S6, Ep 108: Tricos, Temps and Tall Boys: Dustin White's Wyoming Update

Hey, folks, it's Marvin cash, the host of the articulate fly. We're

back with another on the water with Dustin White. Dustin.

How are you, Marvin? I'm doing well.

How are you doing today?

As always? Just, uh, trying to stay out of trouble and, uh, you've

been traveling around a little bit, but, uh, you're kind of back in the saddle

in central Wyoming.

Yeah, just a couple days, uh, off to dip down

south. Uh, Jamie, my wife and I with two friends

went down to Colorado to, uh, you

know, first watch our browns get beat up by the

cowboys and, uh, at a browns backers bar.

And then, um, yeah, went to a concert after that. So,

yeah, it just took a couple days, uh, to dip down south

and, yeah, uh, back at it.

Yeah. So how was the Leo sear concert?

Yeah, as enjoyable as expected.

As expected.

So, you know, it's kind of funny. Looked, uh, at your weather

and, you know, you're kind of getting that kind of typical late summer,

early fall, central Wyoming weather where it's kind of cooling

off a little bit, but you're getting kind of windy days, you know,

no real rain. What are you seeing on the water?

Been a little

hatches. I mean, we are. We are getting the

hatches that you would expect to see

in terms of, you know, tricos in the morning, uh,

afternoon, um, a good cattus

hatch. Um, and then, um, you

know, some, some modest blue wing

hatches. Um, the degree

of health, uh, of those hatches

has been what's been very day to day.

So we're getting some days where it's just a

prolific cat as hatch and there's heads

of fish, uh, in that late afternoon, early evening

timeframe, just everywhere. And then, uh,

you go out the next day and

it's significantly reduced, uh,

kind of waiting on that, that cool off to hit us. Um,

we're waiting for flows to kind of drop

a little bit more on the reef and that, that should help that.

But yeah, having, having a little more

temperate, um, you know, temps,

some more mild temps, uh, is really, really going to

help us. Having a little more cloud cover come through is really, really going

to help us. But we still have some

remarkably solid fishing, um, on

the horn, still very

grassy. Um, and, uh,

you know, that can pose a little bit of problems, especially if folks are

wanting to streamer fish. You know, you're raking in a lot of

grass. Um, but in terms of bugs,

you know, uh, cattus definitely are working

well. Uh, see, PMD is actually some kind of

late summer PMD's, uh, coming off there. Um,

sow bugs have, uh, as always, have been

really, really effective. Moving to the

mile trichos, definitely in the morning have

been, ah, the standard fare. Still

eating Amelia, still eating caddis. Um,

we've had some smaller to

medium sized fish eating pretty well on the

surface. But the big mile

fish that folks want to go there to target, they're not

quite looking up yet. So we're still a

few days out from that, um, again, looking

for that, uh, uh, that, that temp drop

to, to come into play. And we should start seeing some, some

productive fishing on that front. Uh, uh,

in terms of the reef, you know, we're starting to fish some of the lower

sections of it. The upper reef, pretty mossy,

pretty grassy. Um, um, but have had some,

you know, remarkably solid streamer days. Some, some

really, really enjoyable streamer days. Uh, uh, the

grass in that mid, lower section has just

been pretty, um, thin. So that's been

really, really helpful there. And again, day, uh, to

day is a little different, but we've had some days where the dry fly

action has just been remarkably productive,

followed by a day where it's you look and there's

not a whole lot of, um,

heads to be found. But, um,

again, we're just around the corner from

that happening.

Uh, very, very neat. And we don't have a question this time. Jay,

if I lost your question, dude, I'm sorry. Send it to me

again. Uh, we'll use it next time. But as I always say, we

love questions on the articulate fly. You can email them to us

or dm us, uh, on social media. And if we

use your question, I will send you some articulate fly swag. And we are

drawing for a half a day of fishing with Dustin. And you know,

Dustin, as we always do, we gotta give a shout out to one of the

local watering holes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And this one's gotta be the sunset grill. Not to be

confused with the, uh, uh, boomtown

and the sunrise plaza that we kinda highlighted, uh,

a couple m months ago. But the sunset grilled is an

alcove. And if you're getting off the mile or

off the reef and want just a great

hole in the wall divey bar, but

with great service, uh, there. And,

uh, in my opinion, one of the best greasy burgers

there is to find, it's definitely at the sunset grill.

