The fly fishing gear is always at the door of the garage so when Dr. Bill called me at 7 pm to head out west to fly fish for cutthroat trout the next morning, I was ready in about 30 minutes. As I drove to Bill's house, the radio announcer said we better enjoy summer because it is coming for the next two days. I laughed.
Well, the 45 minute walk to get started fishing was a bit messy because the quad track was a quagmire. We also stayed alert because we saw fresh bear scat. It is buffalo berry season and the crop looks great for the bears!
Finally we rigged up and got to fly fishing. The cutthroat were quite cooperative although we did get a lot of refusals. We finally were getting excellent action on size 16 and 18 yellow sally stones and small parachute adams.
The west slope cutts were in excellent condition and feisty!
It was nice to fly fish in shorts. The big blue sky devoured the landscape. It was very therapeutic to feel summer heat and see rising cutthroat. What a great day!
Quad damage is amazing!
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