To both fish and present effectively, you also need to have —
and know where to acquire — the
proper resources. For instance,
when I pass through Dillon, Mont.,
on my way to the Beaverhead
River, I know where and how to
get what I need — but it took
some time to accumulate this
knowledge. At the Sundowner
Hotel, for instance, it is possible to
negotiate a lower room rate
depending on the number of cars
in the parking lot. The Hitching
Post is a great place to get a variety of sporting goods and equipment, but they’re not likely to give
an out-of-stater much useful fishing advice. And for nightcrawlers,
I stop at the Town Pump on the
way out of town.