Group Three Wrap Up

The Tattoos came right on here into western Montana and picked up where the Magnificent Ones and their fly fishing machines had left off!! The weather for Dem Twos was perfect, except for a tad bit of wind (the “W” word in these here parts!) on the last day with the boat reports on Day Three touting anywhere from 20 to 50+ fish—a magnificent bounty in anyone’s record book, the rock star of which (again!) was Mardi “C.T.” Rodgers with her 21” lower Clark Fork rainbow being the beast of the day. Mardi is shown above with her second Yellow Hat in three days with Bob “Manyfish” Corpening who impressed all, including yours truly who awarded him an honorary Yellow Hat for the sixty (count ‘em) fish that he landed in his very first day ever of fly fishing—thereby bestowing upon himself the Indian-rooted name of Manyfish!

Also shown above is mustachioed Group Two Yellow Shirt winner Tony “No Neck” Pantaleo for his all-Extravaganza record setting 32 ½” Blackfoot bulltrout. Word has it that once No Neck gets home he, like others before him, is going have his shirt framed and hung much as you would a sports jersey. And take a gander at the assembled Tattoos in front of the Montana Natural History Center’s elementary education bus that was collectively purchased for them by last year’s Extravaganza groups and this year, via the auspices of E-16’s collective generosity, will have a to-be-children’s naturalist aboard funded by E-16’s largess!

Yes, like the Ones before them, the Tattoos came, fished and conquered and have left the scene of it all well teed up for the incoming Threes, who arrive this Saturday to abundant fish surrounded by perfect weather and an Extravaganza staff that simply can’t wait until they get here!!

Best to all from the scene of it all,

Rock Creek Ron
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