As shown in the above pics, the first day on the river this year was, indeed, a marvelous one…eagles (gaggles of them!), heron, hawks, mink, muskrat and, yes, even fish were part of the menu this Wednesday when our Montana Matters Troubadour (shown above with his rainbow catch), our Double Up outfitter John “The Great But Propaneless” [so named for his propensity over the years to forget the propane tanks needed for our hot riverside lunches!] Gould and yours truly took to the Bitterroot River (year after year one of our targeted Extravaganza rivers) for a “tween” day of fishing that yielded, in addition to our traditional rounds of laughter and hilarity, the first Twenty Inch fish of the year (my beauty of a brown shown above with Propaneless) and, the surprise of the day, a (huge) 5 ½ pound sucker—a rarity to land such a large specimen on the types of flies that we were using (the skwala version of which is also shown above).
For you rookies out there (and as your wily veterans well know), as you arrive to fish with us in Montana in just three short months now, you will get the chance to experience first-hand that which I do every day on the water and did again on Wednesday—a well preserved, animal, avian and fish rich environment that, within just moments, sinks into your soul and refreshes all that is within you. Simply stated, there is little that I have found that can or does replace a quiet day on the river, where, in the case of the Bitterroot River, you are seeing the very same vistas that Lewis and Clark saw 200+ years ago as, both on their way to the Coast and again on their return trek, they wintered aside the Bitterroot just outside of the town of Lolo (which you too will all see first-hand).
And if our success on Wednesday is any indication, we sure in for a(nother) heck of a fishing year!!!
Best to all amidst it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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