John really wants to catch some trout so we paid a guide to take us down the South Fork River in a float boat. The guide company’s head guide, Bob Lamb, is from Sedalia as are two other guides, Jay Hurt was one who vaguely remembers our son.
Our guide, Eldon, is from Idaho Falls so is very familiar with the rivers and the fishing in this area. Actually, we drove over an hour south of here to the South Fork River which is part of the Snake River that runs from the Tetons, through Idaho and up to Oregon. I just went along for the ride while John did all the fishing.
It was a beautifully sunny day with a slight breeze and Eldon seemed to know where the trout were hiding but they would not take John’s bait. Eldon changed flies about every 10 minutes. He finally found a hole where John got several strikes and pulled in a couple of Yellowstone Cutthroat trout. We had lunch on a rock bar in the middle of the river and the boys did some fishing from there too. It was a long day but worth the time and effort.
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