flytire 0 Report post Posted July 3 ...for one last fly fishing trip 😢 Where would you go before you end up six feet under ⚰️⚰️ i'm gonna stay in the lower 48 and do the big horn river in montana, the green river in utah, the yampa river in colorado and finish off with the south platte river in colorado Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SilverCreek 0 Report post Posted July 3 Either Blaine's Spring Creek in Montana; Silver Creek near Picaboo, Idaho; or the Madison River in Montana. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted July 3 Those are all great choices! Me: Opening weekend on the Firehole. Followed by the Madison and Henry’s fork. North fork of the CourDeAlaine, then the St Joe river on the way home. Finish up on the Deschutes for the last part of the salmon fly hatch. It’s not going to happen though, now that I don’t have the right to drive so there just isn’t a way to do this. Was fun once though…….always wanted to fish the Bow, that one may be possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted July 3 oh and maybe a canadian salmon river trip. i gotta use some of the 200+ hairwing salmon flies i tied up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trouttramp 0 Report post Posted July 3 13 minutes ago, flytire said: oh and maybe a canadian salmon river trip. i gotta use some of the 200+ hairwing salmon flies i tied up Those flys are too nice to fish, they should be in cases on display. Which Canadian river would you choose? I had an open invite to P.E.I. Many moons ago, and had a trip fly planned to Nova Scotia that got canceled. Wife just won’t go anywhere these days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted July 3 I think I'd enjoy spending some time on some Pennsylvania spring creeks, then head southwest along the Blue Ridge Mountains. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted July 3 Okay, I am just a poor boy whose intentions are like yours...but you guys seem to able figure trips without taking altitude into consideration. My COPD pretty much caps my time to areas less than 3,000 feet above Sea Level. I am planning a bucket trip right after school resumes. Like a friend of mine who planned all his motorcycle trips in the fall it was because at that time of year all you have to contend with are the newly weds and the nearly deads. I'm not a newly wed so I will join the other crowds out there. My plans are hooking up with a few other members of a couple of boards and doing a trip through the stocked waters of Missouri and Arkansas. A cyber friend named Barry on another board has sent me pics of the Roaring River Park in MO that has great access for handicaps like my walker and plenty of places to rest and fish in clear water to sight fish trout of all sizes with lots of stocking. While in MO I may have to get a drift boat trip on Taneycomo, another river/lake stocked but has a lot of carryover fish. After that is dropping south to Arkansas to explore some of the fishing in the White River, Norfork, and since I have a handicap pass for Dry Run Creek that runs into the Norfork and is the channel used to put fish in from the hatchery located at upper part of Creek. It is a youth and handicap only fishery, all barbless and catch and release but TU has worked on providing access to many of the areas on the river for walkers and chairs. Woodenlegs from board has volunteered to help me fish Dry Run if he's available at time and would love to meet him anyway. I have read and heard a lot about the Little Red River south of White River area and may try to add that to the trip. Most of this time will be with guides and boats since wading is pretty a thing of the past for me and it's going to set me back a lot of money but like flytire said, this is bucket list time and may be the last major trout trip for me. I am going to fly fish as much as possible but I also have a host of mini-lures for my UL spin equipment I really enjoy using. When you consider that the normal guided trip involves throwing a heavy nymph or two hanging under a bobber it is as much or more fun to me to be throwing tiny spoons, spinners, and lures on 2-4# lines on rods even more flexible than 4 and 5wt fly equipment. If I can do this trip I'm darn well going to make use of all the baits, flies and equipment I've been accumulating over the past few years and never using. Lots of fly swap flies I'll be tossing out there too and as silly as it sounds every time I catch a fish I'm changing fly or lure to a different one. Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted July 4 ... but I'm not sure I can ever muster the nerve. Best to you on your trek Norm, very happy to see you get out there. Rivers wait for us, but time does not. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted July 4 No trips for me - but then the Everglades is my backyard... and it is my favorite place in this world. No two days are ever the same and fresh, salt, or brackish - no matter how long you live, you'll still be seeing things you'd never seen before... and will never be able to visit all of it in one lifetime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyflinger 0 Report post Posted July 4 22 hours ago, flytire said: i'm gonna stay in the lower 48 and do the big horn river in montana, the green river in utah, the yampa river in colorado and finish off with the south platte river in colorado You have some fine choices there - I've fished them all. When you get ready for the South Platte, please let me know. I can provide some fairly specific advice (after guiding on that river for a quarter of a century!) For example, right now would be a terrible time since the key segments of the South Platte are blown out with ridiculously high flows. (Eleven Mile Canyon, Deckers, Cheesman Canyon, and the "Dream Stream" below Spinney Mountain Reservoir and above Eleven Mile Reservoir). Every year, the water management board(s) that control flows, somehow seemed shocked and amazed when the snow-melt in the mountains fills all the reservoirs, and they have to release a lot of water asap. The sad part is that many of those wonderful places suffer with minimum flows of 50-70 cfs all winter and spring. Then the flows suddenly go to 800-1000 cfs, stunning and moving the fish, eroding riverbanks, and making it dangerous to wade in the river. Regards, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted July 4 Not a trout guy or a salmon guy. Not a salt water guy, either. Quite happy fishing my local ponds, rivers and lakes. It's just fishing for me. A hobby like many other hobbies I have. I wouldn't travel across the country to find wood working shops. Won't travel just for fishing spots. That said, work and military have taken me to all 50 United States and 18 different countries ... so my "need to travel" days are behind me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted July 4 Capt Bob, Do you have a website? I tried to send you an email, but it failed. Thanks, Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vicrider 0 Report post Posted July 5 Capt. Bob, do you have messaging turned off or are you full? I know your email is on your profile but I can't get a message to you either on the site PM. Nick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted July 5 I hope not to know when my last trip will be. Until then I’ll just keep doing what I’ve been doing and enjoying for decades at the same old places. I’ve never dreamed about fishing elsewhere so I must be exactly where I’m suppose to be. Life is good. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
