Part 1
Fished the well-known places with lots of my friends
had to put in a reservation at West Yellowstone to get this spot
people party hardy up here so evenings on the river were pretty quiet
caddis hatch was much better than on the Madison
couple of guys spey-casting for biggies here
pretty quiet in the morning before the fleet put in; Miss Sally with the red behind payed a visit
Part 2
fished well-known places with nobody but the critters
this one required a bit of a slog but the big bugs were still doing it in the willows
got some nice 'bows (definitely didn’t look like cutt-bows) here; didn’t think they came up this far
surprised we had this to ourselves but the bear hauling *** back and forth across the meadow may have had something to do with it
fished a lot of little blue lines that nobody else bothered with:
this one had browns and biting flies
this one had browns, cutt-bows and biting flies
that duct tape is SPF 50, btw
this one had 'bows, brookies, beavers and biting flies
[FONT=verdana]more little blue lines
this one had west slopes
this place was interesting; couldn’t quite figure out what they wanted on top
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Random stuff
folks were more interested in this than the Firehole Falls
bit of a debate over which is the better eatery
stuck in a (Toccata and) fugue state
sage grouse country
Mary Kay in Montana is one tough lady
scored some home made pumpkin pie and macaroni salad in Three Forks
Sweetgrass Hills
one third of the Triad
well, where else would you put them?
looks like they’ve cleaned up Browning a bit
well, maybe not
Wind? Let’s talk about the wind (the Leaning Tower of Marias Pass)
heading back to the mean streets of Whitefish
why they call it Big Sky country
Regards,
Scott
Bunch of neat pixels and staccato comments. Nicely done, Scott.
John
Enjoyed it as well - hope you missed the recent wind and thunder storms, last evening was the most specular lighting we’ve ever seen in Montana!
I was back in Whitefish last Friday when we got a hail storm at 11 PM. Seemed like an odd time for hail, luckily no damage there. Saw a good bit of lightning while up on the Mo; started the Mission Road Fire north of Craig which, fortunately they contained pretty quickly:
Hope you have an uneventful fire season, and continued good fishing.
Regards,
Scott
Beautiful country! I have fallen in love with fishing those “little blue lines” most folks overlook. Most of the time, they aren’t full of monsters, but you NEVER see anyone else! Thanks for the pics… I am jealous, stuck here in hot, dry Kansas!
Hey Scott, Just saw your post…big dummy…never thought to look here under fishing reports…hmmm.
Fishing the Bighorn Sat,Sun and Monday and then off to the Tongue for a few days…unless we get
redirected by someone…LOL
Those are some great pics. What kind of camera were you using and were you using a polarizing filter?
Joe
Joe,
Embarrassed to say, but the camera is a cheap ($39) Vivitar P & S I got from W-Mart last year. It has no macro function (actually it does have a macro setting, but all it seems to do is blur pictures) and a crummy zoom but takes surprisingly decent photos if the light’s good and I just P & S it. We also have a 6 yr old Canon P & S that does have a good macro (what I use to take pics of flies) but the wife doesn’t trust me with it when I’m near water; she is wise. Hope you have a great time on the Horn & Tongue and the fish are looking up.
Regards,
Scott
That is just too funny…$35.00 camera…you got some great shots there.
I am using one of the Olympus Tough 6000 cameras that I got for Father’s day last year.
Here are some Pics from 2011: http://s1018.photobucket.com/albums/af309/HickoryShad/Montana%202011/