Posts Tagged ‘fly-fishing’

It’s subzero outside–let’s go fishing!

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

We had a lot of fun on the Flathead River in Columbia Falls, MT last week braving subzero temperatures on a beautiful day with bluebird skies.

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Montana Fly Company Sales Associate Stirling Tyler

What a perfect day to go fishing!  Actually, it was way colder than I typically appreciate for winter flyfishing, but we wanted to put the ColdAvenger Hunter face mask to the test.  As suspected, our faces stayed toasty and we couldn’t feel the biting air in our lungs and airway. As you know, it’s hard to fish if you’ve got your face all smashed down deep inside your collar, and if you wear a regular face mask you end up with that nasty snotty wetness all over your face.  But we found that we could hold our heads up in the cold air and keep the moisture away from our faces, thanks to the ColdAvenger ventilation technology.  If you have any questions about how it works, check out our health science sheets here.

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L to R Canyon the photog, Stirling, and MFC owners Duncan and Adam

We also had a great time breaking in the new River Camo Products from Montana Fly Company.  They just came out with new reels, fly boxes, forceps, nippers and tying tools in four different designs of fish skin and camo prints.   The MFC office is located just up the street from the river and just a block away from our PR pals at Outside Media, so it’s always fun to get the gang together and huck a line in any weather!  Here’s a pic of Outside Media’s Sammi getting ready to set up the photo shoot.

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Stirling and Sammi from Outside Media

Thanks to Canyon Florey for taking some great pictures!  You can see  more of Canyon’s work on here on his website.

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Good Times, Big Fish

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Where has the summer gone?
Sure, we work hard at Talus Outdoor Tech, but we also like to play.  I try to get out on the water as much as possible to enjoy the quality fishing opportunities here in Montana.  And as the days get shorter I realize I’m running out of those chances.  So, last week I loaded up the hounds, headed north from Missoula to the Flathead Valley, picked up my work/play pals Shane and Hilary and hit the river.  I’m not sure I should tell you exactly where we fished or how we did it, because it was just too good to give away.  ….Aaaaahhh, I stink at keeping secrets.  It was the North Fork of the Flathead on Glacier Park’s western boundary, and the cutthroat were hitting big bugs on top.

Fish On!

Fish On!

Hilary brought along some nice new-release flies from Montana Fly Company for us to try out.  Thumbs up.

Hilary from Outside Media

Hilary from Outside Media

We sure got into some nice fish.  Every time I get out there I feel so lucky to be able to work and live in such a beautiful place with so many outdoor opportunities.  The pics from the day tell it all.  Enjoy!

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Me with a 19" cutty

Me with a 19" cutty

beautiful native westslope cutthroat trout

beautiful native westslope cutthroat trout

Maggie and Tank

Maggie and Tank

And stay tuned to the blog as it starts to get colder.  It’s almost hunting season around here, so I’ll be out testing the new ColdAvenger Hunter.  Also, we’ll soon be showing off the ColdAvenger Expedition for extreme cold-weather adventures.
Until then, fish on!

Stay out fishier,
John B. Sullivan III aka ColdAvenger Pro