Doing Summer Time

“Summertime and the livings easy” - Bradley Nowell 1968-1996 Rip
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odd summer
the early lock down had me lookin for new water
started floating the bear cause it was exempt from lame duck herbs executive musings
Continued cause + 30" pooper matter to me






averaged once a week bout 1/2 on the sup
1/2 in the drifty
1/2 with company 1/2 solo
i git a couple shots a mile and try to make em count




Nice! Great pictures as usual.




i like that ive seen more bovines than anglers

managed to put a few mirrors in the nets


got a nice kitty to play the whippy stick take the sup for a ride game

totally different fight from the slow power of da carps
fish my usual’s decker and the jordan





aint thrown the boat in much at willard nor score a wiper ths summer
#overharvested and #overpoweredsquaded
place needs a nowake wedsday and a no meat friday imo
but i do walk or bike the dyke on occasion and exercise the poopfish






got my green float and be happy on a few times and troots game goin

















There is he - was starting to wonder if a monster carp took ya under to its lair and ya liked it so much ya just opted to stay

You dont want it to be over but you know the seasons wane the pagan equinox approaches
the triple digit dog days of aug turn to sept and autumn snows
in order to bestowed an annual moniker
ya gots to saddle up regardless
leavin the crib at 4:20 to get shut down in evanston weds morning sucked
as did popin an oar lock in red creek and donating it to the river gods
and chocolate milk vis
rest
#didntsuck
they probably did me a favor closin 80 that day
would a been a spicy drive towin the tuparware moship



wasnt warm


spending time on the river with friends didnt suck

nor did camp



i pulled the boat out thurs night
and was gonna play the hudgeflyfisherman dont choclate milk booze cruise card and audible when fri dawned clear and the vis went to tea


loaded up

puts the groms up front


and headed back downstream


plied the waters hard had a few eats




switched guides


#riverlifeainteasy

neither was catchin aspect of the fishing

but

#limitoutonsmiles
pleasure as always sharing the miles tween put ins and take outs


as happens we reached the take out my bro ran me up to my rig
made er to dino and the dispensaries’ for 7 and starvation for 10
woke & boke early had the hog in by sunup and started catchin often



that time of year

got some bronze backs to play


pulled over climbed up the bluff and checked the back bay for targets
targets acquired rowed over and took sum shots


found another pod
3’er hovered but didnt eat then spooked the pod
the 1 hour windless window ended
but i managed a drift by hook up on another piggie pooper


was hopin for the walleye to circle the starvation slam bases
but eyes on the flies aint easy

#spanseredbrandambasabum


more histories

mur fish pics

and more hr puppy stuffs

woke early rousted camp

super stoked dj came over from the hole to git the float on
from the jacksonholeairforce to the ShoshoneNavyFlotilla


fish got stucks





Hagen went to lando guide school


rule #1
If you aint
#limitingoutonbiggrins
yur doins of the things wrong



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i swung up a nice cutty


hung out fireside and traded rendezvouses stories thc treats and
#tanlinesmatter

So finally after not partying on the carp slut for several luaus the stillwater call was made
hooked the slut to the 4 runner

the smokercraft to landos rig

and headed montucky way
past the wyo hemp farm

got the boats inspected and launched at yellowtail
lando gave the slut a quick test lap

gave it over to sheldon and i and we took off


we checked a few side canyons but they were occupied or windy
found a good one and they left to go fast burn fuel and sight see
Ran over the 1st pooper pod trying to figure out the pedal controls for the trolling motor
found some happies put the ballpeen craw where it needed to be and checked the catch a pooper on the carp slut box

good fun fo shizzle joey drizzle


the crew showed back up


sheldon decided to swim
it rained
we rode the storm out


met locals


You definitely put some miles in this summer.

