Montana

This is from the 29th of August.

Photo by MD DNR

2 Feb 2014

Rod: Scott Heliply 888/3

Reel: Sage 6080

Line: Rio Coldwater Outbound Short 8wt I/I

Leader: Seaguar 16 lbs

Fly: Clouser (Gamakatsu SC15 1/0, black)

According to Forest Service geologist Jim Shelden:

"The light colored bluffs are Lake Missoula sediments deposited in the lake by the lake so the top of the bluffs are the bottom of Lake Missoula. The height of the bluffs tells you how much mud the rivers were carrying into Lake Missoula. You can take some of this sediment, put it in a jar with water, shake it up and say with authority that's what color lake Missoula was.

"The low area below the cliffs is the amount of material the river has re-excavated since the ice age. The things that look like ripple marks are parallel ridges cut by gullies and flashfloods from thunderstorms and rain on snow type extreme precip events since the ice age."

Copyright 2010 Patia Stephens

One of six found on a dry, forested ridge in Arkansas's Ouachita Mountains.

Cheater, coupe, modle a, hot rod, rat rod

University of Montana alumni enjoy a two-hour cruise on Flathead Lake hosted by the Alumni Associaion on July 25, 2024, near Lakeside, Montana.

Obviously

Summer weekend of swimming and fun.

Montana, USA

Catapla worms work great!!

Key: R20120803-140142

at Flathead

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Holland Lake with the Mission Range in the background. 21 July, 2011.

Photo by MD DNR

Headquarters Pass, Flathead National Forest

Flathead Valley Barn #4.

My current favourite species....

i could sit and look at this all day :-)

Three Flathead at Fort Colvile.

Taken 1861

Flathead

near Polson, Montana

View from the end of the Newhall's dock during celestial twilight on 8/30/08

Anilao, Batangas, Philippines: Crocodile flathead

Photo by the U.S. Forest Service. This photo is available for use by nonprofit organizations and government agencies. Just send us a note requesting use, and we’ll drop you the original. We can be reached at rivers@fws.gov.

David Rauls, a Fort Sill, Okla. civilian employee, holds a flathead catfish he caught March 20, 2012 at Lake Lawtonka. He caught the monster fish that tipped the scales at 50 pounds and reached 42.5 inches long on a bait casting combo with 14-pound fish line. It took him 35 minutes to land the fish. (Courtesy photo)

Angler Tyler Cicen caught a 36" Flathead Catfish in the Potomac River near Bear Island on Oct 18, 2026

About 15 miles south of Kalispell, Flathead Lake is the largest natural lake west of the Mississippi and one of my favorite places. This is another of my musings under the heading "what if I won the lottery".

Trailhead for Trail # 339. 20 July, 2011.

A nice flathead catfish that my friend caught while fishing off the boat with me.

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