Another good day

Good fishing, talking with old friends, making new friends, sharing fish tales, and a great place to live. Again it was difficult to concentrate on serious fishing with so much going on around me. A couple times during the day we watched an eagle circle overhead and I wished I had the big camera with the powerful zoom lens. The picture is not good, but I have to include it. All I usually carry with me in the water is the waterproof Olympus SW 1050 and it doesn't have the best zoom. I took a couple shots, but stopped to just watch in amazement as it flew around in circles.

A family of merganser ducks came swimming up the river and they were so cute to watch. When they crossed the river the momma duck made the ducklings race across at high speed probably afraid of them being eaten by a big brown trout. Rick could see them racing back and forth across the river and thought it looked like a school of anchovies hitting the surface. When the ducks were across from us on the far bank they were diving for food and coming up with small fish. Then they would chase each other around trying to take the fish away. So cute to watch.

Now back to fishing. We're at a time when the conditions change by the hour throughout the day and flexibility is key.

A friend floated by that we hadn't seen in a long time. Mike Bias, Executive Director of the Big Hole River Foundation, biologist, and long time fly fishing guide, anchored his Hyde boat and we had a good catch-up chat. Check out Mike's webpage to contact him and see some of the adventures he has to offer.  http://setsetset.com/ Mike was fishing with another acquaintance, Guitou Feuillebois, and yes they were catching lots of fish. It was our good luck that Mike's clients had cancelled at the last minute and he offered us a couple yummy sandwiches, chips, salad and dessert that were meant for the absent anglers. Thank you Mike! Not only did the absent anglers miss out on a good meal, they missed a great opportunity to fish with a very experienced guide. We'd met Guitou (Ghee-two) last year and we'd shared some of our flies with him. He returned the favor and gave us a few of the flies they'd been using. I like sharing the good times and good fishing with friends. Yes, it was another good day.

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