Still living your life right I see.

next life i free the heal and mind and only telemark and spey the 2 hander


we ended up at a small alpine lake whose name i dont remember
and no jose did not git his grayling we came for
i had the state record sup grayling on but he got off
pretty lake reminded me of the unitas

killer views



a couple fish got stuck


not the most productive day of the trip but a nice change from needing to be on the sticks in in flowing water
we returned to camp for roll one smoke one eat one
eggroll night

tbc…

Enjoyed catching up on that one… Very nice photo’s and I learned a lot from those signs I never take time to stop and read… fun to see some beautiful spots… Thanks for posting them up… Jeff

im way better at startin than finishing threads
probably an add things
we awoke one more time
last time at this road home

ended as we started
went down to the river
to swing the 2handers
if youve never speyed
well dont start and you wont need new sticks , reels lines and pull flies out of your back


or learn a new way of making the far bank the near
then again big enuff lever ya can move sum fish

its an rhythmic groove thing

anchor load fire mend if ya gots to to git down but just let er swing
occasionally stuff goes tight and the long whippy stick dances
i should spend more time at it and im blessed to have more skilled friends who have helped me
i have well actually reddington now has my 11’ sumthin “switch” aka lighter weight spey rod and im hoping they warranty it before we leave again and a scott 14’ 8 weight when properly loaded and fired line cannon thats overkill for most troots
anyhow swung em up that morn


with our host for the luau scoring a nice fresh outta the res hen



furkid misses his mom
so do i buddy but we gots another week on the road of piscatorial pursuits to do the doing of the things
We packed up and hit the road. Jose went to stop and visit an intertuberular friend that didnt make it down
and Harry had gone home to take care of his fur kids and then head up to Craig to score us a camp on the Mo
i took the road less traveled

Traveling during a global pandemic was different
I had promised my wife i would drastically alter our usual mo of bfast at Irmas happy hours and economy stimulus of dive bars
and looking back at the numbers and infection rates of wyo and mt we could not of picked a better time.
At that time the only place that required masks or face coverings as i like the buff and bandana was walmart and every fly shop i stopped at.
i did stop here and git ice smokes and a bloody mary at the Edelweiss


and bust out the stick and attempt to swing another up
Had a hand shake grab but came unstucks
more signages of history


without makin a thread about my summer bums road trips all political
i will say im a big fan of personal liberties and freedom and others rights to freedumbs
and i believe the nez perce took the shaft of manifest destiny’s sword about as hard as it comes and cheif joseph was a stud

Imho Custer and the 7th cav lost a battle at little big horn and wounded knee was a massacre of women and children but were all free to call em as we see em
aint never mined i do have a friend who owns one, the thor mine, in cardiff fk into mineral up the bcc
and while spending a good chunk of my life removing and applying roofins product isnt an easy way of earning fun tickets
it pales on every level to mining especially in those days



Crossed into MT drove thru deer lodge which was crowded stopped here to cool down the furkids

ive always thought of myself as part of a tribe the sliding down snow covered slopes tribe
and the whippy stick fly flingers
so odd things like the tribe losing its young braves seem to affect me more these days

a bit young to pour a sip out but yeah i made some casts for him
its what we do
and the murs i do it the murs me thinks the hdt cat has it right

tbc


beats me why ya cant manage to puts more than 10 pics in a post
but im pretty sure the majority would like less stream of stonerness bum ramblins and more pics
could be wrong
dont really to much care
no one makes ya read pr not read em
the thor mine


well yeah
wouldnt cha know it
its that time o year again
better half took our niece whose working from our home for a few weeks to


bit to hot for me and the fur child
wasnt sure where we were going

the paths shake n bake beat
lost a trailer hitch pin
theres the right tool for the job
and stuff ya got

safety chains matter
walked back a 1/2 mile and looked on the way out didnt see it but theres plenty of other trailer road kill
campgrounds are finally open
kinda glad they dont have change nor a functioning credit card machine
as i was gonna camp there
maybe a dozen crafts on the water mostly rubber
kinda nice not dealing with fossil fuel burning wave chop all day
risers o plenty at launch but the wind came up
plenty of catching

