3/26/2012

Back to the River, The First Outing

Howdy Friends,

This weekend was the most beautiful yet here in southwestern Montana and I was glad to finally get back on the water.  Air temp yesterday was pushing 70!  That sun felt good on my face; I'm not gonna lie, and the choir of birds got me whistling right along.  Very refreshing after the long winter and seemingly month or two now without sun.

I got started with my buddy Jeremy yesterday afternoon in one of my favorite spots... just within earshot of Yankee Jim Canyon on the Yellowstone.  Not much bug activity when we arrived so I started with a streamer.  There's a big fishy hole right by the car and when I didn't get any takers I decided I must be doing something wrong.  I switched it up to a big foam bug with a dropper about 36 inches below.  That did the trick!  Started to pick up fish after fish.  Lots of whitefish but I didn't mind at all.  Every once-in-a-while I'd pick up a trout.  This one was close to 15 inches!


This cut here below dropped a hurt bomb on the foam bug!  Guess he wanted meat and taters.




All in all I think I caught about 5 trout, all rainbow and 1 cut.  Lost a few others.  Also caught about a dozen whitefish.  Everything came on the dropper except the one cut.  Fished from about 2pm until 6pm or so...  By the time we were packing up to head home a bunch of whitefish were rising in the pool on midges.  I saw a march brown mayfly while we were out and there was also a black stonefly coming off as well.  No caddis yet!  Anyway it was fun.  Hoping to get out a little more here over the next few weeks.

Hope to see you below the green boxes,

Link




3/21/2012

Easter is coming...

Howdy Friends,

Here's a good teaching I just watched from Tenth Avenue North and wanted to share it with you.  I never realized the symbolism of a wedding in the last supper.

Have a great day!

-Link








3/14/2012

Updated pictures on the board

Greetings Friends,

Added some pictures to the board.  If you have a fish you'd like to put on the board let me know.  Hope to get out this weekend.  Need to get my license still!


Show me your fish



See you below the green boxes.

-Link

3/04/2012

Simple Pleasures

Howdy Friends!

This afternoon, on our trip into the Lamar Valley, I was reminded of some childhood memories of riding bikes in the rain.  No it wasn't raining in the park today but it was warm enough to... lots of melting going on.  Back home, when we would get a heavy summer rain, we couldn't wait to get out on the street after the storm.  Bike riding was fun most of the time but after a down pour there were special bonuses.  Puddles.  Lots of em'.  Down the street from our house a huge puddle would form on the side of the road.  Perfect conditions for top speed collisions!  Coming home dirty and soaking wet was a blast!  I guess some things never change...



Hope your weekend was a good one and if it keeps warming up this week I hope to see you below the green boxes.

-Link