So, you know, it's right off 220, um, almost

immediately after as you pull out of the gray reef or leave

Alcova, um, just a great spot. I mean,

it's, you know, dollar bills that someone's

scrawled some sort of message, uh, both

appropriate and inappropriate on it and tuck

it to the wall there. Uh, uh, it's, it's that sort of the

spot, but the folks there are just super

friendly. Um, um, like I said, great little hole in

the wall food. Um, uh, and, uh, you know, if you want

a really cheap, uh, uh, tall boy, pbr.

That's. That's the spot to do it.

Yeah. Just a slightly longer walk home, right?

Yeah, it's not a walk home sort of spot. You know, if you.

If you have a little much. Uh, we got the windy

waters, uh, you know, rv park, uh, across the street

that, uh, our friend Steve and Julie own. And,

uh, they'll host you for the night if, uh,

you can't get home safely. So, ah, it's a great

little spot. Cool, um, little area.

And, uh, I definitely recommend getting the beer battered

french fries, uh, with your burger. Ah,

it's definitely an experience that, uh, everyone

should try, uh, as you leave the reef and leave the

mile.

Yeah, there you go. You know, you haven't lived until you've, uh,

slept, uh, overnight in a trash bag on a picnic table.

Exactly. And that's the spot to do it. They'll take good care

of you.

Well, there you go. Well, you know, as we get on the other side of Labor Day, I

know that the bug now, uh, has their kind of

non high season hours, right?

Yeah. Yeah. We're back to our normal, typical

business hours. We're not open Sundays. Uh,

Saturdays close at 04:00 uh, throughout the

week, 9930 to 530, if I

believe. Um, I actually don't know the start time. I'm on the

water every day, uh, when that's occurring. But,

yeah, we're in kind of the standard business hours there.

But folks, uh, want to give the shop a

call that, uh, they'll. They'll be happy

to acquiesce any sort of request you have, whether

that's booking a guide trip or help for, you

know, what. What hatch is occurring, what flies you need

getting you out of to get on the water. We're happy to do that.

Yeah. And so, you know, how many, uh, I guess more

days do you have before you kind of pivot, uh, right before

the holidays and head up and chase steelhead?

Yeah, I'm pretty full through October,

so it's still busy. We get a

little bit of a late summer, uh, dip.

I wouldn't even say it's a lull. Just I can actually have a

five day workweek rather than a seven day

work week or six day workweek. Um, so we're back

into the swing of busy stuff. So it's

kind of, you know, back into a grind, you know, pushing through

all the way through October. Um, um, but, um,

um, as, as, you know, you've experienced before, this is

such a fun time of year to fish. Um, um, you know, we're

stripping streamers. We're, you know, we're throwing hoppers. Uh,

uh, we're throwing drys. There's just a ton of

variety, uh, uh, just around the corner and right

now. So, you know, we're legitimately days away

from, from that kind of really kicking into full

effect.

Yeah. And good drinking weather, too.

Exactly. It's real my, you know, once we get that mildest, get a little

cloud cover coming in, you know, really pleasant

days on the water with, uh, uh, just to be

out there with a friend. Have a beer, uh uh, catch some good fish. Um

um, it's. Yeah, it's. It's an enjoyable time, for sure.

Yeah. Opens up the dark liquor verticals, uh uh, at the

bar. So, uh, certainly

does.

Yeah, certainly, uh, does.

And so, as I always say, folks, you owe it to yourself to get out there

and catch a few tight lines, everybody. Tight lines.

Dustin.

Tight lines. Marvin.