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Most Recent Report: 6-14 SS Fly Hatch
Date: June 14, 13

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Montana Troutfitters out of Bozeman, Montana has a pretty great little service going on right now. Manager, Jake Adelman tells us tells us that one of their specialties is watching hatches coming off the river. “Right now we are sending everybody out to the lower Madison, mostly because of runoff but secondly because the fishing has been so good. We had a guide on there yesterday and they saw a ton of smaller Golden Stones and from 10 AM to one PM there were Blue Wing Olives coming off. We had another employee who was turning over rocks and there were some salmon flies crawling around underneath the rocks so you could probably expect to see that salmon fly hatch in Bear Trap Canyon at the end of this weekend or early next week. If someone were to come up without the proper gear you can set people up? Yes. We supply all the gear for free and the only thing you pay for is a trip fee and whatever flies, lines, and leaders that you use. The cost is $475 for a full day float. That includes boots, waders, rods and reels. The way we do our fly charges is that we check out a certain number of flies in the morning, you go out and fish and we check when you get back and charge you based on what you used.

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TARGETED LISTENERS:

PRIMARY ~ People who Hunt and Fish in the Northwest, from the novice to the guide.

SECONDARY ~ People who might gain a better understanding of the outdoor sportsman through interesting stories and antidotes.

PROGRAM MISSION:

To entertain and educate, thus creating a desire to go fishing, hunting and explore the outdoors. In these short radio vignettes we take the listener on an audio adventure far away from their current environment, to a place they would rather be… The great outdoors!

THE HOST:

Passion defines the work of David Sparks Ph.D., a veteran of television and host of Sportsman’s Spotlight. David's resume includes features on the Outdoor Channel (winner of eight Telly Awards), host and producer of ESPN’s Ultimate Outdoors, Jeep National Trails and a bevy of network television including PM Magazine, NBC game shows and stints guest hosting the Oprah Winfrey Show. During David’s tenure with ESPN’s Ultimate Outdoors, he acquired hunting and fishing tips from the “Master” internationally famous outdoorsman/guide Wayne Pearson . “On location” took on a whole new meaning as the pair hunted game in various locations around the U.S.; from upland birds in the Dakotas to gators in Louisiana but it was David’s riveting quest for the great marlin in Puerto Rico and sword and sailfish in Venezuela that endeared him to his fans. In addition to his wealth of television work David Sparks earned his doctorate in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University and taught at the University of Washington.

Watch out! David's enthusiasm for hunting and fishing is contagious, humorous and .....sometimes cantankerous but one thing for certain with Sparks it’s always entertaining and the spotlight is always on you the outdoorsman.

THE MARKET:

State	% of population that fishes	Number of Anglers	% of population that hunts	Number of Hunters
Idaho	20%	206,000	11%	122,000
Oregon	17%	455,000	8%	218,000
Washington	14%	641,000	4%	179,000

State	Average dolla spent per Sportsman per year
Idaho	$1,392
Oregon	$1,763
Washington	$1,850

IDAHO	OREGON	WASHINGTON
Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures in Idaho (Total: $923 million) Fishing Expenditures in Idaho (Total: $283 million) Hunting Expenditures in Idaho (Total: $260 million)	Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures in Oregon (Total: $2.0 billion) Fishing Expenditures in Oregon (Total: $497 million) Hunting Expenditures in Oregon (Total: $374 million)	Wildlife-Associated Recreation Expenditures in Washington (Total: $3.1 billion) Fishing Expenditures in Washington (Total: $905 million) Hunting Expenditures in Washington (Total: $313 million)

*National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, 2006 (FHWAR) http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/fishing.html

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