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:
