | Sep 1, 2011 | Big Hole, Blackfoot
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| Brown trout caught by Jim |
Jim and Naomi fished with Jack a few weeks in July. Now these photos are from August when they came back to fish the Big Hole and the Blackfoot rivers. What is great about the Shields is that they have fun no matter what the weather or the fishing have to offer. But, as you can see here, they always catch really nice trout. I have to say either Naomi catches more trout, or Jim takes more photos…not sure which. Jack sure had a good time fishing with them.
See more photos in the slideshow below.
by Merle Ann Loman | Aug 30, 2011 | Blackfoot, ii Summer
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| Dr. Fauci with a trout from the Blackfoot River |
Dr. Anthony S. Fauci MD, director of
NIAID for the NIH since the early 80’s, spoke August 11, 2011 at the Performing
Arts Center in Hamilton, Montana just 50 miles south of Missoula. The Division
of Intramural Research (DIR) is a branch of the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and more than 20% of DIR’s research is
conducted in western Montana at the Rocky Mountain Laboratories (RML) in
Hamilton.
When Dr, Fauci came to visit, he also
got to fish. Marshall Bloom, associate director of RML, set up an afternoon of
fishing with Jack Mauer, fly fishing outfitter for Wapiti Waters in the
Bitterroot. This is the second time in the last few years that Fauci explored
western Montana rivers with Bloom. Fauci knows that the beautiful Bitterroot
and surrounding areas are parts of the draw for RML’s talented scientists. He
wanted to see some of it for himself. In fact he said to the Journal of Clinical
Investigation (JCI) that “over the
last 20–25 years, the potential liabilities of the physical separation between
RML and Bethesda have morphed into assets, where the beauty of western Montana and
the collegial working environment couple with state-of-the-art facilities to
make RML highly attractive to world-class researchers and an integral part of
the DIR.”
Read more about Tony Fauci at the Director’s Page on the NIAID website. He has
dedicated his career in public health to becoming a top 10 expert in the world
about AIDS policy and research His research in includes learning more about the
understanding of how HIV destroys the body’s defenses leading to the
progression to AIDS. You can read more by visiting Anthony Fauci’s biography on Wikipedia.com.
by Merle Ann Loman | Aug 13, 2011 | Bitterroot, ii Summer
Jim and Naomi are fishing three rivers again this year, the Bitterroot (pictured here), the Big Hole and the Blackfoot. We will try to post the other two rivers soon, in August. Stay tuned because they always catch spectacular fish.
Here are more photos of trout – of course caught by the Shields!
This is a slideshow of Jack getting the raft over debris/hazard while Jim and Naomi were out of the boat. Thanks Naomi for taking the photos! Jack is pulling and pushing the raft over a downed cottonwood. Thank goodness it wasn’t too big. Good job Jack. You didn’t even lose your hat or sunglasses.
by Merle Ann Loman | Jul 8, 2011 | Uncategorized
Rodney Boehm came here from Texas for a wedding. We fished with a few people from the wedding party and had a great time. The weather was good for both the wedding and fishing.
When fishing, especially if the water is somewhat high, the guide works hard to get people into fish and photography takes a back seat. We did get one photo and here it is. Rodney is holding one of his nice west fork of the Bitterroot trout. Congratulations.
Thanks for fishing with Wapiti Waters.
