Fishing update
November 3, 2011
October was a fun and busy month. Not busy from a business aspect, just busy from a personal recreation time. I went to Oregon with my family for a short week vacation. I got to see the Cannon Beach, Portland and Seattle. The drive time was about 4 days out and back, but it was great seeing the scenery of the trip. When I got back I had a few days to the following weekend where I went to the Platte River through Casper to fish with my great friend Henry.
Henry and I met with Greg Mueller from the Platte River Fly Shop in Casper. The Platte River guys are a great bunch of Guides. They float hard and fish hard for great quality fish. We floated through town and caught some good quality fish. The numbers of fish are greater out of town towards the reef, but we were expecting 50 mile per hour winds so we hoped the city would shield us a bit. Our in town float paid off because we received little wind and the experience was totally new to me. I think it is extra cool to catch fish inside any town limits. These types of waters are often overlooked. The thing to remember is fish numbers are not the goal. Fish quality is what I look to achieve. Here are a few photos to show some of th
e fun.
Check out the wind sock in the background of the bottom photo. The wind was blowing strong, but our in town option paid off big to keep us out of the wind. Henry was able to throw a size 16 dry fly to some gulping fish like the one he is holding while the guide was keeping us in position with the ores. Thanks Greg for a great day with fat rainbows.
