Wyoming Beauty....

This was my 4th trip back to this remote stream in South West Wyoming and I truly love this river. The water is crystal clear and almost resembles aqua blue tropical ocean water. There are big fish here. These big fish will take big hoppers. The hole Jon is standing in above is a prime example of where a big fish will hit a big hopper.

Ten minutes into our fishing Jon floated a hopper behind a boulder in deep water. We both watched as a massive 21-23 inch cut throat followed his fly down stream (time stood still...) and proceeded to smash his bug. The fish seemed stunned and didn't put up much of a fight (at first). When it saw me trying to scoop him into my net it made a mad dash and he was gone. Jon screamed. I felt his pain but I assured him the day was young and we would have other opportunities. What a strike that was though. We caught 40 fish with a combo of hopper droppers and one nymph rig. The nymph rig brought lots of white fish but also the occasional trout. We would canvas a run with hoppers and then finish it off with some drifts with the nymph rig. It seemed to work well. 

Enjoy a few shots of this Wyoming beauty....

 Partly cloudy, lush mountains and aqua blue water.

 Looking down stream.

 First Brown of the day.

 "I think I will try a different hopper heh?"

 Can't get enough of this river....

 Biggest brown of the day.

 A close up.

 Wild cut throat on a hopper.

 Nice color on this cut.

 Another beauty.

 Close up.

 Jon nailed three cutty's along this bank on a hopper.

 Healthy fish for sure.

One more...

Ashley packed a great lunch and we had a great day. It is safe to say that we will be thinking about the one (several) that got away though.

Get out for some hoppers. They are finally here!

Chris Giles