Montana 2011

[ScottP]

Part 1

Did a little fishing, did a little sightseeing, did a lot of birdwatching; got to help out Ben Deeble, from National Wildlife Federation, with his sage grouse studies down around Dillon, MT (no pics from the leks, though, my little point-and-shoot would have been useless). Here's some photos:

Fishing was dam good




Beautiful music is played here:



Drift boats come in all colors these days:




Fish were caught here:



and here:



and here :



Hatches, save for some midges, were few and far between; scuds and zebra midges saved the day although some bwos did come off on the Y-stone and I got 2 nice 'bows on emergers.

Sage Grouse country:

[ScottP]

Part 2


Headquarters for NWF grouse study(former gold mine boom town):






Many fine dogs were petted and licks well received; Sal was the best:



Dell, MT; second best apple pie I've ever had (wife's still ranks #1) came from here:


Lots of fun; tell me I'm not one lucky guy.



Regards,
Scott

[SKershaw]

Gorgeous! Looks like a good time, Scott.

Scott

[dr korn]

Nice photos and report Scott.......

[lastchance]

Thanks, Scott. There are some great photos.
Bruce