Back to the southern, lower elevation place while winter takes over Montana. Its cold here too, so I get one daily shift from late morning through mid-afternoon. The bugs are sporadic. One day of a very short window. Another that is bugless. Finally another with a pretty good hatch of mahoganies followed by some baetis that had the place looking like it's "supposed to" on these mythical cloudy days of October. Ya, it's a myth all right. The good day has filtered sunshine. Worst one with no bugs is a dark cloudy day with light drizzle. This morning a light shower tingles the roof of the trailer before sunrise.
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| She is colored up now. |
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| Popeye goes fishing. Goose down top and bottom. Winter waders. Towels and hand warmers. Frostbitten feet. Voluntarily! But hey, no snow and no mosquitoes. |
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| Ya, that perfect day with hardly a bug in sight |
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| A good late morning into afternoon hatch of these shows up under a filtered sunshine day. |
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| This is pretty much the size of what's rising. |
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| A nicer one that doesn't get lost in the weeds. The bigger fish either aren't rising or I spook them on the first cast. |
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| Here is what I've got for today and tomorrow, those perfect fall conditions for epic hatches and a river boiling with fish. 🤷♂️🎣. |
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| This little Harrop captive dun in a size . . . 22 . . . works pretty good for the baetis. |
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| Mostly tiny, really tiny. Going through a lot of gink and powder. They don't hold much. |
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