A Few Blue Lines TR

A Capital Idea


No time for full-blown destination trips with family in town and decks to strip/re-stain but have had a few days to spend poking around on some lesser-loved water. Wife had a quilting thing to attend in Helena so I decided to ferry the trailer and tag along. Took the longer route but Marias Pass is easier on the brakes/transmission, and the wind was at our six


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quick stop for gas in Conrad; always interesting things for sale (apparently coyote urine has replaced bobcat in the ungulate defense world)

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purple mountains

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amber waves

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and me without cards, or my board

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Got the trailer settled, dropped the wife off downtown, and headed out. Too late in the morning to hit the tricos on the big river over the hill and I really wasn't in the mood for that mob scene; lots of other options.

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brown fish

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headed for the canyons

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tight quarters, but some very nice fish up here, most of which I managed to spook

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Wife had an overnight backpacking trip (her first) up in the Park, so we hauled *** the next morning and managed to score a campsite at Two Medicine. Took her to the trailhead and I went to throw foam things at cutts

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flav? (small green Carnage Drakes worked well)

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Next morning, back at camp

Sinopah Mountain

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flora

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fauna (spotted 2 bear, one swimming on the other side of Two Medicine Lake and one walking into the brush where I had just finished fishing; no pics, though)

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meet the spruce grouse family

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Regards,
Scott

Nice. I am envious.

Red Ants (in my) Pants Edition

Wife wanted to take her brother to the festival so, once again, I volunteered to ferry the trailer to Yasgur's Farm West where we met up with about 15,000 of our closest (and I mean close) friends

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Music wasn't on my agenda (when Steely Dan comes to central MT I'll leave the rods behind) so it was off for a little fishing the next morning. Wanted to do something Crazy but the main event there was being visited by Hoot Owls so I weighed my other options:

Belt (the Bigger)

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Castles in the sky

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spun the dial and headed out into some really pretty country

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a bit boney but flows were still decent and water temps were plenty cool

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'bows, and not too picky

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over the hump to something a little wider and deeper

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'bows and cutt-bows; again, happy with most any foam thing thrown at them (although, for some reason, tan didn't draw much interest)

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Regards,
Scott

Nice trip, beautiful country!