Rockin' trout 8/27

What great scenery and man,the rocks!!Wouldnt know where to start and when to stop.Nice food too!

snuffy

After seeing those fish I am going to have to head up shell creek. It should be great now with such low water.

I find some rock that looks like the one you think is palm wood and I have no clue what it is. I think I posted a pic of it a long time ago and got no answers on that one.

That shell rock is over the top awesome. Love that kind of stuff. Looks like your day could not have been any better.
Jim

I really love the scenery pics, beautiful place!! Awesome finds too

Wow!! Looks like a all around successful day. I have always enjoyed hunting river bottoms. You never know what you will find.

Thanks for the comments everyone!
Snuffy, Yeah it is overwhelming when looking at such an expanse of rocks. I have learned that certain areas within such a stonescape are more likely to contain agate and pet wood than are other areas. I will go back with the missus for a rock only hunt so as to better scour the area. The rivers are wild here, and parts of them often are comprised of channels that eventually merge back into one. In the high water of spring log jams and scouring often shut off a channel that I have fished for years, leaving lots of fresh pickins. It is neat to think that all the river valleys in this part of Montana have these glacially deposited alluvial gravels under the topsoil, the river provides the sluice as it were. I often imagine that there must be a 50 lb. moss agate under there somewhere. . .

Jim, gonna cut that one soon, will let you know what I find.

Curt and Fossilman, I do believe it to be a Buffalo tooth, I have a coffee can full I have collected since I was a kid. This valley did have cattle herds starting soon after the Civil War, but I have found them sticking out of dirt water-cut banks at creekside, often one to three feet below the surface, and this valley once held large herds of Bison, until the railroad came near enough to allow the buffalo hunters access. (low-life excuses for humanity who only took hides and heads)

Mel, Though I am an avid fish eater, I could not agree more about trout being the best. And the best trout come from cold waters, these snow melt rivers are COLD even on a 90 degree day.
The very finest eating trout I ever had was from a lake 20 miles by horseback deep in the Beartooth near the park. Native cutthroats with firm orange meat. We used a old Maytag lid (Cast aluminum) for a griddle, and these trout would barely fit across it. You could literally catch trout with a bare hook in that lake. Still good fishing as of 2002 when I made my last pack trip with my dad, as hardly anyone goes there.

unclem, Rivers are the best! There are hundreds of types of rock that have been brought from far and wide. There is always something new to find.

I love having such great fishing, hunting and hounding opportunities so close by, This place is less than 10 miles from my house in town, yet I rarely see anyone.
The quiet experience the river and surrounding flora provides is as salve for the soul.

Bill