Patagonia Island Hopper Shirt - Men's Long-Sleeved Closeout Sale

Patagonia Island Hopper Shirt - Men's Long-Sleeved Closeout Sale

Patagonia Island Hopper Shirt Men's Long Sleeved - The Patagonia Island Hopper Shirt is a superlight, long-sleeved shirt made from 2.9-oz all-recycled polyester. Patagonia Long-Sleeved Island Hopper Shirt made of organic cotton plain weave.

Simms G4 Pro Jacket Closeout Sale

Simms G4 Pro Jacket Closeout Sale

Simms G4 Pro Jacket - G4 Pro jacket is Simms most technical rain guide wading jacket featuring Gore-Tex Pro shell fabric. The Simms G4 Pro Jacket closeout is limited to stock on hand.

Simms Riffle Stripe Shirt

Simms Riffle Stripe Shirt

Simms Riffle Stripe Shirt is a new shirt from Simms that offers all of the technical performance needed for on the water. The Simms Riffle Stripe Shirt with a style that carries over to the board room.

Simms Guide Wading Boot - Felt Closeout Sale

Simms Guide Wading Boot - Felt Closeout Sale

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Simms Guide Wading Boot Felt - Simms Guide Boot is a durable leather boot with a light molded EVA midsole, improved fit and hiking boot construction.

Still have sizes 7,8,9,10 and 14 on this great Simms Guide Wading Boot Felt closeout special.

casa vieja lodge

Platte River Fly Shop & Casa Vieja Lodge

YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN THE PLATTE RIVER FLY SHOP ON A FLY FISHING SAILFISH

TRIP OF A LIFETIME TO CASA VIEJA LODGE IN GUATEMALA

The Platte River Fly Shop will be hosting a 5 night / 4 days of fishing trip to Casa Vieja Lodge in

Guatemala. For those that have joined us in the past to the Golfito Lodge, the Casa Vieja Lodge

is a step up in quality lodging and fishing boats. Please visit the Casa Vieja Lodge website to

take a closer look http://www.casaviejalodge.com/

Itinerary as follows:

Arrive - Jan 30^th 2011

Fish – Jan 31^st, Feb 1, Feb 2, Feb 3

Depart – Feb 4^th 2011

Rates are as follows:

-We have two 37’ boats reserved 3 angler rate is $3845 each, the 4 angler rate $3065

-We have one 40’ boat reserved 3 angler rate is $4240 each and 4 angler rate is $3350

-If there is enough interest, we can possibly get one more 40’ boat reserved.

-NON FISHERMAN COMPANION RATES ARE AVAILABLE!

Rates include: Lodging and Fishing (conventional tackle)

Rates do not include: Airfare, bar tab, gratuities, fly fishing equipment, trip insurance, and departure

fee $3 and hotel tax $27

A 50% deposit will be taken on a first come first serve basis with the remaining balance due 75

days before the trip.

West Coast Guatemala's billfish productivity is literally unbeatable. With numbers like 124 releases in a single day, by one boat

and 300 releases in 3 days on conventional tackle or how about 57 in a single day fly fishing and an overall annual release rate

of a dozen billfish per day, per boat, it's clear that Guatemala's Pacific coast offers the highest concentrations of billfish found

anywhere worldwide. It's very real!

Airfare from Casper to Guatemala City as of 4/30/10 is running about $834

Please contact Capt. Mark Boname at 307-267-7320 or email at flyshop@wyomingflyfishing.com if you have any questions.

How To Catch A Brown Trout With A Rake

How To Catch A Brown Trout With A Rake

CATCHING A BROWN TROUT WITH A RAKE!!! By Jim Dean

This interesting situation came about a few years past. The location is on The Little Bighorn Ranch, a corporation owned by several good friends and the writer. The ranch sits just South of the Wyoming/Montana border and is bordered on the South/East by the Little Big Horn River. There is another stream running through the ranch property that is called the West Fork of The Little Big Horn River. It is on this stream that the following story occurred.

A few of us had gathered at the ranch to do some fall hunting for elk and deer. This happy occasion also called for some celebration and camaraderie to take place a day or two prior to the opening of hunting season. The following morning I was the first one up, and found myself in need of a refreshing drink of water, Martinis can cause a profound dryness of the mouth. The West Fork is unique as it is very pure, drinkable water and is probably one of the few streams left that you can safely drink from. The Wyoming Game and Fish tried to get a fish count at our request a few years back and found that their shocker would not work, no conductivity.

