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July 1st, 2011 by sorendetienne
The Lodge photo was taken from the River
The River’s Bend Lodge, at Hardy Creek, still has a few rooms available for the 4th of July weekend. the Lodge is on the Missouri River about 15 miles north of Holter Dam exit 247 on I15, 57 Seibold Lane (the Prewitt Creek Fishing Access Road).
Elk Horn Suite; a California King Bed w/Private Bathroom
Make your reservation soon rooms are limited. You can view each room, pricing, and availability on our Internet site. While your at the site check out some of the blogs!
River’s Bend Lodge is on the Missouri River about halfway between Craig and Cascade and/or Great Falls and Helena depending on your reference points.
- Elk Horn Suite
Tags: Birding on Missouri River, Cascade Montana, Craig Montana, Great Falls, Helena, Holter Dam, Lodge, Missouri River, Montana Bed and Breakfast, Montana Vacation
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May 30th, 2011 by sorendetienne
Karen's first Rainbow Trout, and Guide Jay Dixon
Two Southern Belles from Texas, came to Montana in quest of filling part of their bucket lists. Visit Montana and learn to Fly-Fish. Karen and Sonemaly stayed at River’s Bend Lodge for two days while learning to be Fly-Fisher-women with Guide Jay Dixon. The First day out they spent seven hours on the Missouri River, Fly-Fishing… it rained intermitantly and was colder than normal… but they had a great time and caught several fish each. These ladies had such a great attitude, the river was high and weather was not the best…they insisted, “It beats triple digit heat any day of the week!”
Even as beginners they had great luck, way better then my first time, all I caught were bird nests. It reminded me of fishing with my grandsons; I spent most of my first time, untangling fishing line!
Day two of their Montana Fly-Fishing Adventure was colder, with lots more rain and hail… and yes several more large fish…The ladies returned to the Lodge cold and soaked to the skin.
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Tags: fly fishing, Great Falls, Helena, Missouri River, Montana Bed and Breakfast, montana fly fishing on the Missouri River, Montana trout fishing, Montana Vacation
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May 26th, 2011 by sorendetienne
Guide (Mike Agee w/fish) and Karl. Some happy fishermen!
Today May 25,2011 the Missouri is running at 15,400 (cfs) below Holter Dam, the Deerborn is running at 2,900 (cfs). The tributaries, especially the Deerborn are adding a lot of dirty water to the Missouri right now, a strong mudline can be identified on river left when passing the Deerborn and on down stream through Marshall Lanes. Just before dark I saw enough rising fish had it been earlier in the day I would have been tempted to try a few dry dries.
My buddies Micheal and Karl from Nashville, Tenn. stayed at the Lodge a week ago for four days of fishing on the Missouri River;
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Tags: Cascade Montana, Craig Montana, fly fishing, Great Falls, Helena, Lodge, Missouri River, Montana Bed and Breakfast, Montana trout fishing, Montana Vacation
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February 5th, 2011 by sorendetienne
Surf and Turf Dinner
The River’s Bend Lodge is offering a February Special in Honor of Valentine’s Day. All inclusive Lodging, Dinner, and Breakfast for $215.00 , (second nights Lodging and Breakfast only $135.00)
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Tags: February Specials, Great Falls, Helena, Lovers get-away, Missouri River, Valentine Day Specials, Valentines Day
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February 1st, 2011 by sorendetienne
This is what it looks like looking across the river this morning and for the last couple of days the clouds of frozen moisture coming off the river and ice flowing down very little visibility.
The good news is what Cindy is up to? Testing recipes and fine tuning them in her special way and guess what? I have to be the official taste tester now this is tough duty but hey, somebody has to do it! This time the recipe she is critiquing is Shrimp Diane, (this is just my all time favorite seafood dish) but I will suffer though these days of testing… for your dinning pleasure. When spring finally gets here… I may have an extra 50 lbs to lose. Shrimp Diane is our February Valentines Special, Cindy’s recipe for this dish will be posted on our blog as soon as she has finished developing it soon…. and no their are no testing left over’s! (I’m sure it part of my job description to eat all of them)LOL
The geese are having a bit of a tough time with this weather can you see them huddling together on the island? Between the clouds of frozen moisture and my camera’s lack of magnification it may be difficult.
Geese
Tags: Birding on Missouri River, Canadian Geese, February Specials, Great Falls, Helena, Lovers get-away, Shrimp Diane, Valentine Day Specials, Valentines Day
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January 26th, 2011 by sorendetienne
During February at River’s Bend Lodge you will receive one nights lodging for you and your Sweet Heart, a romantic Dinner and Breakfast all inclusive for $185.00. This Valentines’ Special is available the entire month of February. 
