If There’s A Rod And Reel In My Hand, This Must Be Montana
2009 October 23
My latest Missoula Notebook column relates my ongoing efforts to become a true Montanan:
Two years into my Montana residency, I’ve already achieved journeyman status at standing next to my grill with a can of Pabst in my hand, floating down the Blackfoot on an inner tube, and reacting to every new City Council resolution by exclaiming “this is Big Brother government at its worst!” But those skills will only carry me so far. To approach true Montananness, what I really need to do is get better at killing things in the woods.
Read the rest here.


Hello Mr. Stokes,
Read your latest article, looked at the photo, wondered how anyone would know it’s Wales, which is where I’m from, and not Montana… which I’ve yet to visit! Unusual that someone would spot the difference! I am intrigued! L