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Dawn Breaks

We drove up late Thursday night and woke up early Friday morning. Talk about a stove! Pancakes, bacon and cinnamon rolls in the oven. We have come along ways...

 

Lennon looking stoked!

We tried something new this time. We cached a mountain bike at the very top of the section we usually fish. With the bike we decided to link two sections we had never done before. It was daunting but we committed and pulled it off. On the river and walking for 9 straight hours! We figured we covered at least 8 miles. When we got to the top Dalt rode back and grabbed the truck while I watched the dogs and gear. We made the dogs run back while we rode in the truck to really wear them down. It worked and they were all asleep within 10 minutes of getting back to camp.

Dalt gets on the board.

Nice Cutty's and they were hitting hoppers starting at around 10:00 AM.

Spots

Dalt had the fish of the trip. 

It was a violent take...

Old homestead.

Actually got a little rain...

Lunch time where we usually start!

Abbey Grey

Dalt battles a giant...

White Fish! On the hopper. I caught one on a hopper 5 minutes later in this same hole..

End of the day.

Dalt knocked out the bike ride quick.

Hope you enjoyed the shots!

Chris Giles

Distant Lightning Muddy's The Water

 Interesting trip to say the least. The people were out in droves on a river we have never seen anybody fishing. We bumped into multiple groups and the first fish of the day had somebody else's hopper in its mouth! A sign of how the trip would go...

 We still caught plenty of fish though and the hoppers and stimi's were treating us right.

 Dalt battles a good one in Raparia.

 Once we got to camp we noticed the clouds were forming and lightning ensued. It never rained on us but it certainly did somewhere up the drainage. More on that in a minute...

 The light was awesome and I snapped a few good photos.

 Love this spot. Great place to camp.

 We were up at 6:30 and we started fishing hard. Dalt was on fire in this hole and probably nailed 5-6 great cutty's on a giant hopper. 

 Right around 11:00 the water started changing color and went completely muddy within 10 minutes.

We tried a nymph rig for a bit but decided to cut our losses and get back to the truck.

As we drove out the canyon we caught up with the mud front and a few miles down the water was still crystal clear. It's amazing that a storm so far away effected the water clarity where we were. It must have been right at the top of the far reaches of the drainage.

One more.

In the words of Dalton "I think we should make our hay on this river in the spring and the fall" 

I think he is right. We always seem to catch the big ones during those time periods.

Thanks,

Chris Giles

Wyoming Adventure...

 Went to Wyoming...

 Best camp spot ever. The roads are tough though. Don't know if the camper would make it....

 Woke up to beavers right outside of my tent. Sweet... Usually they are inside my tent.. hehe

 Jon warming up. He pulled up at 3:30 in the morning. Don't ask me how he found us.

 Frisch and Downing enjoying the evening.

 Caught a glimpse of a Caterpillar..

 They are out this time of year.

 Caught a few in the rain.

 Frisch lands a good one. maiden voyage on his new rod...

 Big Kiss.. The feelings were mutual...

 Downing and Starlin take the high road.

 Jon hunting.

 A little Cutty

 Little Cutty turned bigger!

 Sorting out...

 There we go.

 Sixer riding on it. Who's is bigger?

 Nice!!!!

 Quality of life...

 The ride was tightly Squeezed!!

 Starlin Squeezed up front a few times...

Happy campers. Can't wait for next weekend!

Chris Giles