Black Canyon Gunnison National Park at the East Portal

Spent the weekend doing something a little different, and went over to check out the Gunnison River, at the East Portal. As you will see by the photo essay, the weekend did not disappoint and the scenery was spectacular. The vistas are grand, canyon, well one of the deepest in the country and the rock, absolutely stunning. 

Best highlight of the weekend was the upclose and personal visit by our friend Yogi. Very curious and unaffected by the folks around. He simply wanted to come over to be with us on our side. Just so happened the water was too deep in between us.

He cruised up and down the bank, scaring the hell out the fisherman on the other side, it was quite funny, I thought. 

Finally he decided he had had enough and was coming over. Red Rover, Red Rove, I am coming over!!  Not being a very agile swimmer with deeper water and current carried him down until he gained  his footing and bothered a few more fisherman, before cruising into the woods.

One of the great view of this amazing canyon. 

Rugged and not for the faint of heart. Better have some good hiking boots.

 Oh, did I mention the fishing was alright too.

Floatfisher Thanks All Loyal Viewers

I would like to say a special Thank You to all the loyal Floatfisher readers for helping me 

surpass the magical 50,000 mark in views. I would have never guessed a flyfishing and flytying hack

like me would have folks as kind as you all follow my blog. I will continue to post regularly and hopefully provide better content in the coming year.

Thank you again!

Montana Revisited

 Can never get enough of the landscape shots of fabulous Montana. While cruising through Lightroom on the laptop tonight I came across these archived shots. 

While throwing steaks on the grill, the sun was setting, we could not pass up the view and photo opportunity this presented. 

 Old barn on the banks of the lower Beaverhead.

Fire in the sky, day two while grilling and having a glass of wine on the deck.

Emergent Sparkle Pupa by Curtis Fry

One of the most beloved caddis patterns made famous by Gary Lafontaine many years ago. In the great little video, Curtis Fry demonstrates how to tie this relatively simple pattern.