Slackwater & Switchback https://example.pages.dev Field notes from the seam between water and road Log 041 — Four days on the Gros Ventre with a leaking rear main https://example.pages.dev/logs/41-gros-ventre/ https://example.pages.dev/logs/41-gros-ventre/ Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT The forecast said clear. The oil pressure gauge said otherwise. We went anyway, because September on this river is a window that stays open about eleven days and then closes hard. Log 040 — The two-track that wasn't on any map, and the beaver pond at the end of it https://example.pages.dev/logs/40-beaver-chain/ https://example.pages.dev/logs/40-beaver-chain/ Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT Twelve miles in, the road became a suggestion. What we found was a chain of ponds full of brookies that had clearly never seen a fly, and one culvert I should not have attempted. Log 039 — Hoot owl restrictions, and fishing the first ninety minutes of daylight https://example.pages.dev/logs/39-rock-creek/ https://example.pages.dev/logs/39-rock-creek/ Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT When the water hits 68°F they close the river after two in the afternoon, and rightly so. Here is how we restructured the whole trip around a four-hour fishing day.