Montana Bound!

 8/25/22.  Fished the Warm River this AM.  Sunshine, clear water, rises.  Life is good. 

Headed  to Montana to try tail waters of Hegben Reservoir and or Madison River.  Will provide a more definitive update by days end.

8/26/22: staying at Beaver Creek BLM area near Earthquake Lake.  Beautiful stream and nice campsite.   Prime grizzly environment. 

Beaver Creek and the Gorge it's in.  It must be a River in the spring but there's plenty of water for fishing.  Caught 3 small cutbows and had 2 nice sized fish that wriggled off the hook quickly. 

Victory!  I fished Beaver Creek in the morning catching only a few small fish.  Then I happened upon a classic pocket.  The Creek had eroded the roots of a pine tree causing it to fall into the water which created a little dam of sorts.  The pool was 2-3 ft deep with plenty of cover for trout to hide in.   From downstream I cast a grasshopper and a 10 inch rainbow wailed on it but slipped off the hook after only 2 seconds.   I tried the hopper again but he wasn't having any of it.  Switched to a Hendrickson and he hit it hard only to escape right away.   I was seriously bummed that the only fish of size had gotten the better of me twice. 

As it turned out, I returned to that spot at sunset.  Crept up on the pool and threw him a Humpy.  It took a couple of tries but he clobbered it and this time I set the hook properly.  Got him!  Superb end to a beautiful sunny day.