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bonginator · 09-02-2010, 09:59 AM

What type of rod is your 3 weight? I see that you've got a Sage reel.

Nice fish!

Rock Creek outside of Philipsburgh MT is also fantastic - not too far Bozeman and very cute little old mining town.

Sandy

ZoominC6 · 09-02-2010, 12:00 PM

Howdy Sandy,

The entire outfit is Sage and it's one of my favorites purchased at Dan Bailey's in Livingston, Montana twelve years ago. The three weight is just perfect for the small streams be it in Montana or here in the Appalachians. I'd love to be back up there for the Brownies later this month.

Dick

bonginator · 09-03-2010, 07:03 AM

I know the store you are talking about. I have a 4wt Sage SLT that I love. Fished the 'Stone a few weeks ago with it and had a great time. I love Paradise Valley - such a beautiful place to fish!

Glad to meet another fly fisherman on the forums!

Sandy

ZoominC6 · 09-03-2010, 07:13 AM

Sandy,
The Paradise Valley is drop dead beautiful; however, our fishing luck wasn't all that good and from what we observed on the Yellowstone, not many others were doing well either. The beauty of the place made up for it. We camped at Edge of the Yellowstone RV and it was a great place with wonderful hosts and while it was rather pricey we enjoyed our visit.
Now to get after some of the local bronzebacks here on The New River!
Dick

ZoominC6 · 09-03-2010, 10:18 AM

Oooops...almost forgot. We get to add a few more states to our avitar. Fun.

Hope to get them all filled in one day.

Splitrock · 09-03-2010, 01:33 PM

Really nice thread. Thanks for posting it.

Gary

ZoominC6 · 09-03-2010, 09:20 PM

Gary,

Enjoyed posting it all and really enjoyed seeing more of your home state. We spent time in Hill City and wandered around from there out of Rafter J Bar Ranch RV Park. We hunt every December based out of Kimball but never had been in The Black Hills. We did try fly fishing in Spearfish Canyon and found it beautiful even though the fishing was tough. It was nice to see South Dakota when it's green instead of brown.

Dick

rseagle · 09-04-2010, 04:24 AM

Four more years! Just four more years of working, then I can retire and the Mrs. and I can venture West. These photos really fuel the Manifest Destiny urge within me. I can't wait! Thanks for sharing.

bonginator · 09-04-2010, 07:40 AM

Nice pics of Paradise Valley. I'll have to check out that campsite- it looks fantastic. We ran across a nice small camping spot just past Cameron Bridge on the east side of the river when we were doing a put in for a drift boat float.

I really enjoy fishing the spring creeks there - Armstrong's and DuPuys. You do pay a rod fee but the scenery is drop dead gorgeous so it makes up for it if the fish are finicky that day. The water is truly gin clear so you have to be quite stealthy. It's quite nice to have the full run of a ranch for day or half of fishing.

Thanks for the great post - really enjoyable.

Sandy

ZoominC6 · 09-04-2010, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by rseagle

Four more years! Just four more years of working, then I can retire and the Mrs. and I can venture West. These photos really fuel the Manifest Destiny urge within me. I can't wait! Thanks for sharing.

My pleasure.

ZoominC6 · 09-04-2010, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bonginator

Nice pics of Paradise Valley. I'll have to check out that campsite- it looks fantastic. We ran across a nice small camping spot just past Cameron Bridge on the east side of the river when we were doing a put in for a drift boat float.

I really enjoy fishing the spring creeks there - Armstrong's and DuPuys. You do pay a rod fee but the scenery is drop dead gorgeous so it makes up for it if the fish are finicky that day. The water is truly gin clear so you have to be quite stealthy. It's quite nice to have the full run of a ranch for day or half of fishing.

Thanks for the great post - really enjoyable.

Sandy

You're most welcome. Glad you enjoyed the ride.