| Last June 16, 2006, Bob was filming some video for an upcoming
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| DVD about dry fly fishing on the Madison River here in Montana.
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| The dryfly fishing wasn't happening that day, so Bob decided to
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| try fishing nymphs in the fast water between Hebgen dam and Quake
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| Lake, near where Cabin Creek dumps in to the Madison.
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| Bob was fishing a March Brown with a Green Rockworm dropper, with
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| a pink yarn indicator at the base of leader butt. Bob was starting
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| to get a little nervous. The conditions and time of year where perfect,
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| but the fish just weren't cooperating.
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| And then boom. There it was. 30 inches long. Unrehearsed. The best part
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| was the audo. Listening to Bob's voice change as he gradually became aware
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| of just how big the fish was....well. You can't make this up. You have to
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| see it to believe it. I just saw the eight minute video footage, about an hour ago,
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| at the Troufitters Orvis shop here in Bozeman. I almost forgot: the big fish ate
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| the Green Rockworm. Nice looking fly. Bob sure does put on a good show.
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Nymphs/
Green Rock Worm
March Brown Nymph
Western Yellow Stonefly