Strasser and I spent 8 hours on the water and nothing to show for it.  However, we should have won the best photo as you can see below Strasser on my shoulders with a beer at the end of his fishing line. Greg caught his first fish right after lunch.  Speaking of lunch, it was awesome.  Our group is the Boubon & Brats crew, and ironically the guides said we were having brats for lunch.  Divine intervention.  Grilling brats on the banks of the Yellowstone River with 2 bald eagles flying overhead was a pretty awesome experience.  

The weather was the most surprising thing. With a forecast of 95 degrees, we thought we were all going to bake. However, early we had a little cloud cover with a nice breeze which was perfect.  Later in the day we had strong gusts of wind, then a downpour, then thunder and lighting, and then sun again, and then another downpour.  

The fishing wasn’t what all of us had hoped as between all 4 boats all day on the river, we caught less than 20 total fish.  Honestly, I didn’t think my first day I would catch anything as I had a lot to learn day 1.

We had dinner at the 307 Bar & Casino in Columbus, Montana.  Headed back to the house for some hot tub and fire pit and turned in.  Tomorrow we are fishing a local spot closer to the house.