Rare Breed--Bonneville Cutthroat

Rare Breed--Bonneville Cutthroat

Posted by: John Holt / added: 11.13.2009 / Comments (0)

On the walk back to our rig three stoned, blasted Bozos stop and ask us where to gain access to the water. They’re in a painting company truck from Jackson.

Photo: Ginny Holt

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Posted by: John Holt / added: 11.13.2009 / Comments (0)
Bound For Nowhere

Bound For Nowhere

Posted by: John Holt / added: 11.06.2009 / Comments (0)

Then there are the times, admittedly few in number, when everything falls into place and that little “damn crick up that half-assed service road” leads to a place of perfection, if only in a fly fisher’s eye.

Photo: Ginny Holt

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Posted by: John Holt / added: 11.06.2009 / Comments (0)
Where’s The First Tee And What’s The Course Record?

Where’s The First Tee And What’s The Course Record?

Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.29.2009 / Comments (0)

While heading ever-northward towards the Peel River in search of Arctic Char fresh in from the Beaufort Sea, hitting a few from the Arctic Circle down the fairway of the 93 kilometer Par 387 First Hole...

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Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.29.2009 / Comments (0)
Heart of Darkness: Liard Highway

Heart of Darkness: Liard Highway

Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.20.2009 / Comments (0)

Walleye or “pike” after walleye or “pike” hit the thing, and I soon had a nice group of 2-4-pound walleye or “pike” to fillet and fry up for dinner amidst the swarms of indigenous insects later that sunlit night, perhaps ‘round midnight.

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Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.20.2009 / Comments (0)
Wine of the Dreamers

Wine of the Dreamers

Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.14.2009 / Comments (0)

Well, looking from my hiding place beneath my bed, .357 magnum firmly clutched in my right hand, TV remote in the other, I can often see the need to dream myself off the planet these days, too.

Photo: Ginny Holt

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Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.14.2009 / Comments (0)
Native Grass Fishing

Native Grass Fishing

Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.06.2009 / Comments (0)

Tiny streams like this one draw my attention as quickly and strongly as do rivers that hold large browns or in the northwest part of the state, bull trout.

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Posted by: John Holt / added: 10.06.2009 / Comments (0)
Tongue River Country Battles Coal Bed Methane

Tongue River Country Battles Coal Bed Methane

Posted by: John Holt / added: 09.21.2009 / Comments (0)

Last week (mid-September 2009) the river was stilling running good and blue.

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Posted by: John Holt / added: 09.21.2009 / Comments (0)
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John Holt

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John lives in Livingston, Montana with his wife Ginny. They spend a good deal of time losing their way and then finding themselves in places like Pelly Crossing, Yukon, High Level, Alberta, and Wrigley, Northwest Territories. He is the author of a number of books including Yellowstone Drift, Coyote Nowhere and Hunted: A Novel.

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