North Platte River 7/15/12

Sorry for the delay in posting but I had no Internet or cell coverage.

I arrived in Casper around noon and proceeded to begin fishing in ernest. Here is a view from the water right outside my cabin.

Apparently Nebraska owns the water rights to the river... Not sure what that is all about but they were calling for water and the river was flowing fast (350cfs). Right on the boarder between unadvised and dangerous. But I made the best of it. After trying to fish from the bank with little luck I decided to test the water. I found if I stayed near the shore I could at least fish the banks. Once I got used to the fast moving water I started catching fish. Most were in the 6-8 inch range but I managed to catch this 15 incher:

And the real prize this 19 inch Cutbow:

All totaled I caught 15 fish in about 4 hours of fishing. Not bad for a guy who just drove from Austin to Casper in 36 hours, in borderline dangerous flows, on an unfamiliar river.

Non-fishing statement of the day. All sunsets should look like this sunset:

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”



~ Ann Bradstreet