June 9, 2025 - Part II

This Idaho stream has some nice fish in it. In this outing, I fish further upstream than I had before and caught some large browns. They were a challenge, given the small size of the creek.  

This creek is very challenging. I found it a couple of decades ago and I fished it rather frequently for many years. But now that I'm older and less stable on my feet, I haven't fished it in years. I decided to go back and give it a go. The water was a little high due to run-off but the fish were willing and I didn't fall!

May 28, 2025

I love fishing this creek, but it's on private land. I only fish the creek in late spring. Over the past few years I've had no issues with gaining access, but this spring new No Hunting/Trespassing signs have been placed. I don't know what happened between last spring and this, but something did. Maybe some hunters in the fall angered the land owner, or maybe there's a new land owner. I'll have to track down the owner and ask for permission to access the creek next spring. I hope they'll let me or this year will be the last time I fish the beautiful creek. 

August 9, 2024 - Westslope Cutthroat

August 2024 I wanted to fish for Westslope Cutthroat in Montana. I contacted my son in-law who lives in Washington state to see if he wanted to come along. He said yes, and so I picked a creek about half way for each of us. The creek was beautiful and we caught a number of beautiful native, wild fish.