Rancher: ” We don’t believe in rainmakers.”
Bill Starbuck (the Rainmaker): ” What Do you believe in mistah? Dyin’ cattle?”
-The Rainmaker, 1956 film, starring Burt Lancaster
elk river valley fire
On most days forest fire smoke is in the air. All rivers are at historic lows. Reservoirs are emptying. Angling on all rivers shuts down after 2 pm due to poor flows and high afternoon temperatures. This now seems to be the summertime norm. We need rain. We need a lot of it. We need a Rainmaker…
I’ve been fishing where the water is still cold in the headwaters of rivers at elevation. It seems with every new angling season you have to travel further and higher to find water that numbs your feet and legs.
Some color, some trout, caught on dries…
morning on a cutthroat stream
cutthroat trout
fish the pools but don’t bypass these shady spots
nice rainbow intruding into cutthroat water
trout on dries 
Hi Bob,
Rain is coming. I feel it in my bones!
Vic: Maybe by the weekend. Hopefully.
Bob
Those look like precious finds, even if you have to go higher and further. Gems in cold clear water.
Jim: They are gems and they reside in beautiful streams. Hope all is well Dillon was good to you this year…
Bob
Love finding them in those ‘in-betweens’. Unsuspecting and discrete. Not always there, but worth a try every time. Gosh those fires are getting bad. Smoky as all hell today. Maybe the bugs will think it’s overcast, or the browns…
Daniel
Daniel: Yes it is neat to find some good ones in those subtle locations. Often they are sizeable. Smoky, you bet. Brutal out there. Fished the Alberta cutthroat stream we both like 2x this week. A bit of a drake hatch, green and brownish/ rust ones. Size 12 or so late morning, early afternoon. Found a few risers. Today tougher as windy so played havoc with hatch. No one around last 2x there.
Thanks for commenting. See you at Shop.
Bob