Check out the casting and retrieval form (that's an 18" rainbow, folks!) of our great Montana friend, realtor par excellence, and fishing companion, John "Hoover" Horton (he got his new name yesterday by literally vacuuming up all fish that came his way, leaving only a pitiful pittance for RCR in the rear of the boat, who was then duly dubbed "The Rear Admiral" {I will ONLY fish in the back of the boat with a guest aboard, the front being the preferred, "first shot" fishing spot, as so effectively demonstrated yesterday by "Hoover"})!!
It, indeed, was a great Good Friday, as neither snow, sleet, nor wind (and we had them all) put a damper on our 25+ fish snow-encased, six layer clothing day on the waters of the magical Bitterroot River with GH head guide and outfitter, extraordinary Drew Miller. Visions of summer did, at times, pass through our heads, however: Visions of fishing while in sandals (not waders), basking in a warm sun (not blowing snow), taking a break by just wet wading up and down the riverbank come lunchtime (not shivering)...ah, visions that will be come reality in just 90 quickly passing days--the day that ignoble reprobates of infamous Group One take to the sacred waters that surround the quaint town of Missoula and raise the flag for Extravaganza 2008.
On the dam (damn) front, all is quiet this Easter weekend and will be so until this coming Friday when the earthen dam that now holds back the Clark Fork will be breached and (literally) a tidal wave of water will be allowed to rush downstream. Only after then will we know the true short term, Extravaganza 2008 fishing fate of the Clark Fork. Drew and John (two experts in that regard) were equal in their voice that, in the short term, the river and its fishing will most likely suffer, but, however, in the long run it will be a boon for fishing as larger fish will now be able to more easily migrate up and down a dam-free river. Hot damn!!
In the interim, our money is on the Blackfoot and the Bitterroot rivers and, with respect to the latter, yesterday's report is one of a river in its finest fishing form! Also, with the now massive amounts of snow currently stowed in the surrounding mountain heights, all expectations are for a truly exceptional May and June runoff and, thereafter, "lights out fishing" for Extravaganza 2008--just what we Extravaganzers have come to expect!!
Easter blessings to you and yours from the sacred scene of it all!
Rock Creek Ron
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