New Zealand in 2013

My wife Linda McCarthy, daughter Maddy, and I will be headed to the Southern Hemisphere for the first six months of 2013. January 13th, we're headed for Roratanga (Cook Islands) followed by two weeks in the South Island, and five months in Palmerston North on the North Island at Massey University. Linda writes a monthly column in the Missoulian's InBusiness Sunday publication. Her last contribution in this series provided our local community with the details: http://missoulian.com/business/montana-inbusiness/columns/linda-mccarthy-was-a-good-year-for-downtown-missoula/article_81ce9eb0-4c9e-11e2-93e1-001a4bcf887a.html

Steelhead Love

My brother and very best friend Jim and I had a couple of incredible days fly fishing for Pacific Northwest Steelhead in early November. These awesome fish have swam nearly 400 miles to spawn in the tributaries on the upper Columbia river system. This run was among the largest I've seen. We landed several fish over the 10 pound mark during our trip. Below are some glory pictures...