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Report at a Glance

General Region	SW Montana
Specific Location	Livingston
Time of Day	11:00 a.m. to dark
Fish Caught	Rainbows, browns, cutthroats
Conditions & Hatches	PMD's

Details and Discussion

Wbranch	August 5th, 2020, 3:23 pm
York & Starlight PA Posts: 2733	This is a little anecdote that was recently published on another forum and I thought some of you might enjoy reading it and seeing the pictures. http://www.paflyfish.com/
	Catskill fly fisher for fifty-five years.
Martinlf	August 6th, 2020, 4:31 pm
Moderator Palmyra PA Posts: 3233	Great story, Matt. Well-written and very interesting.
	"He spread them a yard and a half. 'And every one that got away is this big.'" --Fred Chappell
Falsifly	August 7th, 2020, 4:48 am
Hayward, WI. Posts: 661	Wow Matt, life has been good. Not to detract from the fishing but as a "60's" muscle car enthusiast that must have been quite a change in life going from the GTO to the VW. Anyway great story.
	Falsifly When asked what I just caught that monster on I showed him. He put on his magnifiers and said, "I can't believe they can see that."
Partsman	August 7th, 2020, 5:26 am
bancroft michigan Posts: 420	Thank you Matt for sharing a important part of your life with us, and also for all the help you give to folks here! Those are some cool pictures! Mike.
Adirman	August 7th, 2020, 7:44 am
Monticello, NY Posts: 505	GREAT story Matt ,thanks so much for sharing 😊
Oldredbarn	July 23rd, 2022, 6:40 am
Novi, MI Posts: 2608	Matt. Sorry I somehow missed this post of yours. You have shared some stories in the past with us about the early days of the storied Paradise Valley spring creeks. I think I remember a VW bus and bell bottoms. 😆 It’s great that you got the chance to fish them back then. I have a friend that was hanging out there about the same time as you. I didn’t get to visit them until 1995 when I fished Armstrong’s and DePuys. I didn’t make it to Nelson’s until 2004. If only every stream were as prolific in terms of bugs as these streams are. Having visited them it’s easy to see how guys like Swisher and Richards used them as laboratories for their books, especially “Emergers”. The midge fishing out west and especially on these creeks is phenomenal. You can just sit there watching the whole process taking place. Millions of emerging midges. My first visit was DePuys. By the end of the day I was there alone. I sat by the stream looking at the Absorokas and beat myself up for never getting my grandfather out there to see the west. Thanks for sharing! Nice memories from you, and for me. 😉
	"Even when my best efforts fail it's a satisfying challenge, and that, after all, is the essence of fly fishing." -Chauncy Lively "Envy not the man who lives beside the river, but the man the river flows through." Joseph T Heywood

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