Check out Der Bog, folks, for the gaggle of prized specimens that Da Ones brought to the net during their three days on the Missouri River, all…what a show they put on, culminating in the awe-inspiring performance of younger brother Adam “Yellow Hat” and older bro “Big Ben” Rosenbaum who, together, took home yellow shirts for the biggest trout caught and released during E-14’s now completed Group One. Adam landed a 22” Missouri Rainbow on Day Three while Ben bested him with a 22.5” Mo Bow, close and sufficient enough to garner each both Yellow Hats and Yellow Shirts—way to go MoBowenbaums!!
Also tickling the Twenty Inch board on Day Three were John “SOS” Reimann and longtime boat mate Demetry “The Ghost” Kondrasheff, the former with a single 20” MoBow and the later with both a 20” and 21” of the same variety, and similarly long time veteran Extravaganzer Josef “Fear The Beard” Shepard with his 20” MoBow beauty, bringing to 18 the number of Twenty Inchers caught and released by Dem Ones. This number for one group equals the average Twenty Inchers for all three Extravaganza groups over the years!
Exhausted as they were from trekking over the Continental Divide six (count ‘em!) times, Day Three saw a presentation by George “Calibaetis” Bettas, ED of the renowned Montana Outdoor Legacy Foundation (on whose Advisory Board I am privileged to serve along with Jack Hannah) who, along with representatives of Montana’s Fish Wildlife and Parks Department, presented in-person tales of the Foundation’s Grizzly Bear Relocation Program, included within which was a special video message addressed to E-14ers from legendary outdoorsman Jack Hannah himself…thanks, George, for being with us!!
As the Ones now make their way back to their homes in Colorado, Arizona, and California, it is now time for the Tattoos to find their Camp List, locate their bags (bringing an extra one with them for their soon-to-be-received E-14 extravagant gifts) and begin the final preparation process for their fishing on our local Missoula rivers: The Big (“A River Runs Through It”) Blackfoot, The Bitterroot and The Clark Fork of the Columbia Rivers.
What is the weather like here, you ask?!? Well, during the stay of the Ones we had a fire in the fireplace each evening, last evening saw a new snow dump in all of the surrounding mountains and, come this Friday, the temps are schedule to soar (relatively speaking, that is) up into the 80’s…so, it is still Howdy Doody Land here, folks, where Princess SummerFalllWinterSpring is in full command of the elements!!
Congrats Ones on a job superbly well done—you Twos and Threes have a high bar of both tolerance and fishing prowess to attain, but, somehow, I know that can and will be done.
Best to all in the midst of it all,
Rock Creek Ron
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