Author: Greg
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Fishing Rock Creek
September 7, 2017 We drove to the Grizzly Hackle Fly Shop in Missoula, about 30 minutes away. As we drove south, the smoke intensified. Rick greeted us in this large shop with everything. I looked at flies while Kelly asked about a guided trip, what streams to fish and what to use. Despite the smoke,…
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Hungry Horse to Alberton, Montana
September 6, 2017 We went back to the ranger station to see what the fire situation is in Alberton, to the south in Montana. Another very nice ranger checked the computers and maps, finding that Fish Creek would be OK, but Rock Creek was closed, defining the border of two fires. Forest roads were closed.…
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Fishing South Fork of Flathead River
September 5, 2017 We woke up to the coldest it has been yet, 38 degrees. After a leisurely breakfast we headed out. By 9:00 when we first stepped into the cold river, it was still chilly. We are “wet wading” without waders. Most of the time in the summer it’s just fine. We fished a…
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Spotted Bear River
Monday, September 4, 2017 We realized somewhere driving in yesterday that we had not bought fishing licenses, and it was a long, rough drive back to town. Besides, the fly shop would be closed for Labor Day weekend. Well, we would just have to show them our lifetime fishing licenses from Virginia and the yearly…
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Fernie to Hungry Horse Reservoir
September 3, 2017 We got off to a leisurely start. Taking the trash and garbage to the disposal area, we found a man sorting recycling into different bags. Kelly struck up a conversation with this lean gentleman, probably in his 60’s named Holmes. He is an retired engineer, who had to go back to work…
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Fishing The Elk River
September 2, 2017 Fernie RV Resort is in a perfect location. It sits next to the Elk River, but is only a block or two from a shopping center. We decided to fish the Elk today, although we don’t have a boat and don’t really know where to fish it. We drove down to the…
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Catching Up
I could put these pictures in their proper posts, but we have to get on the road to Montana. Some of these were just too pretty to pass up.
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Fishing the Bull River
Friday, September 1, 2017 After a little research on the excellent wifi at Fernie RV Resort, I called Snowy Peaks RV in hopes of getting help with the inverter problem. They could take it today! We had a guided fishing trip today at 9:00, so we hurried to hook up and drive 7K to Snowy…
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Canal Flats, Columbia River, Kootenay River
Thursday, August, 31, 2017 It’s moving day, but we are only going to Fernie, so it isn’t not a long drive. We wanted to see the origin of the Columbia River, so we went to the source in Canal Flats. Totally unadvertised, you have to find your way to a marsh where there is…
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Skookumchuck Creek Day 2
August 29, 2017 Driving 45 K up a very dusty gravel road, we stopped above where Buhl Creek comes into the Skook. It is truly a creek there, but still bigger than many of the trout streams we are used to fishing in Virginia. Kelly got out to check out the stream at the bridge.…