Extravaganza Update: So far, so good: With rivers running low, workers preparing for runoff

Extravagant Ones:

Below is a link to the most current events unfolding along and in the Clark Fork of the Columbia River, the river into which our friends the Blackfoot River and the Bitterroot River elegantly flow. We, most likely, will be the first ones able to truly report what impact, if any, there will be on the Clark Fork's fishing fate this summer, as those waters historically remain virtually unfishable until after the runoff so well described in the linked article and, immediately thereafter, the arrival of our Group One.

Regardless of what happens to the Clark Fork this year, our two other river friends contain sufficient fish to fully occupy our efforts and focus, so read on but worry not (one of the reasons we located in this area six years ago was that, unlike other Montana fishing regions whose fate rises and falls with that of a single drainage, the short term fishing loss of one river may affect our options but will never eliminate our Missoula fishing experience[s])!

(By way of example, I attach a copy of a now nationally published photo featuring yours truly and a 34" bull trout landed and released on the Blackfoot 18 months ago—probably making him a three foot long specimen now! Hmmm...and I know JUST where he lives!!)

Best to all!

Ron

Story:

So far, so good: With rivers running low, workers preparing for runoff

MILLTOWN — The large crowd that gathered for the Milltown Dam breaching Friday departed quickly after witnessing two of Montana's major rivers running unhindered for the first time in 100 years.

But the Superfund site workers, after being given the day off to mark the milestone, quietly resumed their task with an eye on the next benchmark—preventing the spring runoff from scouring out the worst of the toxic sludge in the reservoir.

For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:

http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/mtregional/news06.txt