Rob Breeding

3 days ago | flatheadbeacon.com | Rob Breeding |Kellyn Brown

Out of Bounds Mike Lee is a worthy pantomime villain for this One Big Beautiful failure of an idea By Rob Breeding June 24, 2025 The One Big Beautiful Bill ran headlong into our love for Big, Beautiful America, and once again a bipartisan movement is telling the politicians, “Hands off our public lands!” We can hope they’ll listen this time, but if you’ve committed yourself to holding your breath until they do, make sure you’re surrounded by plenty of pillows to break your fall when you pass...

1 week ago | flatheadbeacon.com | Rob Breeding

I don’t want to get too dramatic here, but I have glimpsed the end of my fly fishing career. It’s not imminent, but surgery may be required to forestall it. After 40 years of fly fishing, I’ve finally given my casting-arm rotator cuff all it could handle. It’s torn and will likely take more than rest and recovery to get me back on the water. It’s only a week out from the injury, though, so I don’t know for sure.

2 weeks ago | flatheadbeacon.com | Rob Breeding

I’m happy with my hunting rig, a 2021 Ford Ranger. I don’t intend this to be a Ford commercial, however. Ram, GM and Toyota all make capable pickups. I just happen to be a Ford boy. If you are someone who plays outdoors, a proper vehicle is necessary. I prefer pickups but SUVs are the right option for some folks. A good play rig has to be four-wheel drive, however. That’s not optional. A recent near disaster on a trip to Texas has me reevaluating some of my requirements for my four-wheeler.

3 weeks ago | flatheadbeacon.com | Rob Breeding

I made it to Texas this week. The swallows were here first. I’m back to visit a friend and continue my quest to eat all the smoked brisket in the Lone Star State. My physician refuses to endorse my gluttony, but he does endorse my statin prescription, so he contributes, nonetheless. My friend, The Golf Guru, is one of those guys who approach life with a fairway wood when laying up with an iron might be the prudent approach. I’m the opposite.

1 month ago | flatheadbeacon.com | Rob Breeding

I’d like to tell you an epic tale of traveling more than 1,000 miles to Montana and catching fish until my arm fell off. That would be the bee’s knees. I’ve a better story to tell, however, and it involves just five trout, distributed in a 3-2 ratio. And I got two. That’s how many fish I caught in Montana, and it seemed plenty. To elaborate, I didn’t fish the whole time I was in the Treasure State.