Sunday, August 26th
Met Ernie, Joyce and Jeff at the Black Coffee Roasting Company for breakfast and headed out to Rock Creek to fish a bit for the day.
On the way to Rock Creek I spotted the Sinclair Dinosaur – memories from my father and mother taking my brothers and I on vacation.
Stopped at Rock Creek Fishermans Mercantile to get the latest info on hatches and conditions and stocked up on some flies. Although we didn’t get to see Carolyn and Strider I thought it would be nice to put up a pic of them.
We were lucky to see the herd of Bighorn Sheep on the drive up the river.
I fished with Ernie, Joyce and Jeff for a bit on one of the pull outs and we had some good success.
I left them to fish on their own as I headed back to Missoula to check in to our rental house and meet our chef for the week, Alan Brown.
John and Katie were parked outside waiting for me when I got there and we hauled all of our bags and gear into the house. They brought along four Racine Danish Kringle pastries with them from Wisconsin made by O&H Bakery!
A cinnamon, blueberry, cherry cream cheese and Wisconsin Kringle were the four flavors. They usually bring a few for Barbee, Natalie and I when they come to fly fish with me in Asheville and we look forward to it with great anticipation.
What a beautiful house it was!
Chef Alan loaded his gear and supplies into the kitchen and once he got going the house instantly began to smell wonderful!
He cooked us a quite memorable steak dinner with salad, grilled T-Bones, Portobello Mushrooms, grilled veggie kabobs and rice that everyone thoroughly enjoyed. A toast was made: May all your fly fishing stories from the week require no embellishment!
Here are pictures of Alan and a sample dish from his website:
The whole gang enjoyed the great food and conversation throughout the evening.
Time for bed to prepare for the first full day on the water!
2018 hosted fly fishing trip to Missoula, Montana with Richard Witt 