" Rise and Shine " by Ken Haag

              Rise & Shine from Ken Haag on Vimeo.

Tuesday Cinema brings you a little edit by Ken Haag, my relative and fellow photographer. On a recent trip with Floatfisher, he rigged the boat with multiple GoPo's to capture a spectacular morning

on the Arkansas River. Whole lot of catching' going on....

Pour a Baileys and Coffee, enjoy this Ken Haag Production.

Evening Float

An abbreviated weekend of fishing, as it was shortened by work and family, by responsilities. However, we did get some time on the ditch Saturday afternoon and evening. With the water 

still clearing of from a Thursday night thunderstorm, water clarity would be perfect for 

throwing a single dry along the shallow grassy banks, looking for the lone brown on the undercut 

banks.

Once again my go to fly would not disappoint. Jack Dennis's Amy Ant, is the the summer giant.

My favorite is the olive/ chartruese version, as it just seems to have the right fish mojo. With its high floating, rubber leg enticing action it is hard to beat. 

Many fish were brought to the boat in just a short float, with this lethal little fly. 

" Pizza Butt" by Blue Halo

             Pizza Butt a Blue Halo Production from Blue Halo on Vimeo.

Just a little something from the boys at Blue Halo Rods, having a little with 

Pizza Butt Rap and some great Cutthroat fishing. What a great way to kickoff 

another weekend of fishing.

If you don't own a Blue Halo, you need to go out and grab one, what a hoot for a few hundred 

shekels. Fun with fiberglass.....

Rockin' Road Trip-

4576 miles would cap off 35 days of great fishing across Montana, Wyoming and Colorado. Ms. Floatfisher and I would start our little adventures fishing the North Platte at Saratoga, WY, as the melt would end Fathers Day Weekend. 

It had been several years since we had floated the waters of the Upper North Platte and it would not

disappoint, fish, scenery and great food.

No trip to Saratoga is complete without a visit to the Wolf Hotel for a beer and steak, however, we would skip the steak this visit, in favor of the new local favorite, Bella's Bistro. Wow, worth visit and amazing food.

Boat Launch on the upper North Platte near Saratoga

Our next excursion a few days later would take us to the Missouri River in Montana for nine days.

We would set up camp in two different cabins and fish the roughly 30 miles of river around, and down from Craig. We would become the local trout bums, as the locals would know us by name at both Joe's and Issack's by the end of our visit. Wow , what a tab, we would rack up too....

Caddis, PMD's and Trico's were all on the menu as we homesteaded on the river. A new experience, as Mary and I would get schooled by a few of the upper river fish, as they were well accustomed to many of the usual patterns and drag free presentations were a must. We soon got the hang of it , and were catching some nice fish.

Rowing the Rio Grande

Our travels would then wind us by the upper Bighorn at Thermopolis and down to Casper to fish the North Platte at Casper. Having passed  by this section of river for 10 + years and never stopped, it was now time. Stupid us, can't believe all the great fish we had been passing up. We caught many nice , healthy big rainbows.

One of the many hookups along the way. What a great road trip.

Fantastic live music on the 4th in Craig, Mt.

So many flies tied on, taken off, lost on fish. Damn this is fun...

The end of the journey would come this past weekend, with blow trip to 

Rio Grande river. 35 Days, 17 days of fishing and 4576 miles driven,

what a rockin' road trip.....