Tuesday, August 19, 2025

101?!

August 19, 2025

Camped at Cliff Swallow fishing access site on the Stillwater River near Absorkee, WY.  Beautifully clear water and at reasonable depth for this time of year.  Fished at dusk in a huge pool.  Popcorn (i.e. frequent rises) with some trout coming completely out of the water.  Apparently, they see an awful lot of anglers as they ignored almost everything I put out...except a rusty spinner.  Rainbow took it with a ton of head shaking but no leaping.  That was all I got despite all those rises.

This morning I put on waders and got after it.  Fast water, slow, deep, shallow.  Nuttin.  Even the popcorn pool had no action.  

This afternoon I drove around in 101 degree heat scouting for places to try at sunset.    Very pretty river but I hope it's a little more generous tonight.

Headed further west tomorrow, past Livingston.  Will update when I find a place to camp.

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