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| Attempting to migrate past Hungry Horse reservoir |
I got up at 5 AM Sunday morning and drove 2.5 miles away to the Middle Fork of the Flathead River for casting practice. On the way back to the Mobile Hotel®, I stopped for milk and donuts. The Offspring were already eating when I returned so I showered and finished my coffee. When I saw the bottom of my mug,
the Warden Mrs. Fading Angler arrived with news: parole was granted, I was free to take the truck and leave for a day of solo angling.
My plan was to take a LOOONG drive (nearly 3 hours each way): the South Fork of the Flathead River. This river flows from the Bob Marshall Wilderness northward into Hungry Horse reservoir. The Hungry Horse dam prevents rainbow trout, brown trout and other
invasive non-native species from migrating up into this fork, protecting the native West Slope Cutthroat trout and also native but endangered Bull trout. I'm a bit of a purist: Scotch should be single malt, trout should be native.
