BETWEEN THE LAKES and $3.00 BRIDGE…

Bright and clear morning at the Raynolds Pass, Madison Angler’s House. Time to get out on the water with the entire family. On the morning schedule Nick and Ally  went down to the Madison at $3.00 Bridge to get a head start on the rest of us. Later, a visit to the area known as “Between the Lakes” when those guys returned …That would be between Earthquake Lake and Hebgen Lake on the Madison river…

Heading out from the Madison Angler’s House to HWY 187…

Wait. there’s a crowd down there…

A gathering of Pelicans above $3.00 Bridge…

Nick giving my Scott A2, 10′, 6wt. fly rod a workout…

There’s a bend in that rod !!!

Nick’s first Madison Rainbow on a fly pattern…

This Blue Perdigon of mine was the ticket…

Putting on the waders and gearing up at the house…

On the road…

Just passed Kelly’s Slide INN…the Madison on the right…

Earthquake Lake is on the right…

Turn off to Campfire Lodge…

Mountain Goats on the far side of the Madison River…Part of a group that frequents the Quake Lake area…

The “Old Guy” getting wet in his new Simms G4 Waders and Patagonia Boots…

Michael rigging up while Aimee works the water…

Cairo spreading good Trout fishing JuJu…

Michael gets a small Rainbow in a side channel…

This is the Perdigon that all the guys wanted to use…

Ally tries her hand with PT’s Winston Super 10, 5wt.

Michael crossing the river…

Ally in a side channel …nymphing…

Whoa !!! She caught a monster !!!

Ally was using this Midge pattern…Tobacco Midge…

Some pretty flower along the bank…

A few more in blue…

My Thomas and Thomas Paradigm, 9′,5wt. wit a Tibor reel…a favorite dry fly set-up…

This pattern produced…Cupcake Midge…

.and so did this…Skinny Midge…

The guys went back down to $3.00 Bridge for the afternoon while Cairo and I stayed at the house…

…another view upstream…all lined up…

The Bridge at sunset…

Cairo sketching…

Moonrise from the deck…

 

Next: West Fork and Boating

 

 

PT/TB

 

 

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Cairo’s snowy trip to the Sierra in July…2023

Cairo and his Mom and Dad along with his GMa on Aimee’s side, ventured up to the Eastern Sierra in early July 2023 after the wettest year since 2017. There was still a tremendous amount of snow piled up in the higher elevations around Bridgeport, CA…

Cairo prepping with his new sleeping bag…

…and his Patagonia “puffy”…

Some casting practice with Dad at the Pasadena Casting Club after having his bubble filled…

…like a Pro…

Virginia Lakes Resort, still not open on July 1, 2023…

Portions of the parking lot have over six feet of packed snow…

…early dinner at the campsite…

…then some fly and bubble tossing at Little Virgina Lake…

Little Virginia Lake…very cold water…

…another view from where the boats and float tubes launch…

With Mom at campsite…

…Sunset at Little Virginia Lake…

Big Virginia Lake…

Blue Lake Brookie…

Roaring falls in the backcountry…

Rainbow for Cairo…

…it tasted real good…

Cairo preparing to trek…

Michael and Cairo in the aspens and mule ears…

On the trail to higher elevations…

The meadow at Green Creek…

A roaring Green Creek…

On the trail…above Parker Lake…

Parker Lake…

Michael packing Cairo in a snowfield with avalanche downed trees…

A waterfall coming off a snowfield above Parker Lake…

Coming back down the trail from Parker Lake…

…another waterfall coming off a big snowfield…

At the campsite with Mom and Dad…

Strawberries and pancakes…

On an after dinner hike with Dad and Bob…Mono Lake is the the background…

Taking care of business…

Watching Dad cast at Blue Lake…

Michael working the water for Brookies at Blue Lake…

Intensity with a snowbank in the background…

The dudes at the Jolly Cone in Bridgeport…

Nightfall above Bridgeport, CA…

 

NEXT…Montana, August-September 2023…

 

 

PT/TB

 

 

 

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Big MOO on the Upper Deschutes River…

During his trip to Oregon, Michael visited the Upper Deschutes River a couple of times. These are some of the photographs he passed on to me … Although he didn’t catch any Trout of gigantic proportions, he caught a lot of smaller guys that kept him busy. The scenery was enough to keep him satisfied…

Checking in…

That is a dramatic shot !!!

Down in the canyon…

A  plunge pool…

The guy who took the photos…Michael, AKA Big MOO…

A Rainbow !!!

A lot of fishy water…

Along the cliffs…

Another view upstream…

Another small Rainbow Trout…

I want to be there ! …

Calm…

Sunset on the Upper Deschutes…

Brewskis…Three Creeks Brewing Company…

 

NEXT: I will be having surgery this week to remove my left kidney which has a cancerous tumor…it’s up in the air as to what my next post will be about…

 

 

PT/TB

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