Help-Traveling

[Markum]

Hola... I am going to be traveling from SD to Oregon next week and need to know if it is possible to make it across montana or if the wyoming as I no longer have a 4 wheel drive? BTW I am giving up on this flyfishing crap and getting my walleye gear:) STINKING TROUT!!!

[Gunga Din]

What a disappointment. Fly fishing on a blue ribbon trout stream is one of life's great pleasures. Big browns and 'bows rising to a dry fly you tied yourself last week, watching it slurp it up and setting the hook, fighting it in current with a fragile tippet, watching it leap into the air several times, holding it into the current to revive it, and watching it disappear into the crystal depths. All this while listening to the sounds of the stream without any sound of cars, power boats, or cell phones, or just drifting down the river and enjoying the scenery and fresh air, sleeping in because the fish don't bite well until the sun hits the water and warms the air, watching a hatch come on and the still pool come to life with feeding fish, casting to fish that won't take your fly, then matching the hatch and catching them cast after cast.

Ah, walleye fishing is great, but I'd never abandom my fly rod.

Oh, and I'd want a 4x4, especially if towing. Those mountain passes can be treacherous.

[mlc]

Well stated!

mlc

[Gilligan]

Ah the thrills of fly fishing; however you are in the wrong season! Fly fishing is best experienced in mid winter 12 deg air temps, no feeling left in the toes, ice in the guides while dead drifting a nymph overtop a cantankerous steelhead. Summers are better left for the walleye. No greater thrill than a 12# eye nearly submurging an offshore planer board!:7

[T-Mac]

You'll be safe until you get to Montana, but then you will be , probably , doomed.
In winter here, most of us rarely are hardy enough to venture outside, unless braced with plenty of spirits. We have snow drifts 20- 30 yards high, and this is in a good winter. The wind will blow snow so that the trail will be impossible to see. If you are lucky, the snow plow will have marked the edges of the trail with cane poles 20' high or so, with red flags tied on the top of them, so you can tell if you are still on the trail. These will be about eye-level, now.
Be careful to have plenty of provisions in case you lose your way as we seldom have more than one vehicle per day on the Inter-State in winter. Luckily, the grizzly bears are denned up for winter, but the wolves and Mountain Lions are still very hungry.
Beeee care fulllll !
LOLOLOL :-)
Stop in on your way thru!

[P S]

Wyoming is even more terrible!

[mlc]

You must not have summer-run steelhead in your area!

What the heck. It's all fun!!

mlc

[Backwater Eddy]

You forgot about the heard's of blood thirsty Musk Ox prowling the interstate T-Mac. There the worst man!

:D

[EyeBoy]

T-Mac;
You forgot to tell em about the snow snakes. Nasty little buggers, give ya a heckva bite. Don't forget that MTDOT has to catch the horses to hitch to the snow plow, before they can start cutting a path. The Interstate hiways arn't too bad, most of the sink holes are big enough to see even in a blizzard. If one wanted to, one could take the train; but this time of year it takes longer to get up a head of steam. Don't forget the six pees; prior planning prevents pee poor performance.
Markum; always remember that Gen. George Armstrong Custer was still alive when he left Dakota for Montana.
Other than the things that we pointed out, your trip should be uneventful.;-) :D
ON-PLANE!!!TOM
PS. T-Mac, glad to help you out Hehe!