A perfect trip this year out West and the fly fishing was absolutly fantastic. The weather couldn't have been better and especially the dry fly action was superb. We spent the last couple days fishing my favorite piece of water, the Grey's River and it didn't disappoint us at all. The Grey's is a 60 mile long river that you can drive its entire length and actully watch it grow from a couple inch wide stream to a roaring river. I focused on the upper water sections and fished the deeper riffle runs instead of the pools and the trout were eager to rise to a fly. With the warmer summer conditions the larger trout were definitly holding in the more oxiginated types of water and this is why the riffles excelled. A size 10 madam X style dry fly in a purple or black was the fly. (I learned from the locals, cutthroat trout love purple). However, the other patterns I mention earlier worked very well, but I did notice a big jump in the size and quality of fish when we changed to the "x". It's tough to say good bye to this beautiful country, but I'll be back next year. I'm looking forward to getting back on the gulf making great memeories with all of you and I'll see you back on the water in a couple days. Here's one of last Snake River cutthroats to end the trip... Capt. Dan