Dinner will be Shrimp Diane prepared from Chef Paul Prudhomme’s recipe by Cindy. This mouth watering Cajun dish is to die for, a Cajun seasoned, Shrimp sauté over pasta. Shrimp Diane has been one of my favorite dishes since I was introduced to it by Bruce Baumgart, in 1985 while he was the Executive Chef at the Park Plaza Hotel in Helena.
For breakfast we will serve an Iron Skillet Pear Pancakes, homemade muffins, bacon and hash browns.
Tags: Birding on Missouri River, February Specials, Great Falls, Helena, Lovers get-away, Missouri River, Montana Bed and Breakfast, Valentine Day Specials, Valentines Day
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November 30th, 2010 by sorendetienne
Danish ladies making blankets in Greatroom
Cindy and I had the pleasure of having Sandy and Jacquie stay with us over Thanksgiving. Sandy has considerable marketing experience and shared some fantastic ideas with me for marketing the River’s Bend Lodge a Montana Bed and Breakfast . The River’s Bend Lodge is a beautiful log and stone structure on the Missouri River 1/2 way between Great Falls and Helena, Montana with great access from Interstate 15.
I am interested in putting together retreats for Knitting, Quilting, Writing, and/or small seminars, our facility will sleep 11 adults double occupancy one room sleeps 3. Is anyone interested in coming to one of these retreats or another business owner (Quilting shop, book store, craft store, etc) interested in joint venturing one of these retreats? Email me at rivers.bend@hotmail.com .
THE GREATROOM 
The Lodge has a 1000 square foot well lighted Great Room (natural light and electrical) over looking the Missouri River where Canadian Geese, Swans, Bald Eagles, numerous other water fowl, and animals such as beaver.otter and deer can be viewed from the Great Rooms picture windows.
Tags: Birding on Missouri River, Great Falls, Helena, Knitting, Knitting retreats, Quilting, Quilting retreats, Retreats, Seminars, Writting in Montana
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October 6th, 2010 by sorendetienne
Average Missouri River Trout
Last week I had the pleasure of meeting Michael when he stayed at the River’s Bend Lodge . Michael, a Tennessee resident, was in Montana on business for several days and decided to stay a couple of extra days to go Fly-fishing. Michael took me Fly-fishing with him on Friday Oct 1st, what a great time we had, a drift boat was dropped off just below Holter Dam for us. As we loaded our fishing gear and beer in the drift boat the fish were jumping all around us. Michael tried several different Flies over the course of the next half hour without much luck . He said “this is the greatest frustration of Fly-fishing watching them feed and not being able to figure out the right fly.” Michael tied on a hopper and a nymph Pheasant Tail Fly he had tied himself and the fish taking began. Over the next 6 to 7 hours Michael would catch thirty trout only three of them were Brown Trout, 27 were Rainbow Trout, eight were over 20” long the biggest being 26 ½” long! Four of the trout three rainbows and one brown were about 12” long, Michael classified them as small!! The rest of his catch for the day were between 16” and 20” what a day we had.
We happened on a pod of Trout feeding on bugs on the surface or just below the surface of the river, their heads would just break the surface of the water and back down they would go. It was exciting to watch those heads and mostly large ones at that, come out of the water in a feeding frenzy. Michael caught his first 3 fish, all of them over 20” out of this pod of approximately one hundred and twenty five fish.
Micheal said " This was a World Class Fly-fishing Day!"
Did I tell you Michael caught all these fish while teaching me row the boat! I’m a little hard of hearing and he was facing away from me most of the time, so he developed these hand signals to tell me where he wanted the boat. Watching him up there in the front of the boat with both hands going trying to get me in the correct spot was a hoot.
Trying to keep that boat in sync with the current and get to the desired spot on the river while avoiding the other anglers is no easy task. I gained a lot of respect for the fishing guides that do it day after day.
We drank our first beer after the 3rd large Trout was caught (Michael’s rule “no beer drinking until after the first 20” trout is caught”). Michael didn’t get to drink much beer, that day, he was to busy catching trout, not to worry though I drank his share.
Michael has Fly-fished in Europe, South America, and North America but, Montana is still his favorite spot! He has fished more rivers in Montana than I have, and I am a Montana native living here for 58 years. As he was leaving on Sunday I asked him how his Fly-fishing expierence had been this trip. He said “Soren I have had two back to back WORLD CLASS FLY-FISHING DAYS I will be back soon.”
Michael's little piece of "Heaven" Fly-fishing the Missouri River in Montana
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