Montana Fall Trip Report

[Neal Osborn]

Who:  The family (none had fly fishing experience)
What: Fly fishing vacation
Where: Bozeman – Rivers = Yellowstone, Jefferson, Madison
When: Last week, fall
Why:  Because it was on my list of things to do!

Funny quip – My mother, a rank amateur, landed the biggest trout, a nice 22″ rainbow.

BIG Sky

The Yellowstone and Jefferson were fishing o.k., but low flows kept it off a bit.

Beautiful cliffs

Browns on the hoppers – a blast!

Good day all around

The Madison!  

The Flies!

IA Food Shot

Good Trip!

[Zach Matthews]

Neal those are some great photos man.

[Neal Osborn]

LOL, thanks Zach.

[Tim Pommer]

Those are some great fish, Neal.

[Neal Osborn]

Tim, I thought about our recent discussion on fly boxes during this trip.

[Bob Riggins]

Nice pictures Skinny.  Looks like a great time was had by all.

ps:  What is P90X?

pps:

[Adam McDowell]

Neil, like always, great looking trip and pics.

Is that bear trap canyon?

[Allan Dozier]

Great shots Neal!

I plan on living forever, so far so good.

[Corey Kruitbosch]

Super nice pics and a great report! Good stuff .. Thanks!

[none]

Nice pix!
The dramatic clouds look great!

[Tim Angeli]

Great photos Neal, and it looks like an absolutely excellent trip.

[Andrew Wright]

Awesome. That is great stuff! The sixth photo of the rainbow is particularly eye-catching.

[Steve K.]

Hey Doc! Nice report.

Thanks for sharing.

[tradd d]

Great looking shots and sweet looking browns!

[dan berger]

i love the Madison.

[Douglas Barnes]

Geez how did I miss this? Looks like an excellent trip Neal. Great pics too! I really like the shot of the guide w/fly in mouth!

[Daryl Human]

Absolutely stunning images as always Neal.

Love the effect on the clouds, how does one achieve that? Need a specific lens?

[Neal Osborn]

Thanks everyone – it really was a great trip.  

Adam – I don’t know the name of that section of river – it is possible you are correct.

Daryl – Thanks for the comments – the cloud shots are actually taken without a filter.  They are however exposed for the clouds and then rendered in LR or Photoshop using a gradient filter.

[Michael Phillippe]

Neal, Great stuff and glad you had a good fishing trip. Montana in the fall is wonderful. If I hadn’t just spent a week in Alaska, I’d be jealous. 🙂

Ditto on the question about clouds and lens type. Also where is that bar? I thought I had been in most of the good bars in Montana by now! Can’t believe I missed that one.

[Daryl Human]

Thanks Neal.
Could one use CS3 instead or LR?

Would I be able to achieve that look on my pics with a lens that can do 17mm?

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