Recent content by Matt_n_Barb

Tim, The photo on the rock was taken during a moment when Lizzy was concentrating on fishing and not fiddling with the worms or......you can fill in the blank. Lizzy is 4 and does like to fish but does has a hard time sitting still and is always busy investigating the world around her. Matt

Mike, That is fantastic and a hearty congratulations to Mac for the hunt and you for being able to get out and about. Matt

Barbara and I have spent the last week in Colorado with the kids. While Dani and Steve have been out on the Snookienookie of 2011 and Al Hansen is doing the dog training thingy, Lizzy has been fishing for trout. I also helped Jared build a few shelves in a shed. The shelves are...

Al, Given the penchant for turning a series of words into an acronym, we could say "EWI"... maybe future puppies from Chaco could be marketed by saying "guaranteed EWI performance by Chaco" Matt

Nice story and lucky. Matt

Al, Enthusiastic waterdog insanity of the finest kind and the best of fun for you. Matt

Dani, Nice. Matt

Tod, The Chinook was very dark with white spots where the flesh is beginning to deteriorate, that fish had been in fresh water for 900 miles or more and probably had entered the Columbia River system late last summer or early fall. I hope there was a male around to fertilize the eggs she was...

Al, The estimate for river miles from Central Idaho to the Pacific is 900 with a 7000 ft elevation gain. It always astounds me that they makes it up or down river. It seems there are 9 downstream dams and it is estimated that every dam contributes 7-12% mortality, add to that the stuff that...

Tod, No oil wells... Much of the area in the photo is under various conservation easements disallowing development. Matt

Barbara and I have been working in Idaho this summer.[/img] We have been doing topographical surveys of the Salmon River. The weather has been fantastic with morning temps last week 30 and 2 pm temps of 65-75. We also saw a Chinook last week swim through the pool we were working in. This...

Dave, I have a small granary that I converted to a storage shed. There are various tools, a snow blower, garden tiller, and so forth stored in the shed. A year ago the mice infestation and voles became difficult to control and the shed stunk like crazy. We used both traps and poison baits...

Tod - I gave my son-in-law this saw for Christmas and have used it and found it light, easy to handle, and a joy to use. Porter-Cable 423MAG 7-1/4 in 15A Circular Saw My personal saw is a Mikita I purchased in 1981 and it is still going and going, of course this is several new cords...

Dani, Nice ....now get a fly rod after those... Matt

Ray, That reading glass thingy......such a curse at times Thanks for posting the link. I watched a blondish phase black bear with cinnamon along the Salmon River, ID in 1999, as we were collecting hydroacoustic data and I will never forget the sight. Matt