My buddy Johnny and I had no obligations for the month of June, so there was no better time to take a fly-fishing road trip through the west. Here's a few pictures from the expedition.
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Rough Outline of the Road Trip Route |
Green River - Dutch John, Utah
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The Cicada Hatch was the name of the game on the Gree |
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Fish Sighted |
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The Cast |
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The drift and slow rise from the depths |
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The Set |
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Tight Line |
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The Battle |
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The Net |
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Revive (cicada dry) |
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The Release |
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Running down the bank after this brown |
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Couldn't turn down the cicada |
Wyoming
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The classiest all in one gas station |
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I guess Wyoming is all about convenience |
Missouri River - Craig, Montana (Dry Fly Only)
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Fished dry flies all day on the Mo |
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The PMD hatch was off the charts |
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25 inch brown on a PMD dry |
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Sight fishing with PMD dries for a week straight on the Mo |
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Dual 20 inchers |
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The rare cuttbow on the Missouri |
Beaverhead River - Dillon, Montana
Madison River - Ennis, Montana
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Fifty Mile Riffle |
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Hit the Sallmonfly hatch on the Madison |
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Found this guy sitting in 6 inches of water up against the bank |
The Madison River between Hebgen and Quake Lake
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Salmonfly night fishing |
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A month straight of camping |
Yellowstone - Wyoming
Jackson, Wyoming
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Hungout with fellow BFC alum Chris Morrell and he showed us a great time on his home waters |
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Grey Drake hatch exploded on the river |
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Morrell with a beast caught on a scuplzilla |
Crowley Lake - Mammoth Lakes, California
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Midge gut on this cutty |
3 comments:
Goodness!!! That's a decade's worth of big trout. Very fine work, gents, very fine!
That's exactly what I was thinking Jesse. You guys kinda crushed the West.
Some real solid hookups in there! Nicely done!
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