August fishing

It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been spending
nearly every day out on the water with some great folks and
haven’t found the time or the energy for typing; my apologies.

We’ve been having some fun dry fly fishing on the Snake
lately. Clients have fished everything from Royal Wulffs to tiny
PMD emergers; raising cutthroat trout of all sizes. Many of the
bigger fish we’ve picked up have come from fast seam lines
and deeper riffles, but bank fishing is coming into it’s own too.

I’ve also spent some time guiding folks out on Flat Creek
in the Elk Refuge. While this stream isn’t for everyone, it’s one
of my favorites to take folks out on. I love the challenge of
finding rising fish and helping anglers choose and present their
flies correctly. This is PhD fly fishing and a good day means
catching one or two NICE trout (many fish in Flat Creek exceed
20″) The other day I had Dan and Steven out on it to test their
skills. Both did well hooking and landing a few fish. The
highlight of the day was helping Dan get a MASSIVE cutthroat
to rise in slack water to his emerger pattern. Unfortunately,
once hooked, the beast of a fish made a run for it, snapping
Dan’s 5x tippet. Despite this, Dan said that experience was
one of the coolest things he’s experienced on the water.

A nice rainbow caught last week on the Green River. Nice
work Tom!

Dan passing Flat Creek’s challenge!