Back-country trip report
What do fly fishing guides do with time off?...... They find new places to fish.
With a day off, MC and I went to check out some back-coutry streams and see how the wild fish were handling the low water. After negotiating miles of dirt road carved into a shear cliff we came upon a sign that made the decision of where not to fish very easy. After driving more dirt roads, ones that were likely built by suicidal bulldozer opperators, came to a spot that looked to have friendlier residents. The fish were coopperating some what, coming up to take attractor dries and the occasional 3" long cranefly... these bugs looked like medium sizes birds... no kidding! We ended up hiking out at dark straight up the side of the gorge. Now hiking in a darkening gorge after seeing that sign earlier was not a comforting thing, especially knowing that that MC could out run me hands down. However the only nasty thing we ran into was a thick patch of stinging nettle and I'll take that over aggressive bears any day. All in all a good day to be outside, beating the surface of the water to a foam.