The Walkabout Company Blog

Bighorn Fly Fishing Montana 2020

by Richard Christie Dec 22, 2020

Check out the Bighorn River, Montana. I have been there some 15 times over the last 25 years and I can tell you not once disappointed.

I will be planning a trip in 2021 and if you are interested email me for details, It will be a group of 4 to 6 in a package deal.

Tight Lines

Until then be safe , be smart, distance and wear a mask ...

Dad wearing his brand new Walkabout Hat

by Richard Christie Jun 22, 2020

We love hearing from our customers who've purchased our hats!

Here's a note we received today from Elizabeth right after Father's Day, that put a smile on our face.

Hi RC,

The hat just arrived!!! That was so fast! The package was so carefully packed! Look at the photo! It’s perfect! We all need hair cuts whenever the shops open up again. But the grizzly beard and unkempt hair look suits the hat.

Thank you so much!

Best,

Elizabeth

Thanks to you, Elizabeth. Looks great. Glad to see Dad in his new Stampede Canvas hat from Walkabout!

Dad was jealous of our hats!

by Richard Christie Jun 20, 2020

Hi RC,

We are about to send through the order for my husband’s hat.

Thought you might get a kick out of seeing me, Elizabeth, in the blue Walkabout hat I bought at one of your booths during a Festival.

I got a new one because my son, Sean, took my first one to work off of a pier and a boat collecting plankton for a study at the Romberg Environmental Center. This was while he was in high school and college.

Toomas was jealous of our hats. So we had the idea to get him his own.

Best,

Elizabeth

I have not purchased a new one because it has not needed to be replaced

by Richard Christie Nov 30, 2019

Good morning,

I got your email this morning and, thought I would respond.

I purchased a hat about 9 years ago. I wear it every day. I have worn it to walk the city, hike the trails of Ontario, climb a mountain in New Zealand, for fishing in the blistering heat and the freezing cold, for walking across frozen lakes in the Canadian north, in wind, snow, rain, and sun. It has seen a hundred campfires, lightning shows over Nippising, the auroras australis and borealis, and hangs by my back door or on the hook behind the door in my classroom. I love it.

I have not purchased a new one because it has not needed to be replaced. I have not purchased a new one out of satisfaction. My hat has performed as it should. Thank you for that.

Please keep sending the emails. I don't always look at them, but it never hurts to plan for the future.

Yours,

D. Allan Stares

God bless America

by Richard Christie Sep 11, 2019

God bless America, land that I love

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We are all One , one people, one nation, lucky to be Free

by Richard Christie Jul 04, 2019

We are all One , one people, one nation, lucky to be Free. Give thanks this day to all who gave this to us. Diversity only makes us stronger. Peace !

Lest We Shall not Forget

by Richard Christie May 27, 2019

Rich,
A note of thanks for the great hat at Sun n Fun last week.Your kindness
is deeply appreciated by this old war horse and it makes me look Good!
Jim

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Wishing all Airshow Teams an amazing 2019. Kudos to Walkabout Tiger Team on Awards

by Richard Christie Dec 01, 2018

Proceeds from your purchases goes directly to keep them flying. Offering 3 different performances, the team will start off by circling the opening flag jump, then start off with a dual ship version of the already well-received Salute to Veterans act

Check out this Video

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Fly Fishing for Striped Bass ( Stripers ) on the Napa River. A hidden Jem

by Richard Christie Nov 24, 2018

No sooner had I cast two or three cast to the bank than wham ! Fish on.......and by 9 or so we had landed a good 4 fish all over 5 Lbs a few close to the 8 lb mark.

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11-11-11 the guns went silent . Peace to all

by Richard Christie Nov 11, 2018

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War or the Great War, was a global waroriginating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. Contemporaneously described as the "war to end all wars",^[7] it led to the mobilisation of more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, making it one of the largest wars in history.^[8]^[9] An estimated nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a direct result of the war, while it is also considered a contributory factor in a number of genocides and the 1918 influenza epidemic, which caused between 50 and 100 million deaths worldwide.^[10] Military losses were exacerbated by new technological and industrial developments and the tactical stalemate caused by gruelling trench warfare. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history and precipitated major political changes, including the Revolutions of 1917–1923, in many of the nations involved. Unresolved rivalries at the end of the conflict contributed to the start of the Second World War about twenty years later.^[11]

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