Well, fellow Extravaganzers, take a gander at the attached photos which depict part of the bounty that your Double Up Outfitter John “The Great but Propaneless” Gould delivered yesterday on the Bitterroot River, shown above in all of its early Spring bleakness. Not only did we encounter a moose on the water at the end of our eight hour chilly foray on the waters but my fishing partner, our Montana Matters Troubadour Shane “Mr. Crisco” Clouse, and I landed 25+ spirited trout in between rain and sun showers.
What is a “double up”, you rookies ask? Well, that is a somewhat rare occurrence when both fisherfolk on the same boat hook into fish at the same time, as two of the above shots reflect—the fist with an 16” rainbow and a 19” brown trout and the second with a pair of 18”bows. The cool water brings out the brightness of colors in our pectoral friends—see the dramatic colors in the cutthroat shown above, so named for the red band below its lower gills…is that a beauty of a fish, or what?!?
The fishing this time of the year is sparked by a stonefly known as a “skwalla”—the first bug of the calendar year of any size…it is about an inch and a half in length and, wow, when the skwallas are on the water like they were yesterday the large fish, as shown above, really make a splashy show of soaring to the surface breaking water as they crash down on their prey. For those of you into omens, our first day on the E-18 water yesterday was a great one, so much that I am going out solo with Propaneless again this Wednesday to see what other photos I can beam your way.
These photos should get you excited for what is ahead for us all in the not two distant future as the Magnificent Ones arrive here on the scene of it all exactly two month from today!
Best to all from the evolving scene of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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