Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

I found this. "Colter's Run" aptly describes the trip up to the Second
Meadow on Slough.
http://www.ultimatemontana.com/secti...oltersrun.html
Frank Reid

Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

Frank Reid wrote:
I found this. "Colter's Run" aptly describes the trip up to the Second
Meadow on Slough.
http://www.ultimatemontana.com/secti...oltersrun.html
Frank Reid


Yeah, but did Colter ever find Fawn Lake? :-)

I thought the cross-country detour to the second meadow via
what's-its-name lake was pretty cool. That lake could be good to fish
earlier in the season before it weeds up. IMO, you shouldn't have been
using waders and you shouldn't have carried so much stuff, but that's
your business.

Those damn flies were the only bad thing about the trip.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

Frank Reid wrote:
I found this. "Colter's Run" aptly describes the trip up to the Second
Meadow on Slough.
http://www.ultimatemontana.com/secti...oltersrun.html
Frank Reid

"Colter's journey took him to...near what is now Cooke City...but his
accounts of the...oddities sounded so farfetched that he was the butt
of many a mountain man's jokes for years afterward...."

Perhaps the first......but certainly not the last.....to plant his ass
at a campground near Cooke City and become a long standing joke.

Wolfgang
who's got a shiny new nickel says colter never saw fawn lake.
:)

Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

I thought the cross-country detour to the second meadow via
what's-its-name lake was pretty cool. That lake could be good to fish
earlier in the season before it weeds up. IMO, you shouldn't have been
using waders and you shouldn't have carried so much stuff, but that's
your business.

Those damn flies were the only bad thing about the trip.

True, then again, I had not gotten the full info on the extent of the
trip. Lotta miss communication, a lot on my part. Just didn't ask.
(Insert whine of your choice here). I WILL be more prepared for the
next trip (and I won't run out of my meds before the next trip). Also,
I will not be using a pack designed for a 10 year old.
I would have loved to have a float tube on that lake. Looked like a
lot of fun.
I figured out how to stop the flies. As soon as I borrowed the head
net from Danl, the wind and rain came up and the flies went away. I
done scared 'em by going into proactive defense.
Good fission with ya.
Frank Reid

Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

"Frank Reid" wrote in message
ps.com...
I thought the cross-country detour to the second meadow via
what's-its-name lake was pretty cool. That lake could be good to fish
earlier in the season before it weeds up. IMO, you shouldn't have been
using waders and you shouldn't have carried so much stuff, but that's
your business.

Those damn flies were the only bad thing about the trip.

True, then again, I had not gotten the full info on the extent of the
trip. Lotta miss communication, a lot on my part. Just didn't ask.
(Insert whine of your choice here). I WILL be more prepared for the
next trip (and I won't run out of my meds before the next trip). Also,
I will not be using a pack designed for a 10 year old.
I would have loved to have a float tube on that lake. Looked like a
lot of fun.
I figured out how to stop the flies. As soon as I borrowed the head
net from Danl, the wind and rain came up and the flies went away. I
done scared 'em by going into proactive defense.
Good fission with ya.
Frank Reid


Get yourself a water purifier bottle too. Got one this year, and it came in
very handy. Worked just fine, and didn't have to carry water with me,
lightening the load significantly.

BTW - thanks much for the Huskers hat. It made one of the shots posted on
Tim's web site (the cutt) and it was very lightweight, and breathable, which
came in handy too with the heat.

Didn't get to fish with you much this year, but I think it had something to
do with your recovery mode. Not sure if I will make 2007 or not. Was
planning on bringing the family next time around but the September date is
impossible due to school. Getting ready to hassle the traveling Clavemeister
on that one...

The Finn

Makela's photos, was Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

Mike Makela ten.tsacmoc@alekamm typed:
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It made one of the shots
posted on Tim's web site (the cutt) and it was very lightweight, and
breathable, which came in handy too with the heat.

I hadn't posted the link to Mike's photos yet because I was waiting for
a TR, but I can plop that in later:
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/roffpics/2006_makela_montana/
Very nice photos, Mike.
--
TL,
Tim
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http://css.sbcma.com/timj/

Makela's photos, was Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

"Bob Weinberger" wrote in message
news:j4KAg.16$l95.4@trnddc08...

"Tim J." wrote in message
...
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/roffpics/2006_makela_montana/

However the photos labeled " Elk in the Trees" & "Elk in the Trees 2" are
mislabeled. That's a Mule Deer doe in the picture, not an elk.

You better clean up those spectacles Bob...I think that Mule deer buck would
be ****ed if he knew you were calling him a doe... ;)

How's the "O", shaping up after the big run off this spring...?

Tight Lines,
JT

Makela's photos, was Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

"JT" wrote in message
...

You better clean up those spectacles Bob...I think that Mule deer buck
would be ****ed if he knew you were calling him a doe... ;)

How's the "O", shaping up after the big run off this spring...?

Tight Lines,
JT

You're right. That's part of the reason I quit deer hunting some years ago -
only hunt elk now (besides my wife loves elk meat, but dislikes deer meat).
Those little bucks are too hard to pick out in heavy timber.

The "O" has been fairly spotty fishing this year. The fish are still there,
but its been difficult to determine what they may be feeding on at any given
time. Most of the silt and heavy algae growth was cleaned out by the high
water, so most of the bugs that depended on those conditions and provided
consistent hatches (e.g. Callibaetis & Midges) are pretty much gone. The
species of bugs that depend on clean gravel are still recolonizing, and any
given species shows only sporadically. I expect things to stabilize by next
spring & to have excellent fishing conditions.

TL,
Bob Weinberger

Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

"Mike Makela" ten.tsacmoc@alekamm wrote in message
. ..

Get yourself a water purifier bottle too. Got one this year, and it came
in very handy. Worked just fine, and didn't have to carry water with me,
lightening the load significantly.


Works great for me. Never gotten sick (which doesn't really prove anything)
and never have to carry water with me - always have fresh cool water when
needed.

Makela's photos, was Western Clave - Slough Creek
 

"Jonathan Cook" wrote in message
...
Bob Weinberger wrote:

However the photos labeled " Elk in the Trees" & "Elk in the Trees 2" are
mislabeled. That's a Mule Deer doe in the picture, not an elk.

To easterners, it's something with hoofs and horns, so
just start shooting. :-)

Jon.
double :-) for those who missed the first

And I left the gun at home...oh wait, don't own one..

Mike