Montana Trip!!

What a beautiful week with some fun fishing. I drove up on Thursday morning to meet Bronson, who was fishing with his dad and brother, at Reynold's Pass....just outside Island Park. I visited with his dad and brother for a while then Brons and I headed off to Ennis to check in to our motel. We stayed at the Sportsman's Lodge cabins which are walking distance to the main street of town. We had a nice dinner at the Claimjumper, walked around town, then got some good sleep :) Friday morning we went to the Beartooth, which is the best fly fishing shop EVER!! Picked up some supplies and got some advice and drove down to a part of the Madison River and fished all day.

Within 5 minutes Brons hooked a fish!!!

Madison River!! 78 degrees, sunny, slight breeze!!

That evening we drove to Bozeman to spend the rest of our trip with his uncle Ryan and Lisa. They have been living there for a couple of years and are trying to recruit Brons and I to come live up there with them. Brons is in....but I'm gonna need convincing. :) They cooked us dinner and introduced us to their babies......Holy Crap!!!! Their babies are nothing like my baby fergie. Lakota and Cheyenne are their 2 Alaskan Malamutes that both weigh a ton and are huge!! Lets just say is took them a day to warm up to us being in their home. The pic to the left is Lakota barking/howling at me. It was so funny how they didn't like us at all and if we tried to pet them they would run off.

Saturday morning we were up and going around 9am and drove 1 1/2 hours to the Missouri River for our next fishing adventure. This is a river Brons and I had never been to and one Uncle Ryan has fished many times. So it wasn't any surprise to me that he hooked the first fish...and the second fish....and the third fish!! I must say that this river is a hard one to fish. I hooked 3 fish for about 10-40 seconds then they got off my hook. These fish were amazingly huge!!! We spent all day on the river then drove back to Bozeman to eat at Bronson's favorite pizza place, MacKenzie River Pizza Company. Then we went back to Ryan's house to make copies of the fishing pic's of the day.......

Sitting in the office watching them print off pics is when the dogs finally warmed up to me.....almost a little too much. They are big babies to be giving so much affection and kisses...Their tongue's were HUGE, they shed like no other, and for some reason Cheyenne thought she was a lap dog!! It was a fun filled fishing trip. Thanks "unkie Ry" and Lisa for sharing your home with us.