TR Western Clave

Well I was late getting there, and late getting home, so this will be
short.

Thanks to Warren for a fine job of setting this up, maybe next year
I'll be able to do the whole week.

I drove 720 miles Thursday and arrived at Lyons Bridge at 2:00 am. I
slept there in the car and hit clave central at 6:30 Friday morning.
It was good to find John, Warren, Bruiser, Willi, Charlie, Danl, and
Indian Joe, and great to meet Mike, Randy, and Harry.

We had breakfast and went to Raynolds Bridge where Bruiser schooled us
on pulling those fish oout on nymphs. I think he'd landed 20 fish
before I managed to get one. One of these days I'll get better with
the nymphs. I posted a pic of Bruiser and another of John with fish
slipping out of their hands. Danl hooked us up with his spot above the
bridge, and we all caught a few fish. One of mine was a very fat West
Slope cutthroat. I didn't realize they were in the river.

After dinner I went back to Raynolds to meet the crew for the evening
hatch, but nobody was there. I caught one fish below the bridge before
dark, and then went above at dark to Danl's spot. The fish were rising
steadily, maybe to spinners, possibly caddis. I landed 3, and then had
a big one break off both flies. I pulled out my head lamp, clipped
back to 3x, and tied on a #6 Royal Stimulator I'd gotten from Harry
Mason a year ago. The fly got me another dozen fish before I decided
I'd better head back to clave central before the beer ran out.

The next day was a fun drift from Lyons to South Madison. I started
with John and Willi in the cadilac of drift boats, John's hand built
wooden boat. We caught a couple, but it was slow. Later I drifted
with Warren and his daughter Jody in the Gink boat. Jody was
remarkable. I can't believe a girl that young could have so much
patience wit a couple guys, she didn'r whine at all, and she had a
great time.

We split up Sunday, and I drove into the park. The crouds were gone on
the Yellowstone, I managed to catch a couple cutts, and then I went
down to Lewis Lake to fish for Browns and Lakers. The wind had come up
so I went back to Yellowstone Lake only to find the wind was up there
too. It rained all night.

In the morning it was still raining lightly, but I inflated the boat
and went out on Lewis anyway. One 18 inch brown was all I could
manage, but the wind made it tough. I drove on home, 800 miles in one
day.


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In article aBfLc.131109$IQ4.95844@attbi_s02,
net says...
Well I was late getting there, and late getting home, so this will be
short.


snip

Nice TR - I wish I had been there.

How was your other trip?

Kevin

Kevin Vang wrote:
In article aBfLc.131109$IQ4.95844@attbi_s02,
says...
Well I was late getting there, and late getting home, so this will
be
short.


snip

Nice TR - I wish I had been there.

How was your other trip?

If you mean Great Slave Lake, I posted a TR on June 11. If you mean
Ireland and England, they were great, but I didn't fish at all.

Are you up for a pike mini-clave labor day weekend at Glacier?


Kevin

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In article sgoLc.115645$WX.79528@attbi_s51,
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Are you up for a pike mini-clave labor day weekend at Glacier?


Oh, I'm definitely up for it, but I only have a three day weekend.
I'm not sure I can justify spending two days driving for one day of
fishing.

Speaking of Glacier NP, we are heading there next week. We've never
been there before, so can you suggest any tips on good campgrounds
and fishing spots in the area?

Kevin

Kevin Vang wrote:
In article sgoLc.115645$WX.79528@attbi_s51,
says...

Are you up for a pike mini-clave labor day weekend at Glacier?


Oh, I'm definitely up for it, but I only have a three day weekend.
I'm not sure I can justify spending two days driving for one day of
fishing.

Speaking of Glacier NP, we are heading there next week. We've never
been there before, so can you suggest any tips on good campgrounds
and fishing spots in the area?


I like the Many Galcier campground. The nearby lakes have small trout,
most of the good trout fishing involves a long hike. Don't forget
Serrburn for pike, regardless of the water level the fish will be near
the edges, not at the very head of the lake, but starting about half a
mile East.

I've heard great things about a lake near the summit of the
Going-to-the-sun highway. It's just a short walk down from the top,
and has a short name that escapes me now.

We've taken a couple 8-12 mile hikes into nice lakes, one was from Two
Medicine, I think it's Dead Man or Lost Man, something like that. I
think you'll find the east side of the park is quieter than the west
side, and a little more grand. St. Maries is a nice campground that's
a bit more centrally located than Many Glacier, but much larger.

Have a great trip, and Hi to the family,

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