Road Trip Part 2 (Dust...Look Around You, What Do You See)

We were very tired after the float on the Platte and our next destination was over 200 miles away, so we treated our selves to a hotel room in Rock Springs, just over an hour from our next destination, Fontanelle.  The Green below Fontanelle Reservoir is a river that I have fished with mixed success, always catching at least a couple but never the elusive 10 pounder.  This river has a ton of food and some big fish but not a ton of them.  Maybe some  restrictions on bait use and bag limits would help the fish count.  We met a good friend at the Fontanelle Store, (everything comes with a side of dust), and headed out to launch boats and set shuttle.  The sky was a mix of thick clouds with just a touch of sun to take the chill out of the air.  This could be good. 

   The first fish was a huge Cutty about 4 pounds or so and the second fish came minutes later.  This big boy was a brown well over 20 inches and much fatter than the Cut.  Both fish taken on a chubby chernoble, which continued to produce big fish all day.  Other effective flies were Noble Chernobles and different drake patterns as well as streamers.  With the mix of high clouds and sun we set up on several groups of fish and caught several out of each group.  This was the best I had ever seen this place fish.  I have had some hard days here so a good day was welcomed.  We floated almost 18 miles that day, trying to average 20 per day, and saw only three boats right at 6am.  Heading north to Big Piney, and the Green again.