On March 12
th, I hit the
Stillwater River for the first time this year. I took Mom up and she sat in the truck and read, and fell asleep. Hard not to with the sound of the river. It was 76 degrees so instead of fishing under the surface, I decided to throw a dry fly on the water. I had a strike right away and landed the trout, a small 12" rainbow. However, I missed the actually strike, darn!
But a few casts later, I saw the next strike and landed a small brown. Not much action on top but it was of course very early in the season. Overall, a great day. Of course, a slow day on the river sure beats a good day at the office anytime!
This past Tuesday, Josh and I headed up to West Rosebud Lake for some fly fishing. He took his pontoon and I took a float tube. Hard to explain a float tube so I will have to show a pic soon. I am basically out in a tube around my waist that I sit and and use flippers to get move around. I was warm enough with clothes but my toes got so cold I couldn't feel them a few times. Still would rather have numb toes than be at work! It was about 50 degrees and very windy. Hard to tell in the pic, but you can see the snow in the background. Actually, the ice melted off about 1 to 2 months early, not a good thing for summer. The fishing was slow for us compared to what it usually is here but I managed to catch a rainbow but had 7 strikes and lost a few. Still beats work!!
