Montana Dreamin

As part of my fall pox recovery, fish gods, have prescribed a trip to Montana. Part of this process is preparation or more precisely anticipation. When today dawned cool and overcast it only deepened the desire to cure the fall pox dilemma and the trip anticipation.

This morning the vise is burning hot with temptation. Hooks-ready, materials-check, time-yep coffee-hot, and beer-cold. Its going to be a tying marathon, so preparation is the key. Well getting to work. Thinking back of falls past, visions of many fine days of various mayflies dancing and fish rising in slack and shallow water fill the head.

Today the pattern tying will concentrate on sparse lightly dressed cripples and parachutes to match the fall hatch. In order to cover the vast options, small-(BWO), med-(PH), and large-(GD) will be the focus.

Dries-check:

It may be hard to believe, but it is a little hard to concentrate on the dry fly action sure to come in Montana. Since fall has seemed to arrive Steal is calling too. What to do, it is a good time to be a fly addict.

Just checking the box and it is a little sad, so my days will be filled with a lot of coffee, numb butt, and preparations. Soon after returning from the September trip to the Big Sky Country life will be consumed by chasing big heads.

Options-got em:

Thanks to the great NW my addictions can be kept in check. Best micro's, trout, stealhead, whatever. Never will leave-ashes to the river when gone.

Gotta go now, fall pox outbreak, need to medicate!

Fall Pox

here i sit in walla walla waiting to cure the fall pox. visions of trico's, mahoganies, and hecubas dance in my head. i must get to montana ASAP to cure the visions in my head.

the anticipation almost makes my head hurt or maybe that is the coffee headache? the only thing that leads me to believe its the pox is that i have had my coffee. within the next few weeks a plan is hatched to head northeast to the bitterroot in attempt to cure the pox for a short time. anyone who has suffered from this disorder knows that there is no known cure, you can only keep it in check by medicating on a regular basis.

during times of inflammation the itching is slowed only by the vise, the plan and then the execution of the trip. now that montana is no longer home the only way to control fall pox is to visit the river doctors. the spirits in the water, sky and bottle of the local brew slowly washes away the pain of fall pox.

low clear water, fall hatches all hunters chasing elk the river is yours and yours alone. man the pox are inflamed. rainbows rising in the shallows to may's is does not get any better then that.

if you have not seen this i can only explain it this way. you know the hunters chasing elk...fall pox make the fall angler hunt tails. meaning that the rise you see tells you where to to cast. only hunting the big tails. long drifts, patients and slow hook sets are prescribed.

fall colors, chilly mornings...wow heading to the vise now blue moon in hand with visions in the head anticipating the pox to be cured ASAP.