As I approached my goal, a nice pool about fifty yards from the main lodge, I noticed a wire basket about eight feet from the bank. I knew what this was as we had been using this basket for cooling pop and beer during the hot weather months. We had tied a piece of heavy twine to a galvanized wire crate that had previously been used in the dairy industry. The heavy twine would hold the crate and contents from washing down stream. At the end of a weekend the crate was usually hauled up on the bank for use on another occasion.

The first thing I noticed, as I was enjoying the first sips of my refreshing drink, was that the twine was missing. As I was staring at the crate I also noticed definite movement! There was something caught in the crate and was making swimming motions but no headway. This was all happening in about two feet of crystal clear water but the current in the riffle made it difficult to see normally. If you are a fisherman as I am you know that if you stare at a spot in the water long enough you get flat spots in the current that allow you a better window to see down further into the water. As this happened I was able to make out a nice sized trout that seemed to be stuck in one of the rectangular shaped holes formed on the sides of the crate. This fish was caught halfway into the crate with his head on the inside and his rear half sticking out; he also was facing across the stream.

I knew I wanted to free this fish if I could, but also wanted to do this without getting wet. We have a workshop located just upstream from the pool where this was taking place so I decided to go inside and get a rake and reach out into the pool and catch the side of the crate and slide it within reach and then release the fish. I also decided at this point that if I did this maneuver without out a witness maybe this would be laughed off as just another fish story.

This is the workshop; pool is just to the right and behind.

I went back to the lodge to see if anyone else was up and had the need for a cool drink of water. Upon entering the kitchen I discovered my witness, a good friend and one of our guests, Fred Clyncke had just appeared. I asked him if he would follow me over to the West Fork as I had something to show him that I thought was just amazing. Fred had a puzzled look on his face as we walked over to the pool. “Look into the water and tell me what you see”, I said. “Looks like a wire crate or basket in the water”, he said. “Look a little harder and longer”, I said. “Hey there’s something moving out there and it looks like a fish, it is a fish”, he said. I quickly confirmed his sighting and told him I wanted a witness and that I was now going to CATCH A FISH WITH A RAKE. I went over to the workshop and came back with a garden rake. I found that I could just reach the top of the crate by hanging on to the end of the rake handle. Carefully I engaged a couple of the rake tines over the heavy galvanized wire forming the top edge of the crate. By slowly easing the crate across the river rocks on the bottom of the pool I was able to get it into position to reach with my hands and drag it to the edge of the water. As I did this I noticed that this Brown Trout had indeed managed to wedge himself halfway into the crate, he had contusions on both sides of his body but seemed to be in remarkably good shape. He was a beautiful fish about fourteen inches long and was in full spawning colors, from his condition we guessed he had only been trapped for a short time, probably just a matter of days. We carefully released him and agreed we had witnessed something unique and that we had a good fish story. In the fall of the year the Brown Trout spawn and I have sometimes seen a half dozen of them in this small pool, they come up steam from the Little Big Horn confluence, which is just below our barn.

Jim Dean

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Gray Reef Update!!!

The 2010 season has kicked off with a bang. The weather has been great and the fishing has been even better. I wanted to send an email to give everyone a little update. 2010 is shaping up to be our best season to date. All the trips have been reporting big numbers and size on a daily basis. The river is consistently producing big fish and lots of them. With the average fish on the upper section running 19 to 20 inches and even 24s and 25s being caught, this spring is definitely the time to get out on the Reef!!!!!



In these cold clear waters, a legendary race of trout has evolved, renowned for thier aggressive takes, long hard runs, acrobatic leaps and unparalleled beauty. Considering the reputation of the fish, there is no better place to pursue them than below Gray Reef Dam in the spring. Spring means the biggest trout are navigating the currents of the North Platte toward the prime spawning grounds below Gray Reef Dam. Although we definitely do not target these fish on the redds, the deep classic runs and tailout glides fill with these monster trout and they are on the feed!

Wyoming Fly Fishing Guide Service and Platte River Fly Shop started running guide trips on the Gray Reef sections of the North Platte in 1987, a full eleven years before any other outfitters. We were the first outfitters to start targeting the big trout that these waters have become famous for. The most experienced guide staff, combined with some of the biggest wild trout in the country, add to that the best time of year to catch them and you can only produce a trip of a lifetime.

Due to the great fishing this spring, our guided float trips have been in high demand and our books have been filling up very quickly. So if you would like to get in on this unbelievable fishing opportunity, call the shop (307-237-5997) we will get you all set up. Come share a day with us on the water.

Best Fishes,

Ryan Anderson

Wyoming Fly Fishing / Platte River Fly Shop

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