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The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 07:59 • #1 
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As winter winds down my thoughts and plans are turning back toward the West. Last summer was difficult with the virus but my fishing bud and I were able to do some of the best kind of social distancing. Here are a few pics from then to fuel your anticipation of this coming year. I seldom take fish shots anymore so most all of the photos are landscapes. But there were plenty of fish caught too :) All locations were in southwest Montana and east central Idaho.



















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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 08:49 • #2 
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Thanks, I needed that. Very nice.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 09:37 • #3 
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Beautiful!! I am ready for summer!!


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 10:55 • #4 
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Thumbs Up!


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 11:13 • #5 
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Beautiful little stream. Country's not too shabby, either. I don't take fish pictures, either. I have realized that my juggling a rod, net, fish, and camera is a recipe for disaster.

Thanks,
steve


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 12:11 • #6 
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Thank you for sharing your very enjoyable pictures...right now it is snowing again in Northern Colorado. Best, Bob


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 12:43 • #7 
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Great pictures. I have fished in both states quite a bit and wondering what rivers you you pictured. Roy


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 12:52 • #8 
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Spring run-off here we come! Thanks for posting.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 13:52 • #9 
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So good.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 18:15 • #10 
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Fantastic.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 18:41 • #11 
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Most of my fishing occurs in Texas or Oklahoma, and I do very little trout fishing these days. I have fished in New Mexico or Colorado a couple of times, but I always wanted to go to Montana. An old friend retired from government service and moved out there about 15 years ago. Before the pandemic really got started last spring I purchased airline tickets to Missoula. In April and early May I spent 3 weeks in the hospital with cellulitis of the left leg, which left me with a lot of muscle wasting in the left leg. About a month before my planned trip to Montana, my old buddy had his left kidney removed. He insisted a month was plenty of recovery time, and I should come ahead. He is not a fisherman, but had a fly rod and reel he kept around in case his nephew came to visit. I taught him how to make a basic overhead cast and roll cast, and we were off exploring. We rapidly discovered we were both considerably less than physically capable of negotiating fast water, and even descending steep river banks with any hope of climbing out again. We had to limit our attempts to easily accessible places. We actually only caught some brook trout from a small creek that is a tributary of the Big Hole. I took quite a few pictures with my phone, but my only attempt at photographing a fish was not very good, but I did get some good pics of the scenery. Montana is truly a beautiful place, and I envy those who live there.



Photo #1 - Outflow of Lower Seymour Lake on Seymour Creek
Photos #2 - Rock Creek
Photos #3-4 - Miner Creek, tributary of Big Hole, home of nice brookies

Larry


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 27 Feb 2021, 21:24 • #12 
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Awesome.....

Thanks for sharing!


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 28 Feb 2021, 06:41 • #13 
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Here's a few more. Feel free to add your pics that show the beauty of the North American West.



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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 28 Feb 2021, 14:27 • #14 
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Very pretty places!
One picture looks like the HF? :)


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 28 Feb 2021, 14:52 • #15 
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Yes, good guess - the one with the yellow flowers is the Henry's Fork just upstream of the Trouthunter in June.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 28 Feb 2021, 19:34 • #16 
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Great pics, guys! For sure I wish I was there instead of here.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 07:17 • #17 
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Thanks! I needed that!


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 09:11 • #18 
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Love the one with the antique car body embedded in the bank! I gotta get out to fish Henry’s Fork someday.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 10:27 • #19 
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Antique ? That a 1957 Ford Fairlane and I want it back ! lol


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 11:06 • #20 
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Beautiful shots !


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 12:56 • #21 
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Great pictures!!

I have been planning my western trip for a few week now and I am looking forward to (possibly) getting back into the RMNP high country. I tried to reserve backcountry permits earlier today and the system crashed. :lol

If we can't get those permits, we may go back down to the South San Juans to chase big RGCT again. Either way, I am really looking forward to chasing some beautiful, high country cutties again this year.

Chris


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 18:25 • #22 
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Nice, I see Tetons in the background looking east, did you see any rattlesnakes?


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 18:57 • #23 
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Great pics - thanks!
My western trip last summer was also put on hold for a year. As I sat there doing my 15 minutes of detention following my 1st dose of vaccine my mind began racing with thoughts of lost fishing days I needed to make up.
As far as the rattle snakes go I was always told they wouldn’t be above 7,500’. Don’t believe it!


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 19:08 • #24 
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Jason W wrote:
Nice, I see Tetons in the background looking east, did you see any rattlesnakes?

Not near the Tetons but on the trail alongside the upper Selway we saw two up close and personal last year.


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Re: The Wonderful West
Post 01 Mar 2021, 19:36 • #25 
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I have no worthy fishing pictures to add, you are all much better at capturing images than I. I am however in the planning phase of a Western trip in September, and I cannot wait. This is the first time in my adult life where I will have a truck full of camping and fishing gear, two weeks with myself as company, and some general areas I want to visit. These pictures really help to build the anticipation. Thank you.

To keep on topic, here is the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from this summer past. I did not go down to fish, or at all for that matter.



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