LOOKING BACK 2015

A few memories from 2015! 

Happy Holidays to everyone!

UTAH HIGH COUNTRY

Made it out for most likely one of my last mountain trips for the year. This lake will be 100% covered in ice within the next few days. 

This lake has some wonderful scenery!

I did manage a handful of fat rainbows. 

Jake & Hunter enjoyed the snow on the hike!

FALL FISHING

Made it out for the weekend, to one of my favorite small rivers in Utah.  This was my first time in 2015 fishing the river. One of the interesting parts of fishing the river is the variety of fish you can catch. On this trip I managed 4 species, it is a nice change for me to not know what is on the end of the line. Most rivers hold only a couple of species which makes things predictable.

 It was an enjoyable weekend on the water.

I did manage a lot of smaller fish, more than in previous years.

Hope everyone has enjoyed this years fall fishing!

EXPLORING UTAH

Utah has some of the best places; to just get out and explore. There seems to be fish in all the creeks as well! 

Everyone was exploring!

 Couple of fish from the cold clear creek!

BOB MARSHALL WILDERNESS

A good friend and I were able to make our second trip inside the Bob Marshall Wilderness. All the trail heads except one; were closed after a day of us entering. There was 3 forest fires burning in the area. Made for some smoky skies/air, it did not have an effect on our fishing. We caught a ton of fish.

We set up our camp at the confluence of Gordons Creek and the South fork of the Flathead, our home for 4 days.

Some of the views while fishing the South Fork, the background scenery is mostly clouded by the smoke. But this smoky scenery is better than most rivers best scenery!

We averaged about 30 fish per day, the Westslope trout are hardy fish and put up one of the best fight you can find in a cutthroat. The river was running low from the lack of snow pack this past winter. It was still bone chilling cold with lots of fishy pools. The one great thing about the 4 days of fishing the river is; we never seen even one person ANYWHERE!

Some of the Westslope I caught.

Bull Trout!!

White Fish!!

The Bob Marshall Wilderness is an excellent fishing experience for anyone that enjoys solitude, long hikes, remote location and great fishing!

The last day we fished the Bitteroot river outside of Missoula.

A couple of Brown Trout from the river.

Fall fishing is next in store for 2015!!

CUTTHROAT COUNTRY

Fantastic fishing and scenery in Wyoming/Montana!