Today we had our 3rd day floating down the Big Hole River. Day 1... The guide was fair. He really like to brag about Al Caucci. Star Struck I guess... The catching was dismal. Day 2... The guide was top notch but again, the catchin was lousy. Day 3... Another day, another guide. Todays guide was pretty damned good. He busted his ass all day but unfortunately, the fish were just not cooperating.

The Big Hole is like Category 4 rapids and the fishing was 100% along the banks in the shallows. I used streamers 1/2 the time and dries the other half. Total on streamers is probably 5. Total on dries, probably 10-12. No fish over 16" have been caught and most of the fish caught were probably in the 12-16" range.

Now if you're nymphing with this stupid ass balloon bobbers, that's another story. Guys were catching fish with these things. I refuse to put one on my line. I haven't even put a nymph on my line yet.

Numbers are great but I'm not a numbers guy. It's not to say I don't like to catch trout in numbers but I'd rather catch 2 trout on a dry than 20 trout on nymphs. Nymphing is simply not what I'm interested in. I don't enjoy it and I find it rather boring. I'd rather watch a baseball game (Talk about boring).

Anyhow, here are a few pictures.

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Pictures taken before/after/during fly fishing:
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