Greetings Fellow Anxious Fisherfolk!
As depicted in the attached photos of a normally tame and docile Rock Creek (which I took just an hour ago), "the water she is rising in these here parts" and the color of the flow is beginning to quickly liken itself to mocha coffee--and that is a good thing.
We need a good, swift push of runoff water to cleanse our rivers, remove the deteris that has accumulated in their eddys and gullies over the winter and to resettle fish into less familiar environs (so that they are not extremely picky or spooked as our now 110 [count 'em!] E-10 boats drift down upon and over them). And it appears that that is just the case: ten days ago, Rock Creek was flowing at a modest 500 cfs; this time yesterday it was flowing three times that @ 1590 cfs; and, now, just 24 hours later, the flow is up to 1640 cfs and on the continued rise (subject to a possible dip due to the current now-colder weather conditions that are bringing rain to Headquarters altitude levels but yet more snow/future runoff to the higher climes).
'Tis a beautiful thing to watch...we will keep you continually posted and updated as the flow now goes (perhaps, by now, to the point of either irritation or nausua to you rookies out there [veterans know better, however, as it is now E-10's "money, marbles and chalk" time]).
Earlier today, I had my (always pleasurable) final, pre-Extravaganza sit-down with our Double Up Outfitter, John "The Great But Propaneless" Gould, to go over the (very) few remaining open details of E-10's "war plan" (as Group Three now three-time veteran Bruce "The Rookie" Mowat is wont to say: "More planning goes into the Extravaganza that went into the Gulf War!" [I neglected to ask "The Rookie" {yes, there IS a story there!}, "Which one?", however!]). What a treat it was to, once again, find all of our ordered gear in town and accounted for (early), all of our guides ready and anxiously confirmed "ready" for each of you (again), and to just have the pleasure of the Great One's company without any last minute rushing around or panic...what an extravagant pleasure, indeed---thank you, once again, Sir John!!
Simply stated, Extravaganza 2010 is now officially ready to rock 'n' roll, and, very soon, rock & roll we will.
The Extravaganzas, over their years, have become "an item" in this wonderful Treasure State and, during the course of E-10, Group One will be blessed with an overnight visitation of world renowned Montana naturalist and writer Trapper Badovinac (whose glorious coffee table book "Fly Fishing The Solitude of Montana" was included on our Extravaganza gift bag three years ago); Group Two will be invaded by the one and only Bob Wire and his guitar (to play along side Group Two's veteran Fred "The Guitar" Johnson) as well as visited by Scott Kier, Executive Director of the Five Valleys Land Trust (one of the most successful conservation land trusts in the country), and Group Three will be blessed by the presence of both Jeff Hagener, former long time Director of Montana's Department of Wildlife and Fish and currently ED of the American Prairie Foundation, as well as by Montana Matters' own Troubadour, Shane Clouse, who will privately play for E-10ers songs from his just released, newest cd, "Good Thing Going On" during our annual Fourth of July pig roast and celebration.
In addition to the above cast of truly wonderful characters, E-10 will find among its midst once again Montana Wildlife Federation president Tim Aldrich (and his beautiful wile Carol); National Wildlife Western Regional rep "One if by" Land Tawney who, once again, will fish with Group One and deliver to the reprobated Ones his annual 2 1/2 hour presentation/lecture entitled "Abstinence Is Virtue While Fishing" at Group One's opening day lunch; together with our good friend, Rock Creek neighbor, and legendary (now retired) professional golfer Miller Barber, who, once again, will serve as the officiating dignitary over the Eighth Annual Rock Creek Casting Contest to be held at Extravaganza Headquarters on the Fourth of July.
Indeed, an extravagant war plan verily exists--a set if plans, in fact, that soon see the light of day, post Rock Creek's roiling.
Best to all in preparation for it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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