Backbeat 2/10/10
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
By Christie Koriakin
Fisherman’s tales
Two of the most experienced river runners in Jackson Hole, John Simms and Tom Montgomery, will team up to tell some true stories of fishing and the Snake River as the third installment of The Jackson Hole Historical Society and Museum’s lecture series Jackson Hole Stories: Voices of the Valley. With almost eight decades of experience between the two of them, these men have seen the tides ebb and flow in and around the Snake River.
In 1965, his first year in Jackson, John Simms, an outdoor enthusiast with an entrepreneurial flare, began his own raft float trip and fly fishing guide business.
He later started Wildwater Float Trips, which became Simms and Sand Wildwater. Simms and his wife designed a line of fly-fishing products, which eventually became SIMMS division of Life-Link.
Simms took Tom Montgomery under his wing as a young angler and Montgomery went on to become a world-class guide in places as faraway as New Zealand and Chile. He has chronicled the fishing experience photographically in several outdoor magazines. Last year, Montgomery completed his 32nd year of guiding for Jack Dennis on the Snake River.
“River & Fishing Stories” take place 7 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday. Ordway Auditorium, Teton County Library. Free. 733-9605.
For the birdsDo you think Valentine’s Day is for the birds? Then join the Teton Raptor Center, the Wildlife Film Festival, and the Center of Wonder in celebrating the raptors of Jackson Hole on Valentines Day.
All weekend long, families can participate in Cornell University’s annual Great Backyard Bird Count with Craighead Beringia South. Then, Sunday will kick off with a half-price open house of the Teton Raptor Center’s Hardeman barn. The family-friendly event continues with a presentation of current raptor research and an introduction to Rosie the Red-tail Hawk, while children make raptor-inspired masks and valentines.
Following the presentation, you’ll be ‘en-raptored’ by the film The Legend of Pale Male. The film tells the true story of how one hawk captured the hearts and imaginations of New York City when it made it’s home in Central Park.
Raptor events are, 2 p.m., Sunday with an open house at Teton Raptor Center. $5. Raptor presentation and film start at 5:30 p.m. at the Center Theater, Center for the Arts. Free. 733-7016. 734-0570.
Mountains of adventureGet your dose of adrenaline watching athletes ski, snowboard, kayak, mountaineer, unicycle and even waterslide. The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, brought to you by Skinny Skis, will make a stop in Jackson for two nights.
The tentative lineup includes action-packed films such as MedeoZ, a short filled with six different extreme mountain sports, as well as anthropological explorations like Mustang—Journey Transformation, which chronicles the efforts to save the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang from cultural extinction.
Banff Film Festival World Tour screens 7p.m., Friday and Saturday, Grand Teton Room, Snow King Resort. $12/night or $20/both nights. Available at Skinny Skis, Valley Bookstore and Hungry Jack’s. 733-6094.
www.banffmountainfestivals.ca.
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