Custom Kootenai River Log Home
February 24, 2010
Beautiful Custom Log Home for sale on the Kootenai River
This Amazing, Custom Log Home situated along Northwestern Montana’s Kootenai River was built in 2005 and features over 2800 square feet of living space, gourmet kitchen, open floor plan, large deck overlooking the landscaped yard with the Kootenai River flowing past.
5907 Kootenai River Road
Truly one of the premier properties on the market in Western Montana right now; this really is the home you see as you are day dreaming of moving to Montana. The perfect setting, the 9:00 pm sun setting in late summer as you cast your 9′ Winston to the risers gorging on the evening caddis. One more cast (but then you’ve been saying that for a while now) then you’ll walk back to the house. This is the life you dream of, the life you deserve.
The Kootenai River View from the back yard!
Contact Kevin and Monica Ray with Access Realty (406) 207-1185 for more information and photos of this one-of-a-kind Kootenai Riverfront Home.
More information is also available on the Access Realty Website www.YourMT.com
A Day Fishing on the Flathead River
September 19, 2009
Kevin and one of our friends and clients recently took an afternoon to go fishing on the Flathead River between Paradise and Perma, Montana. It was an amazing early fall Montana day and the weather was perfect. They caught a few fish and enjoyed being on the river. Hope you enjoy the photos.
Montana Fly Fishing on the Blackfoot River
September 17, 2009
Montana Fly Fishing on the Blackfoot River
Montana’s Blackfoot River was an inspiration for Norman McLean’s A River Run’s Through It. This video from Blackfoot River Outfitters gives a little bit of insight about why this amazing river is so inspiring.
Missoula Montana – One of North America’s Top 10 Trout Towns!
August 27, 2009
Forbes Magazine Ranks Missoula as One of North America’s Top 10 Trout Towns!
Forbes just released its list of the Top 10 Trout Towns in North America – Missoula, Montana is on that list.
According to government statistics, some 11 million anglers in the U.S. and Canada search for that moment of beauty every year – fly fishing. President Obama joined the ranks recently when he fished for trout in Montana.
Forbes Magazine states:
Missoula is a laid-back college town with a serious trout-fishing addiction. Anglers can fish the bouldery Blackfoot (A River Runs Through It author Norman Maclean’s home river) and the cottonwood-lined Bitteroot, both of which empty into the Clark Fork, named after explorer, William Clark, which has 300 miles of fishable water.
Missoula Montana (MT) is an amazing place to live and work. We are in a deep valley with three rivers the Clark Fork River, the Blackfoot River, and the Bitterroot River flowing through most of the County. Needless to say, Missoula is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise!
Missoula County is home to approximately 95,000 people in several welcoming communities. Communities include Missoula - the County Seat, Lolo, Frenchtown, Huson, East Missoula, and Bonner.
According to Kingfisher, one of Missoula’s top Fly Shops,
In Missoula, Over 80% of our fishing is with dryflies. Montana has more miles of wild trout rivers than any other state in the lower 48 . . . by far! It’s also true that the vast majority of these rivers just happen to be in the western part of the state.
Missoula has the reputation within the state of being the “banana belt” of Montana. This is because we have much milder winters than the majority of Montana, and a MUCH longer dryfly season than anywhere else in the country. Fish Missoula and see why it’s the Crown Jewel of the Rockies!
For more information on Missoula’s Rivers, visit Riverfront Montana. Are you thinking about a Western Montana Fly Fishing Property? Contact Montana River Front Real Estate Specialists Kevin & Monica Ray of Access Realty at 406-207-1185 or Search All Missoula Area Listings for Free.
Missoula Montana…A River Runs Through It
February 20, 2009
Missoula Montana is one of the most beautiful cities in the Northwest. And yes, a river does run through it.
Missoula is located near the three rivers to be exact, The Clark Fork River, The Blackfoot River, and The Bitterroot River. Missoula’s amazing location draws fly fisherman from all over the world, has inspired artists and writers, and even filmmakers. The city is frequently mentioned in novels of Ernest Hemingway, Stephen Frey, Chuck Palahniuk, James Lee Burke, James Crumley, and Norman Maclean.
One of the most famous portrayals of Missoula was by Norman Maclean in his 1976 novel, A River Runs Through It which was made into a film directed by Robert Redford in 1992. “The story is a semi-autobiographical novella about Macleans Presbyterian family in early 20th century Montana whose views on life are filtered through their passion for fly-fishing.”
Some of Macleans classic lines about Missoula include:
“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it. The river was cut by the world’s great flood and runs over rocks from the basement of time. On some of the rocks are timeless raindrops. Under the rocks are the words, and some of the words are theirs. I am haunted by waters.”
“The world is full of bastards, the number increasing rapidly the further one gets from Missoula, Montana.”
“In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived at the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana, and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ’s disciples being fishermen, and we were to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first-class fishermen on the Sea of Galilee were fly fishermen and that John, the favorite, was a dry-fly fisherman.”
“On the Big Blackfoot River above the mouth of Belmont Creek the banks are fringed by large Ponderosa pines. In the slanting sun of late afternoon the shadows of great branches reached across the river, and the trees took the river in their arms.”
For more information on fly fishing in Montana or where to find fly fishing properties, contact Kevin & Monica Ray at Access Realty at 406-207-1185 or visit us online at www.YourMT.com.