Big Hole Fishing.

6-8-08 BIG HOLE LODGE, WISE RIVER, MONTANA: There was snow last night at elevations higher than ours, 6300 ft. We could see high pastures snow covered and lower elevations green. The mountain tops are snow covered. This morning it was 34° with a mild breeze and overcast. As the day went along it got very windy, cleared and warmed a bit, but the warming was negated by the wind. It didn’t snow, or rain.

John Sweeney and I and our guide did a drift boat, an inflatable, on the Big Hole River. We got in the water at ten and within ten minutes we each had a fish. That was pretty much it for the day. John got a couple more. The wind made casting difficult, blowing the lures around. The last mile or so of the river had significant rapids so the white water run was an exciting end to the day.

Big Hole River moving fast.

Big Hole River. Granite cliffs.

Luncheon on the river.