News from Blue Ribbon Flies

About once a week I get an email from Craig Matthews and "The Gang at Blue Ribbon Flies" out in West Yellowstone, Montana.  It is a newsletter that I signed up to receive about a year ago. First off, before I go into any of my own horn-tooting, I need to say that this is one of the best written regulars I get to read -- that includes blogs, magazines, forums, etc.  The writers (John Juracek and Craig Matthews, plus some unnamed others, no doubt) do indeed know how to make sentences -- a true rarity these days.  And sentences that make sense, besides! You can get a sense of it from their blog.
The newsletter is more of a treat, if you ask me.  Not only will you be greatly entertained, but enlightened, engaged and, well, not insulted with bad grammar and syntax.  The photographs are always stunning, the news is newsy, the information is handy if not essential, and after a regular dose of this newsletter, you will begin to feel very much as though you are part of that wonderful West Montana scene all year round.  I would add some pictures here from the newsletter,  but I'm not sure if I can do that without permission and/or the right know-how technically.

Which brings me to the reason for writing this blog, my own moment to shamelessly self-promote.  On Friday I got an email from my midwest rep, Rich Stekete, who also gets the newsletter.  I hadn't had a chance to read it yet since I was preparing for an outdoor show, but Rich had to point out to me that The Painted Trout was again being mentioned in the newsletter.  He attached a document of the snippet featuring us, and I'm going to try to attach it to this blog.... Just click anywhere in the image to see a full-sized version.

Rich wrote "This major "ink" is outstanding!"  Thanks, Rich!