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I'm at Fort Meade for a few months at a school. Pugs, a local member, met me for lunch a few weeks ago and turned me on to a few spots to fish.

I went the day after Thanksgiving, it was in the 60s. Beautiful day, beautiful stream, but no fish caught. The picture below was drifting a little pool that I could see four or five, obviously non-hungry, trout laying in, but no takers.



Fast forward to today. Pugs called and offered to actually take me to another spot. So we met earlier this morning and headed out. What a gorgeous little stream!



I watched Pugs for a few minutes...



...then struck out on my own.

Drifting a little #20 nymph through a little slot, and fish on!



I thought of it after turning him loose, that I should've taken a "trophy" shot, with my arms stretched out towards the camera. Maybe, just maybe, by doing that, I could've stretched that little guy out to a full six inches. Honestly, he was maybe four inches, tops. But a little native brown, from a beautiful stream, on a great day, with a great host... what more could I want.

Turned out that he was my only fish for the trip (both trips actually), but what a wonderful time.

Thanks for the good times Pugs!

Can't ask for much more than that!

Looks like a really good time...

Enjoyed it a bunch and hope to get out next Saturday and do the same - downstream this time. Here's a few pics. No fish pics for me. I caught exactly one fish and it was one of the horn headed minnows we get here and about 3/4 length of my palm.





Looks like a little more structure next year



One of the really good things about this stream is it's openness.

Gary and I hit it again today and headed downstream in the intermittent showers. No fish caught, few seen but great to get out with a good guy and see the scenery

A couple pics of cold bore

Pugs- you gotta get out here and let me spoil you

Likewise Pugs!

I really enjoyed the last few weekends.

A true gentleman, willing to show a stranger his own secret spots.

Come on up north next year and allow me to return the hospitality; we'll get after the steelhead when they run!

Pugs: Missouri River at Craig, Montana. Fifty+ of these a day.

Montana you say? Hmmm, I've heard good things about that place from many people. I sense a plan coming together.... How many driftboats do campfire members own?

I dont own a drift boat and quit fishing the big waters years ago...too crowded. I like the creeks like you do, we catch bunches and never see another fisherman......

Pugs...the creeks look like this..



And the creek fish look like this..



or the little ones look like this...

Those fish may not be healthy, They're all spotted. I ought to come out to save you from getting infected.

Yes please! Save me from my horrible fate and destiny!

So far I have been able to stave off the plague with high priced bourbon. Don't know how much longer I can hold out.....

Yeah, I'm sensing some kind of plan here, too. Infected fish, bottled antidote and a few unwashed two-legged braggarts to bring them together...

When you say "few" I'm thinking a roving band of fishing miscreants ranging from say Utah to Idaho up into Wyoming and Montana and Idaho then back into Utah with about three or four vehicles might be a heck of an enjoyable 10 days or so.

Hmmmm.....You, me, Ingwe, maybe one other. One, maybe two vehicles.

Yeah, that sounds doable.

Question is early or late in the June to October magic months out there? ColdBore would be a really great addition to this mix.

June sux here...high muddy water. The creeks are best in August/ September....I am off the month of August....
Good luck catching me in September....

Some of the big water starts looking good in July...

I'm only off 12 months of the year, so scheduling is a challenge...

And in Utah...you aint that far away...

Near? Hell, I'm HERE!

I already have a trip booked (back to Craig) the first week of June. July or August would be great for me.