Eipc Trip – Part 1
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Unfortunately I’ll have to keep this short because its coming from a coffee shop in Bozeman and I want to catch the caddis hatch on the Clark’s Fork tonight. Made it to MT in one piece!! Spent the last two days on the Big Horn, which is an amazing river. Definitely put it on your agenda if you’re ever in the area. A BIG THANK YOU to Tim P who persuaded me to add it to my trip and gave me plenty of valuable info.
The long and short is that the fishing was good and the fish in that river are BIG! I lost a bow that would have gone an easy 24″, landed plenty of fish in the 16-20″ range. Overall, a great river. Even got the chance to flex the 3 wt. each evening on some decent fish during the black caddis hatch. I’ll let the pics tell the story.
This fish was beat up, looked to have a run in with a heron:
More pics to come later, this internet connection is painfully slow.
Tim
Tim . . . that is great stuff. It is going to be a blast following your journey.
BTW, two words for that first picture . . . Boba Fett!
I got the chance to finally the man, the myth, and the legend that is Joel Thompson. I met up with he and Ron Snow for dinner in Deer Lodge and had a great time exchanging fishing stories for a few hours. I think its literally impossible to find two nicer guys, and I can’t thank Joel enough for all the info he has helped me with in the planning of this trip. Thanks Joel!! He also put me on a location tonight that produced two explosive strikes from big fish on skated caddis. Great fun! Joel and Ron, great meeting you both and I look forward to hopefully crossing your paths again before this trip is over.
Here is a more thorough dumping of pictures from the two days my Dad and I spent on the Big Horn. Overall, the Big Horn is amazing! Definitely make a point to stop there if you ever get the chance. I think Joel put it best when he described it as fly fishing Disneyland. There are a ton of fish, big fish, and fish everywhere. We wade fished the first day, which I would definitely recommend. The Big Horn is a river where a boat gives you access to the majority of the water, but we got into a lot of fish while wading. We rented a boat the second day and floated the Afterbay to Bighorn section (Dam to 13 mile). The three nights that we spent were all spent in Cottonwood Camp, which I would highly recommend. Its a great place to set up camp amongst a conglomeration of RVs, mobile homes, cabins, and tents, all home to fellow fish bums. Again, thank you to Tim Pommer for the info and for making sure that the Horn was on the list of water for this trip. It would have been a huge mistake to not fish it on the way. Here are some more pictures:
Teddy R. NP on the way out:
Carnage from the open road:
My Dad hooked up with the first fish of the trip:
Not a bad way to start things off:
The Big Horn:
Hopper Eaters:
Yellowtail Dam:
Downstream from Yellowtail:
The Car Hole:
Underwater brown:
Great Water:
More Browns:
The black caddis hatch in the evenings was awesome! There were fish rising everywhere, and there’s nothing like hooking into some of those Big Horn fish on dry flies and really putting a bend in a 3 wt:
We have some great water on deck for tomorrow. I’m super excited! Stay tuned, good stuff is in store.
Cheers,
TimUnfortunately I’ll have to keep this short because its coming from a coffee shop in Bozeman and I want to catch the caddis hatch on the Clark’s Fork tonight.
Sounds like a rough life 🙂
Sweet pics.
Great to meet you and Bob last night Tim! It was nice being able to find some time to enjoy and burger, beer, and great conversation! I am very jealous of your trip! I spent the whole night awake last night trying to figure out a way to go with you…ya, couldn’t figure it out or you would have seen me bright and early this morning! 🙁
Keep the reports and pictures coming!
Joel
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