Off Topic Anniversary in the Black hills...
 

:s2:I have not done any fly fishing in many a years. So since it was my anniversary I thought that would be a good time to go fly fishing. :s2:

The wife doesn't fish but she went along and took a few pics.:cool2:

So I decided to share them with you in a link below, so you can see the Black Hills area this time of year. So in celebration of 23 years here is what I did.

http://s1076.photobucket.com/user/bl...ow/Anniversary


I caught 16 Rainbow in the 13-17 inch range and one 20 inch brown. The Brown was the highlight of the trip. I released all .Been so long since I fly fished I had forgot how much fun it was. :s2:

Beautiful country. It looks like you really had a great time.

My sister lives in Pierre S.D. and keeps telling me to come visit for a while and enjoy all the wild country and stuff. One of my favorite fishing areas when I travel out there is around Mobridge S.D. We used to fish walleye in Lake Oahe

lake Oahe seems to be the walleye hot spot of choice. I have never fished east river even though I have lived here a very long time. Some day maybe I will have to try it out. If you ever visit your sister you are close to me, so stop by and visit. we can go shooting in the pasture :s2:. I go to Piere for chess tournaments a few times a year . It's only a little over 2 hours so you would be close enough to stop by.

The link won't open for me...photobucket says is private?

I was stationed in Rapid City, SD in the early 70's. One of my favorite memories about that area was one summer we changed work schedule hours so I had more time off to fish. I caught over 60 trout that summer, most with a fly rod. It was the best fly fishing I have ever done. I took everyone of them back to the appt. and fried them up to a golden brown very good eating...reminded me of home.:cool2:

Really appreciated viewing those photos...... Thanks.

Very impressive Chet. I have done some ice fishing in NE SD for walleye and jumbo perch and it has been fantastic except not great in the scenery department.

Link worked this time, thanks!! Very beautiful country...I remember just wading in with cutoff shorts and tennis shoes. The trout would swim by me while I was casting. Got to love that!!

39 years for me on the 28th, we are going to Red Lobster, probably only fish I will see...

Looks like a beautiful place!! Thanks

Really neat. I suspect every one of us here would have liked to be along on that trip. KUDOS to the photographer.

I love the Black Hills!

Gorgeous scenery and fish. You are very fortunate to have a wife that appreciates that kind of trip.

Nice Chet! Right now it is kinda cool in Pineridge, but looks like Saturday will still be quite warm around your place.

Me, i can't figure out where you were honeymooning there; nice looking water. Cleared up good after all the rain and high water we have had lately.

Beautiful for sure! I'd love to fish a place like that!

Congrats to you guys and here's to many more! :party0005:

Well done sir. Fly fishing is the only fishing that ever really interested me. Started to pick it up, then moved to MN and it seems to be non-existent around here. From what I can figure here if you don't have a boat you're out of luck.
Oh to be back there.
Congrats on the 23 years and the great fishing.

Married 23 years and what do you get, 16 rainbow and a brown in the net. Saint Peter don't you call me cause i cant gooooo...I owe my wife another 20 years mooooore

great pic's what is the temp's up around spearfish now , we have been wanting to take a trip up that away and go to the medicine wheel in wyoming to just waiting for the cool down.

Very nice indeed. Lovely country.
What a perfect way to spend your anniversary. And it looked like God gave you a perfect day to boot.
The only thing that would have made it nicer would have been if your wife was fishing and you were taking the pics...

You sure looked like you knew what you were doing pal. Were the trout natives or do they have to stock? Nice looking fish i might add.