Winter Browns

Now that I am back in Montana the fishing is looking like it will be much slower. There is a lot of slush and ice in the rivers around here and the Gallatin was the closest to campus that was going to be fish-able. The nice thing about fishing during the winter though is the complete lack of people around. In two days I have only seen two others on the river and nobody where I hiked into. After stringing up the usual winter midge rig, I started casting into a slower slot towards an ice shelf. After several casts I finally managed to hook up. Lost the first one but to my surprise I hooked another fish a couple casts later. Even more surprising is that it took a size ten copper john instead of either of the midges. Certainly not complaining about it though.