Fall Moments

Today we headed out for a couple hours in hopes of sight fishing to a few browns. If you've spent much time reading our blogs, you will understand that above all other styles of fishing, our major preference is to sight fish. The wind turned out to be relentless and fly fishing with a howling gale is really not much of an enjoyable experience for either Dave or I, not to mention it can make sight fishing next to impossible at times. But even when crappy conditions prevail, there is always something that happens on our fly fishing excursions that is noteworthy and today was no exception.Towards the end of our walk, we were joined on the river by a young male moose and an elk, both within about 5 minutes of each other. The elk put on quite a snorting performance to make her presence known. It was really neat to watch and though we didn't get any photos of it all, we did get some good video, so we were pleased about that. It's not every fishing trip you run into a moose and an elk. The other neat moment was when the Air Forces Hercules flew over head, just atop the trees.The fall colors were stunning, but fading fast and much of the water we fished was littered with leaves. Autumn is on its way out.