Fly Fishing Frenzy 09 Day 3 and Day 4

Day 3 Friday May 22, 2009.  Madison Delivers Up Her Treasures, Deetelit Skeetelit, Beartoothing Cheese Fries, and Midge Hatch Protein.

• At 4:30am we loaded up the trucks and headed north to Big Sky Country.  The drive was filled with Elk, Antelope, Moose, and Big Horn.  We arrived at a Frenzy Favorite on the Madison River between the Hebgen Dam and where Cabin Creek dumps in.  It was unbelievable.  We left hundreds of 16 – 20 inch Rainbows with sore mouths.  Yetter and Gene used my pontoon boat to cross to the coveted ‘other side’ while the Counselor and I risked life and limb to cross, but we did make it there alive.  Dr. G, Hoss, and Hancey wrangled tons of fish on the island.  Gene and the Counselor lined the banks in productive Bow territory while Yetter and I manned to large rocks casting to hungry Trout.  It got to the point where we were catching an 16 – 20 inch Bow every other Cast and we just felt the urge to yell Deetelit Skeetelit.  Probably because Von Deet had just arrived on the other side of the river and filmed the action.

• We all left the Madison with Trout elbow and headed into West Yellowstone to pound some Beartooth BBQ.  We have made the Beartooth a ritual on the Frenzy.  We start with Cheese Fries and Jalapeno Poppers and then end the meal with some hearty meat drowned in BBQ sauce.  Gene did receive a penalty for ordering a side salad, but after seeing the gallons of Ranch Dressing he applied we reduced the penalty to a minor infraction.  We also got into a rowdy debate with Von Deet about his team player approach and I believe we may have cost the Beartooth a few customers cuz we was loud.  We then visited Bud Lilly’s fly shop and soaked in some good knowledge and restocked on a few flies.

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