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| Montana Mirror Carp Scales |
It has been another very busy summer for me. Between finishing my degree, making enough money to live, and fishing my ass off, I've had my hands full. I have slept in my house just a handful of times in the past few months and have been happily far away from the internet.
Montana's hot, dry summer has caused me to go all in on carping for the most part. There is some ok trout fishing to be had, but why the hell would anyone pass up great technical fishing to large, hard-fighting fish for mediocre trout fishing? The trout will be back soon.
The mirror carp above was caught on a Stalcup's Cluster Midge. Yep, a dry fly. And no, not a hopper. It was my last fish of the day and it ran all the way across the river and took me deep into my backing. It was one of many carp caught on the surface that day. It was also my first mirror on a dry. I'd bet that even the old carp guard folks have never caught a mirror on a dry!! Cool.
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| Upper Missouri River Elk |
When you have the river to yourself, the big animals come out to hang out with you. This mother elk and her 2 babies came out to spook up some of my carp.
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| Missouri River Moose |
I was happy that this guy (gal?) was on the other side of the river!! To date, the only animal that has ever chased me and scared the shit out of me is a moose.
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