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Dear Church Farm, 14 mi N of Gore
Oct 7, 1978
he went back to the area where we got 5' fish
last time, but it didn't work out that way at all.
The weather was pretty, the folks were friendly, the
August steers were cuddly, but the trout were coy,
he saw plenty of fish in flat water and a few of
them did a bit of feeding. But in the riffle area there
was no trace of action. The result was that we
didn't catch one golden trout between the three of us.
he camped under the same willow tree as last time
and had a lovely lunch with a good cool bottle of
Montana Blenheim wine. But after lunch we
drove home and spent the late afternoon in
luxurious showers, gear tinkering, note writing and
napping. As we left the stream we came across
two tiny, nearly-hatched chicks of the spur-winged
plover. The finches were raising hell overhead as
we caught the two kids and took pictures.
After dinner we geared up for a return try
at the gravel pit area. I explored about 1/2 mile
of stream front near the gravel area and didn't
locate any good fishing spot other than the flat pool
where Woody had struck yesterday. he fished until
dark without anyone getting a strike.
went home to our quarters and poured a few
good stiff drinks.