Fished to some rising fishies this afternoon on the Bitterroot. Caught this little guy on a size 18 Griffith Gnat.



Had a smaller fish, a Pike Minnow, I think, take the fly but he went bye-bye before I got him in. Would have liked to get a picture of one of those caught on a dry.

John

P.S. Things are pretty slow around here. But this completes the year with a trout caught on a dry fly every month but February.

Regarding Pike Minnows and dry flies - I ran into a pod of them rising on the Bitterroot this summer and treated half a dozen or so to a quick ride on an FEB Hopper. They were all decent sized fish, they hit the fly with gusto, really splashy takes, and their first run was quite impressive. But they give it up pretty quickly, even the bigger ones.