those are the most awesome cutthroats that i have ever seen!

The South Fork is on Fire !!!!

This was probably the best fishing day of my entire trip!!

It seemed like it was non-stop "Fish On".  About 50 fish today and missed more.

They were grabbing hoppers and being very agressive about it. Caught lot's of large cutthroats, cutbows, rainbows and browns.











Good story about this fish.  I'd been fishing a riffle and had caught 4 or 5 nice cuttys.  Things slowed down and I decided to try a different fly, so I grabbed my 4-weight and low and behold caught this big brown.  It was so exciting to hook this guy on my 4-wt.

Fished the South Fork of the Snake again. This time we fished the upper section at the Palisades Reservoir Dam on down to the South Fork Lodge. The weather was much cooler and windier when we launched at the Dam so the fishing started out slow.  It was also unfortunate that Vice President Cheney decided to Helicopter in and fish the same section of the river. Maybe I should say that he and 12 Secret Service Agents and Sheriffs and more crowded the river in boats surrounding the VP.

After a lunch of BBQ'd Elk Steaks, courtesy of Guide Stacey Hill, the fishing picked up nicely. I managed over 20 nice fish, all on dry flies.








BBQ'd Elk Steaks





-- Edited by keith bigelow at 18:38, 2008-08-27

Having to come back after a trip like that would really be depressing for me, I'd want it to last forever ! Thanx for sharing all the pics.

Yes, I am definitely sad about the trip ending, but I am already planning next years trip. 

There are so many rivers that I haven't fished and areas I haven't explored.

Welcome back and thank you for sharing. Way to whack alot of trout. Are you going to be able to use an indicator after all that dry fly'n?

I guess I was really spoiled doing all the dry fly and streamer fishing.

I did do a little nymphing early in the morning on the Elk River in BC with a HUGE san juan worm, as well as some hopper dropper stuff.

This was the first time that I've thrown a double dry fly and a double hopper, both which were very effective.

I do have to admit that after streamer fishing at Kelly Galloups Slide Inn on the Madison River that I am a total streamer addict.  The way those fish come after that streamer is such a rush!!  I had no idea a trout could swim that fast!!  They are very aggressive !!!!!!!!!   I am going to try and go back in October to streamer fish for BIG browns for a couple of days.

Below is a list of Fly Fishing Guides that I used during my trips that I would highly recommend to others:

1)  Central and Eastern British Columbia and Southern Alberta. This would include the Columbia River, Elk River in Fernie, Oldman River and Bow River in South Western Alberta. They also guide many other rivers that I have not fished yet.         

http://www.davebrownoutfitters.com

Chris Brown for the Columbia River
Don Jensen or Mike Turnbull for the Elk River, Bow River, Oldman River and more.


2)  Missoula, Montana area. This includes the Clark Fork, Bitterroot, Blackfoot, Rock Creek and more.

http://www.classicjourneyoutfitters.com/

Joe Cummings


3)  Bozeman/Livingston, Montana area. This includes the Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley, Boulder River, Stillwater River and more.

http://www.montanaelkhunting.com/flyfishing.htm

Dennis Alverson


4)  Madison River, Montana. This includes the Madison River and surrounding rivers and lakes.  Nymphing, Dry Flies, Streamers.  Located right on the banks of the Madison River with great fishing right out the back door.  Has nice log cabins as well as RV hookups.

http://www.slideinn.com

Steve (Skinny) or Scott


5)  Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This includes the Snake River, Green River, New Fork River.

http://www.upstreamanglers.com/fishing.html

Greg Falk


6)  South Fork of the Snake River below Paladades Dam. Swan Valley, Idaho.

http://www.southforkoutfitters.com

Stacey Hill

http://www.worldcastanglers.com

Keith Smith


7)  Trinity River and Lower Sacramento River.

http://www.kellersguideservice.com

Ron Keller


8)  Putah Creek

http://www.putahcreekflyfishing.com

Greg Bonovich


These are all Guides that I have personally used and highly recommend.  Please contact me for more information.

Keith

Kelly Galloup really tempted me by saying that's when the BIG Browns come up out of the lake into the Madison.  He's talking trophy size Browns on a streamer.