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.......When we awoke, skies were clear and it was calm. After Bennie arrived, it took a drive of about forty minutes to reach the place within the Seedskadee National Wildlife Area where we would begin our drift. Before Bennie left to do the shuttle, he said it might be worthwhile to fish. In the half hour before he returned, I landed a small brown and a large whitefish.
.......The Green in this section is a large, prairie river too deep to wade across measuring more than 200 feet wide in most places. The bottom land through which the river flows is wide and undisturbed with few trees along the banks. Antelope are frequently seen in the wildlife area, as are moose. When not found by the river, moose favor the marshlands adjacent to the stream where there are numerous ponds. With the abundance of standing water, the results of a winter with far above normal precipitation, mosquitoes were thick. We found that whenever we were on the banks, these biting insects would quickly find us. Out on the river, they were hardly noticed.
.......As we began our drift at 8:00, swarms of Tricos filled the air. The most prominent insects on the water were midges. These were probably the reasons for the intermittent rises. To begin, Bennie suggested that we use a Royal Stimulator with either a scud imitation or a San Juan Worm for a dropper. These were tied onto a five-foot length of 4x leader secured to the hook bend of the large dry.
.......The stimulator was taken by a fourteen-inch rainbow right away. I next hooked a big cutthroat. After fighting the trout for several minutes, Bennie beached the boat so we could photograph its capture. It was a heavy cutthroat more than twenty inches long. Even so, its fight was far more than a fish like this could usually muster. As the cutthroat was drawn closer, we could see that the nymph was embedded in its right pectoral fin. Before we could net it, the hook pulled free.

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