Taking the Road Less Traveled

Tuesday 9/18 Beautiful morning. Had my coffee and a stretch on a mound looking over the lake. Cool but not cold. My circadian clock is still on montana time so i was in bed at 8:00pm last night and up at daybreak. It’s about a 7 mile drive on a #5 gravel road back to…

Monday 9/17 Early start. Heard the logging trucks going up about 4:00am. One lane gravel road, didn’t want to tangle with them today. Out by 7:30am and clear sailing the 5 miles back to St Joe River. Moseyed along, stopping and checking out a couple of campgrounds on my way to St. Maries. Lots of…

Sunday 9/16 Overcast this morning, mid 40’s. After yesterday’s low 30’s a pleasant morning. Decided to make sure the water heater was by-passed and drained. Nope! The 3-way valve was putting water into the heater no matter which way i turned it. Hmmmm, was getting ready for a major plumbing project when better sense stepped…

Saturday 9/15 Cold last night, got down to 33F. Got up 7:30ish and got going by 10. Cleaned and organized all my fly boxes, put a bungee on my net to make it easier to use. Left my rods up and loaded in the schooner. There has been a large hatch of…spruce moths, maybe? Large,…

Friday 9/14 Overcast again this morning. Low 40s.No sense getting out of bed early. Just means i have to put the heat on. I can see my fishing area out my upper windows, so laid there looking for fish to rise…..nope. Got up 7:30ish had breakfast and decided to walk east up the road for…

[photogrid ids=”2153,2154,2155″ captions=”yes” columns=”two” fullwidth=”yes” ] Thursday 9/13 Cold and overcast this morning. A bit of fog. Started on a walk with sweatshirt and vest in a pair of jeans. Got about 100 yards and headed back for long underwear, jacket, stocking cap and gloves. The paved road runs right along the river so i…

Wednesday 9/12 Got going around 10:00am with a stop at Sportsman Warehouse and Walmart. Nice day with puffy clouds and the sun shining bright. Had to take the interstate to St. Regis then St. Joe’s Road, which was 14 miles of #3 gravel. A lot of washboard to rattle your teeth and verify my ability…

Rollin’ again. The plan: Head over to St. Joe’s Wild and Scenic River on FS 282 out of St Regis. About 15 miles of #5 gravel road then paved from the top of the pass down into Idaho. I have a 5 day Idaho fishing license so meander this road less traveled for awhile. Then…