Broken Bow Beauty!

Here's a series of photos shot at Broken Bow and sent last week from Dusty Montgomery. If you have fished much in Oklahoma (or any stocked areas for that matter), you recognize the fish on the top - your typical "right-out-of-the-truck" stocked Rainbow (and even that one has better color than usual). The fish in the bottom two shots, however, is a fish of a different color! A vividly colored male that looks like it came from some well managed stream in Colorado or even the rainbow's native habitat in California. And look what he fell for - a little black midge-type fly. My favorite dropper off the back of a heavy PT or Prince.

GREAT shots, Dusty!

By the way, Dusty's report said that Spillway Creek got pretty crowded as the weekend progressed; to the point where they just packed up and came home after witnessing "4-5 guys in every good hole." Dusty supposed that maybe colder weather would thin the crowds a bit (and - he's right). With zones 2 and 3 unfishable (or "uncatchable"?) until repairs on the dam(n) turbines are finished, everyone up there is crowding onto the only accessible water.

Well, a check of the forecast indicates that winter is arriving TOMORROW . . . low's in the 30's, wind, rain - look's like a good time to hit the Mountain Fork or Blue!