Living on the Road with Dwain, Debbie and Ozzie: Movin On...

We were so excited to receive our new Fly Reels today at the RV Park here in Cody...we had already purchased our Fly Rods here in Cody, but since the reel wasn't as important (it just holds your line) as the rod we got a better deal on the internet we just had to wait for it to arrive. We leave this beautiful little town of Cody in the morning and look forward to what's ahead of us in the next town, hopefully some great fishing so we can use our new gear.

Here are some of the pictures from our guided fly fishing adventure...I'm the one with all the fish, HAHAHAHA, actually Dwain caught almost as many as I did, you notice how I said almost!!! I can't say enough about our awesome guide Nate, we met him at 6am the morning of the trip, at the business where we booked the trip. He drove us from Cody 1 1/2 hrs down to Thermopolis, where we launched our rubber boat, over this guard rail down this very steep bank to the Bighorn River. That was cool, then he had someone pick up his truck later and take it to where we would eventually float/row down to at 5pm. Nate gave extensive and precise guidance and was spontaneous with positive praise throughout the entire day. He brought a great packed lunch, gourmet sandwich's with NO mayo, chips and different fresh fruit and topped it off with candy bars for dessert...this guy knew what I like. So we continued to fish both from the boat and standing in the water. I caught just as many standing in the water as I did from my position in the boat. Did I mention that I stood all day in the boat or in the water, casting for 9 1/2 hours, but while we were fishing Nate was rowing or back rowing to get us in the perfect area...yes he rowed for the entire time less the time we spent eating. WOW, you should see his callused hands. The first picture is the take out point from our trip, the rocks have been built up over thousands of years with layers of sediments from thermal activity. Hot springs and thermal activity are common in that area. Well we are now hooked (no pun intended, lol), on this sport as you can see.