and while tight lines is cool and all
the amount of tension on em does 2me
had 1 nice cutty that i lost trying to handline the waterproof camera shot with what turned out to be a full memory card
Used to do pretty good there fore the turn of the centuries and it was the better 1/2 favorite camp ground
as the berry is meh and mismanaged
i guess theyre putting in yurts this season for the glampers
but there not in yet
things move slow at elevation
well cept for snowmelt this year
not much lingering We’ll be back perfect slimer sup lake
bailed in hopes of a more substantial bending of the whippy sticks
there were plenty of campers and people plying the water below so we didnt stop or pull off
made a left to continue 40 freedom bachelor weekend
wanted to go to see zed or jones hole, im pretty sure it should be game on for gorge carp in the bays bout now
never fished cottonwood cept a few casts from shore
and im not sure whats still in bulluck
got sick of driving fast and the more i use the sp pass the cheaper it was
freds place works
ended up at juniper
found some beachfront property launched the hog and started stickin smallies

gots the eyes 2 eat my flies

i guess yur sposed to keep em
but on the chance it makes it to 13 then onto 20 sumpthins i let it go
seems to me if theres a little fish problem well
please put the tigger muskies in they seem to do a good job at that
think i had a better eye on
sumthins got a new baby gonga peircing and at least i got a good couple dozen out of him
some day im gonna tie with proficiancy but under a dollar a fish and supporting the local fly shop and sirilankian economy is okay
i like the loop knot imho theres no way you git the same actions outta a frictionless knot
but a few hundred casts of friction
i need to slow down and retie more
tend to git in the zone
trolled back from knights
got a decent bow and a
couple smash n grabs unknown perps
plenty of dusk snoots
pretty wild fire enhanced sunset
pretty minimal boat traffic fri and not many out late
threw the tent up
thankfully everybody got settled in and shut off their gennies by 11
got up early 4ish
starvation always seems windy in the am
slept an hour
heard the motors got up
cant fish the walleye chop all day if ya dont start in the am a few boats out early

stuck another bass on my first cast and sent the skunk outta the boat right off the bat

headed back to the deep water point ive found the eyes at before
but no love other than a few more all but one slightly stunted bass
heckofa nice morn to ply a craft of pleasure

trolled back packed the tent headed back out
stuck a stickbending line tensioner that got giggy with it as big bows tend to do

rowed over to the bay across the way to look for the poopfish in the shallows to complete the weekend grand slam or hopin for a brownie
but didnt see a single carp and nor caught a brownie in years there
starvations funny that way
picked up another slimer on the way back
stopped and helped my dad git his window ac units outta storage and in
im trying to git him back to the green and his happy place for dads day this week
he needs it
aint no cure
ac and fishin sure dont hurt

Hasnt been the best summer for me
My pops has had a bunch of health issues
and dealing with them and his declining health and mental state has taxed me hard
we dont want to take his independence but his and others health and safety trumps his freedom at this point
I was kinda hopin the mrs. decision to not procreate would save me from dealing with tough love
Not that it didnt work for me
didnt git to spend my customary 2 weeks on the road and missed the annual rendezvous of my fishy e-friends irl
good or bad news dependin on how you look at it is i dont have another couple hundred pictures and can possibly finish this one and count a few blessing
man it goes fast
seems like the solstice was yesterday
did manage to fish it though


anyhow back to the last doin summer road trip
left cody
took the road lest traveled


more tributes to men of great courage and gumption

theres courage and theres the undaunted courage that mr. Ambrose documented damn well if ya need a good read

what would seaman do

watched few workin men float by and smiled as their dudes bobbers er indicators went down and the whippy sticks bent
i thought about riggin and tossin but if ya dont wanna git skunked dont throw and lifes to short to fomo
let the newf do newf and stretched the legs took on some substance loaded up rocked out a couple hours to roll into camp
on the one they call the mighty
Mo


and settled into camp our friend had scored

The mo’s cool
Craigs a cool town much like Ft smith, last chance and dutch johns,
drinkin towns with fishin problems


kinda place were at times a 30 sumthins kid with out a boat, few decades of piscatorial pursuits, limited skills, 1 stick and and a single box of flies could slay em
yet years gears and more flies than i need later repeatedly humbles me in multiple ways
woke to another day of rising suns and troots

ran shuttles and got the float on

welcome to herbivore fishing

put jose on the sticks

i guess we didnt git skunked

Our friends managed to put a couple nice fish in the net

the furkid made a new friend and picked up on his partners swimmin prowess


the hours and river miles pass as we enjoy or fly flinging crafts

i think thats my 10

I think furkid was havn more fun than the whole lot of ya.