Well, the Fly Fishing is Better in Montana

Got a kick out of recent blog at NewWest.net, a Missoula-based online news site, needling Gail Collins after the New York Times columnist called Montanans “wimpy” and wrote they were “more easily frightened than Manhattanites” in a recent op-ed piece about Guantánamo of all things.

Betsey Weltner responded with an amusing Top 10 reasons Montanans are tougher than New Yorkers.

Her No. 1 reason: “New Yorkers have to wait for hours to get into the hottest sushi bar in Chelsea. Montanans aren’t into eating bait, but we are into fish, and will drive for days through the middle of nowhere to get to that primo trout stream. And we won’t tell you where it is 'cause then we’d have to kill you.”

Now, I’ve been lucky enough to visit both Montana and New York, and can say both sides have some tough ones.

Anyone who has ever visited Ground Zero, knows just how tough New Yorkers can be.

At the same time, roughing it in Big Sky Country can be a tough gig as well.

I’m on the fence on this one, but will say this … the fly fishing is much better in Montana, particularly in Missoula. The fly fishing in Bozeman and other parts of Montana ain't too shabby either.