Fall trip on the Big Horn

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  • Oct 24, 2006 at 11:46 pm #1579
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    Hi All!

    I just got back from an amazing trip on the Big Horn River. A typical fall weekend in Montana…snow, rain, wind, a little sunshine and some great fishing. There were eight of us total on the trip and we got to do all types of fly fishing. A little dry fly action, some nymphing, and a whole lot of chucking streamers! The browns were all over the streamers! Never in my life have I seen such aggressive fish. Three times over the weekend I had fish on that were so aggessive that they straightened the hooks on the streamers I was using. One of the fish one of my buddies caught had his hood straight in less than 4 seconds! That is no exaggeration either! The best part of that fish was he smacked the streamer right as my buddy was getting ready to make another cast. We got a great visual on this fish and he was a pig!!! He rolled once and then shot out of the water like a rocket and then he was gone! We all just looked at each other in disbelief with our mouths wide open.

    I am going to attempt to attach some pictures for you all to enjoy. Let me know what you think!

    Moosedog

    Oct 24, 2006 at 11:47 pm #13485
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    fall colors

    Oct 25, 2006 at 1:14 am #13486
    mike b.
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    Moosedog,

    Great report and enjoyed the photos.

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:23 am #13487
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    colorful brown trout

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:25 am #13488
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    a buddy helping me out with a nice rainbow

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:27 am #13489
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    the old guy on the trip with a nice rainbow

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:29 am #13490
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    my buddy Justin trying his luck with some dry fly action

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:30 am #13491
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    the fly rods stacked in the truck ready to go

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:32 am #13492
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    my buddy Jake and a nice rainbow caught on a size 22 rainbow warrior

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:35 am #13493
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    the boys at a great nymphing hole

    Oct 25, 2006 at 2:37 am #13494
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    me with the smallest fish of the weekend

    Oct 25, 2006 at 9:55 am #13495
    scot
    Member

    SWEEEEEET!!!! Keep them coming.

    Oct 25, 2006 at 10:47 am #13496
    Zach Matthews
    The Itinerant Angler

    You guys have the right idea!

    Zach

    Oct 27, 2006 at 2:33 am #13497
    john switow
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    Very nice, I would call those rods on the dash “locked and loaded”!

    Oct 27, 2006 at 3:40 pm #13498
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    Hey Troutwag!

    I guide for a big ranch just outside of Deer Lodge MT. called Rock Creek Cattle Company. It’s an 80,000 acre ranch that is building an eighteen hole golf course and a small developement. I take members of the ranch all over western Montana. My favorite river being the Blackfoot. We also have a small creek that runs through our property called Rock Creek that we just finished doing restoration to and is now starting to hold some really nice fish. I am the fishing guide and director of outdoor activities, so my job is very deverse. Some days I take people on hikes the next we might go fishing or shooting trap and sporting clays. Pretty darn fun job. Some days I can’t believe they pay me for it!

    Moosedog

    Oct 27, 2006 at 3:46 pm #13499
    scot
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    Moosedog

    Oct 27, 2006 at 4:10 pm #13500
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    Actually Pancho I am going to be hiring some people next spring. I am going to be needing people to help me with the fly shop we will be opening up as well as some guides. I’m really going to be looking for well rounded people. The perfect person for the job will be someone who could work in the fly shop one day, take people fishing the next, maybe a hike the day after that or maybe even a little bird hunt. Right now I do it all because we are still in the building stages of the ranch. However, I see next summer being way more busy so I will be looking for that right person over the winter.

    Why? Are you interested?

    Moosedog

    Oct 27, 2006 at 5:56 pm #13501
    john switow
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    FOR SALE

    SMALL BUSINESS, USUALLY PROFITABLE.

    OWNER IS MOTIVATED TO SELL.

    Oct 27, 2006 at 6:15 pm #13502
    Avatar photoJoel Thompson
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    Turner????? Are you kidding, that guy would get strung up in these parts! No the ranch is owned by a gentleman by the name of Bill Foley. Good guy. The type of guy who doesn’t ever cut corners.

    Moosedog

    Oct 27, 2006 at 6:40 pm #13503
    Mark Landerman
    Member

    I’ll take the job.

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