A Blog for Wapiti Waters Fly Fishing Montana, Jack C. Mauer

2014 season wrap-up - expressing many thanks and indelible memories

2014-11-06T10:02:00.000-07:00

Jack Mauer and Dave Brandt in 2004

The 2014 Guide Season is officially over having my last personal guide days the last week of October. Despite the slow fishing, the radiant fall colors and memories of fast fishing we had through out the year helped ease in the inevitable - winter coming on!

I want to say many words of thanks to all who fished with Wapiti Waters during this glorious season of good flows and good angling. I would also like to mention a couple of anglers who have passed on to the "Happy Fishing Ground" namely E. Terrill Nobles (Terry Nobles) and Dave Brandt. These two fishermen were the reasons we love guiding. Their attitudes were upbeat whether the fishing was fast or slow and they genuinely loved the waterways and trout environment. Their desires to share this love will always be with us. We will forever miss yet forever remember them.

Dave Brandt and daughter KJ in 2009

Thank you,
Jack Mauer, Wapiti Waters Fly Fishing Montana, Outfitter #867

Terry Nobles in 2005

Jack Mauer and Terry Nobles in 2007

We also had the privilege of fishing with Dave Brandt in Argentina- fantastic time and memories.

Bitterroot River Basin Snowpack at 147% of normal

2014-03-03T08:17:00.002-07:00

March 3, 2014 - Montana SNOTEL Current Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) percent of Normal Bitterroot River Basin increased to 105%!

More snow - good news for summer river flows

2014-01-30T10:57:00.002-07:00

Jan 30, 2014 - Montana SNOTEL Current Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) percent of Normal
Bitterroot River Basin increased to 105%!

Terry Nobles - photos, memories and best wishes

2013-12-27T17:54:00.001-07:00

Photo album dedicated to our good friendTerrill (Terry) Nobles, Corvallis, Montana - With out any doubt, Wapiti Waters' (Jack Mauer) favorite friend, partner, client, and man on earth. This will never change, as sadly there will never be another man like Terry. Terry is 93 and 1/2 years old this December (2013) and we felt compelled to start an album dedicated to Terry. As I find pictures earlier than 2005, I will scan them and add them. Also dedicated to J Craig Nobles, Lynn Dornfeld, Tori Nobles-Stephens, and Buddy Nobles, Terry's children.

NWCC - SNOTEL Snow Water Equivalent Update Graph

2013-12-27T14:11:00.001-07:00

Bitterroot River Basin is at 95% - good news.
NWCC - SNOTEL Snow Water Equivalent Update Graph

On the Bitterroot River doubling up with pike and trout

2013-10-08T09:48:00.000-06:00

Jack and Jeff again, pike and trout. Taken Oct 8.

Mike and Dale on the Bitterroot in early October

2013-10-05T17:05:00.000-06:00

Thanks for coming up to fish with Jack at the Casting for Recovery One Cast for Hope event. He had a very fun day with you two!

Nice brown Mike

Dale with a pretty Rainbow Trout

Trico hatch on the Bitterroot in September

2013-09-20T13:18:00.000-06:00

Jack and I fished the trico hatch on the lower Bitterroot on September 11. Here are a few of my favorites and at the bottom of the post is a slideshow of the day. Here is a slideshow of photos tricos as we approached this "cloud."

Fly fishing the Blackfoot River in early August

2013-08-05T08:46:00.000-06:00

Photo documentary of camping and fly fishing the Blackfoot River in early August 2013.

Here is the post on Facebook.

Post by Fly Fishing Montana with Wapiti Waters.

Here is a slideshow with all the photos.

Fishing with R. L. Cook

2013-07-24T12:40:00.007-06:00

They were nice enough to share photos of their trip with us. Thank you.

Northern Pike - Jack got this on the Bitterroot July 22

2013-07-22T12:30:00.004-06:00

Jack Mauer with a Northern Pike

Blackfoot River July 17 - Bear swims across the river

2013-07-17T12:12:00.002-06:00

Beautiful cool water on the Blackfoot. Even the bear was enjoying it.

Bitterroot River July 8

2013-07-08T11:22:00.000-06:00

Fishing the Bitterroot River with some great friends and clients on July 8. This is the only photo that was on Jack's camera. Nice trout though!

Richard Steed on the Bitterroot July 1

2013-07-01T11:17:00.002-06:00

Richard Steed on the Bitterroot July 1

Catching up on this summer's photos - posting as I can. Nice trout Richard.

Fly Fishing the Bitterroot on June 23

2013-06-30T14:42:00.000-06:00

Marshall Bloom sent us these photos he took while fishing with friends and Wapiti Waters on the Bitterroot River - thanks Marshall! The moose is awesome.

June fishing on the upper Bitterroot River with Billy

2013-06-13T11:32:00.000-06:00

Jack hasn't been getting many pictures lately but here are some from Billy's trip. He was visiting from Colorado and caught some great trout, as usual.

Fly Fishing the Missouri River in early May

2013-05-13T09:19:00.004-06:00

Jeff and Jack fished the Missouri for three days. I decided to use a slideshow for all the photos. Enjoy.

A couple of BRTU board members spend a day fishing the Bitterroot River

2013-04-24T13:48:00.000-06:00

Bitterroot Trout Unlimited Board members Jack Mauer and Greg Chester on the Bitterroot River April 24.

Greg is a tireless supporter of fishing conservation, education and youth in the Bitterroot Valley. Today he is on a donated float by Jack to Bitterroot Trout Unlimited. Greg bid on and got the trip, Jack was happy to oblige. This is one of the best trout they got that beautiful day.

Both Greg and Jack are hard working conservationists and you can see here that they "walk their talk."

Bitterroot River in late April

2013-04-24T11:07:00.000-06:00

This trip was a donated trip to Whitefish Mountain Alpine Race Team. Two generous guys from Whitefish bought the trip and fished on April 24. Thanks for supporting western Montana's young ski racers and spending the day with Jack and Wapiti Waters.

A little April snow is a great thing for Montana snowpack

2013-04-22T21:04:00.001-06:00

It is cold out there and windy, but a little snow now will help keep us fishing in the dryer summer months. We are doing the happy snow dance.

ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/data/water/wcs/gis/maps/mt_swepctnormal_update.pdf

Fishing the Bitterroot River with Terry in late April

2013-04-21T17:14:00.000-06:00

Terry fished with Jack and brought his son and a few friends. They fished two days. I only ended up with one photo, so here it is.

Jake Myers on the Bitterroot River in April

2013-04-18T12:46:00.000-06:00

Jake and his Dad "Jack" - yes, there were two Jack's in the boat fished with Wapiti Waters in late April. Nice father and son day.

Jeff on the Bitterroot catching trout, pike and oops, a sucker

2013-04-17T14:48:00.000-06:00

Jeff caught some really nice trout including a beautiful brown..but he hasn't sent me his trout photos. These were the only ones on Jack's camera..so here they are. Jeff just sent this photo of his buddy and the brown trout he caught that day. Here it is. And he sent this photo of Jack holding another pike. They are doing their part in getting some pike out of the Bitterroot.

Bitterroot River April 6 - Dusty Bernard Crew

2013-04-16T18:00:00.001-06:00

I was hoping to get a few more photos from these guys but haven't yet...so here are the few that were on Jack's camera. This group is from San Diego and always fishes this time of year with Wapiti Waters...they love to fish, just look at the smiles.

Bob Ratcheson on the Bitterroot with Jack in early April

2013-04-11T19:05:00.000-06:00

Bob and Peggy fished with Jack...the day was a little cold (as has been this Montana spring) but the catching was good.