S6, Ep 119: On the Water with Dustin White

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 doing?

Well, Marvin, how are you doing?

I'm hanging out here at the crazy Rainbow Lodge, but, you know, thinking about you and all our friends back east.

Yeah, absolutely.

It's been.

It's been absolutely tragic.

I mean, we were lucky here in Charlotte.

Yeah.

We got, you know, quite honestly, not even a lot of rain and.

But our friends in, you know, southwest Virginia, east Tennessee and western North Carolina, I mean, it's.

It's going to be years and to get things kind of back on track and, you know, it's hard.

I mean, a lot of loss of life, a lot of loss of property.

You know, from an economic perspective, so much of the economy in that part of the world is tourism driven.

You know, it's going to be a really, really tough road for, you know, to get back.

But, you know, as we were talking about before, you know, the fly fishing community is responding positively.

We just have to remember, folks, that this isn't going to be done by Halloween or Thanksgiving or Christmas or New Year's.

We're going to be working on this for years to come.

Exactly.

Yeah.

I mean, yeah, I just echo the same sentiment.

You said.

We have so much, so much extensions in the relationships.

We have friends, family, co workers, peers, colleagues that are deeply affected by this, and we ache with them and we hurt with them and just the devastation that's there.

But the encouragement in this really, really difficult time is that we've seen a response of just, you know, the best part of humanity coming together in supporting each other and donating and reaching out and, you know, giving ourselves to, you know, our friends, our loved ones, even strangers, you know, in need to see each other through.

And that's been.

It's been great.

So, yeah, you know, we'll get through this.

You know, I saw, I think it was Hendersonville Outfitters said, you know, like trout, we will rise.

Um, it just takes all of us together to do so.

And, and, and we are, um.

So, yeah, it's, uh, it's, it's.

It's tough to be, you know, here in central Wyoming and, you know, uh, the environment is, you know, relatively pleasant.

Um, but, you know, we're, we're cognizant of.

Of everyone, you know, back east that that's going through it.

But, you know, we're here with you and we're supporting you and we're here for however we can continue to support you in recovering through everything.

Yeah.

And I would say, folks, if you're listening to this and you want to, you know, have some options to donate and kind of support the recovery effort, I will drop a link in the show notes.

I put out a blog post last week with some suggestions for each of those three parts of the country.

And I, um, various flavors.

And you can even direct the money to specific counties if, if that's, uh, something that you want to do.

And, you know, dustin shifting gears a little bit, uh, you're kind of in the official fall cool off in central Wyoming.

What are you seeing on the water?

Yeah, yeah.

Um, particular dry fly action.

Um, we've had, you know, trichos and, you know, betis in the morning has been really, really good.

Um, we are very, very, very clear on water clarity.

So once that sun gets up, you know, you do hit a little bit of a dry spell for folks that are wanting to either throw dries or strip streamers in the middle of the day.

Um, so, you know, midday, um, beta still is, is our best option.

You know, we do have, um, fish still willing to take some, you know, stone fly patterns, um, you know, in, in cattus in the middle of the day, crane fly, you know, some, some large stuff.

But I.

That's going to be, you know, definitely drifted under either, um, some sort of dropper or um, a bobber.

Uh, but then as the evening starts to roll around, uh, the caddis hatch becomes, you know, pretty prolific.

And, and so we're seeing a lot of fish will undertake, um, you know, larger caddis patterns on the surface.

And I would say that's Marvin kind of across the board on all three systems, you know, both on, on the reef and, and lower on the mile and on the bighorn in terms of streamer patterns because we are pretty low and pretty clear for this time of year.

Tan and natural definitely is the way to go there.

So I would say, you know, full intermediate, even a floating line would do great.

Just be cognizant.

There's still some with the cooler unions that we have.

We still have a lot of grass, a lot of moss breaking off from the bottom.

So, you know, you're going to be, you know, cleaning your flies off, you know, throughout the, throughout the day.

But the, the streamer fishing has been remarkably successful, especially early morning up to about that lunchtime hour.

Got it.

And, you know, since you're out at the lodge, you know, why don't we make that our restaurant, uh, for this episode?

And, uh, yeah, why don't you let folks know kind of what it's like to be out and stay at the lodge as opposed to staying in town.

Yeah.

So we're so fortunate, so blessed here, uh, with, uh, crazy raven fly fishing, the ugly bug fly shop that, um, we've got three different, you know, lodging options for folks.

We have our lodge, uh, which is right on the river, right next to our, uh, kind of rendezvous for most folks.

Trips that come out, sleeps twelve folks, comfortably.

Comes, you know, we have, you know, family style meals that are done just amazingly by Lori, who takes care of us.

So that's everything from, you know, tenderloins to pheasant to filet to walleye.

Locally sourced, you know, we've got a ton of just fantastic meals that, that we offer to folks, um, right here with, uh, private fishing access.

If you want a little more of the intimate, uh, not necessarily rugged, but, um, you know, I want to be, you know, it's a fishing, fishing sort of trip just a little bit down the road.

About a half mile down the road, we have our river cabin.

Um, still comes with the same, uh, food accommodations, but comes with some of the best, uh, weight fishing options out on the river.

Um, but if you have a larger group that want a little more amenities, we also have a river house as you get in the town, in the casper.

So, um, kind of, you know, whether you're dealing for a larger group, more of the, uh, roughing it, uh, but with amenities, river options, uh, or, uh, being close to all the, the things that cn do here in Casper, uh, we've got a few different options for you that they're, all three of them are right on the river.

Have exclusive private fishing access for you, but come with meals and all the amenities that you'd want with it.

Yeah, and I would also say, too, that Lori makes a mean shore lunch.

Oh, I mean, the best of the best.

I mean, Laurie just does an incredible job, takes care of all of his fishing guys and clients incredibly well, and will definitely welcome you with that warm western hospitality that we've come to know and love very, very, very much here at the ugly bug and crazy rainbow.

Yeah, the cookies are the bomb.

Oh, yeah.

And you never know what you're going to get every day.

The cookie's different.

The accoutrement is it keeps you on your toes, but it's always good.

Yeah.

Well, listen, before I let you go, you know, folks, one, tonight was your last shot to send in questions.

And next time we're going to draw for the half day with Dustin.

But Dustin, before I let you go, you want to let folks know where they can find you so they can get on your.

Your guide calendar before you head back east and chase steelhead.

Yeah, absolutely.

You can find me.

My instagram is white.

Or you can give us a call at the ugly bug fly shop at 307-234-6395 well, there you go.

Well, folks, as always, say yo to yourself to get out there and catch a few.

Tight lines, everybody.

Tight lines.

Dustin.

Tight lines.

Marvin, thanks so much.