Fished the North Tongue River on "the flats" and West of Burgess Junction in the riparian meadows. Believe it or not there are at least 20 trout in this picture. None of them wanted anything to do with the various flies I tried
Water was of course, very low in the flats nonetheless, I caught 3 skinny browns, one "flying fish" and lastly, an 11 inch rainbow at the base of a little waterfall created by a fallen tree. Spectacular red stripe and red gill plate.
The browns were fun because they'd chase a hopper fly in only a few inches of clear water, following it downstream inspecting it. Required a lot of patience to wait for it to finally take the fly before setting the hook. Beautiful sunny and comfortable day to be on the river.
Later in the afternoon I tried the meadows. Where I'd only been able to get small fish and snags the evening before, today was my day. Used a hopper and size 18 Adams behind it. Cast up alongside an undercut bank and bam! 20+ inch cuttie! Major fight that made my arm ache so much In had to use both arms for the fight. Wasn't carrying a net and trying to beach a fish that big. Much as I wanted to get a picture he broke my line just as I tried to get him ashore.
A few minutes later I had another cuttie on about half the size of the first one which still made it pretty decent.
Ten minutes after that yet another about 2/3 the size of the first was on. This time I managed to land him:
Tomorrow I'm headed for Ryan Park in the Medicine Bow mountains so I can start scouting for Brian's antelope hunt.
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