Pictures A Few High Mountain Trout

[Sandbilly]

Nice pictures mkloster.

Originally Posted by Shorty

Sandbilly, I am more familiar with the Tensleep side of Cloud Peak wilderness area as my dad and his siblings grew up in Worland WY. We have been visiting the Big Horns since I was a little kid, things have changed alot and the roads are much more friendly now than they used to be. I'm curious, have you ever made it up the trails past Helen and Misty Moon, there are some highly coveted Golden Trout in a few of those high altitude alpine lakes in the Cloud Peak Wilderness area.

Wet feet Mistymoon trail as I recall, packed it twice. The way I remember it my feet were soaked from crossing bogs and streams for most of the hike. First time packing in, my dad came down with a virus that settled in his back. He was in severe pain , so we only stayed 3 days until he could walk a little and got out of there. Went back the next year with better results. Caught a few goldens in some small lakes above timber line but it was mostly brook trout we found. Was there a Bomber Lake up there some where? The story I remember was an airplane crash landed in one of the lakes near Mistymoon. It was so remote they never recovered the plane. My memory might not be to good either.

Our golden trip was in the Wind River Range up the Big Sandy. Don't recall the lake we camped at but we could see all these golden trout swimming around but couldn't get a rise. Finally figured out fishing a renegade or bee in fast water at the inlet or outlet would produce, but never could get one out of the lake. It was frustrating, there were some very nice goldens in that lake.

I'm sure quite a lot has changed in the Big Horns since the early 80's, but I'll bet Cloud Peak looks just as majestic as the first time I saw it. Hope to see it again...................... someday.

dc

[Shorty]

Originally Posted by Sandbilly

Nice pictures mkloster.
Was there a Bomber Lake up there some where? The story I remember was an airplane crash landed in one of the lakes near Mistymoon. It was so remote they never recovered the plane. My memory might not be to good either.
dc

It's called Bomber Ridge, my dad, my uncle, and a friend of theirs back in the 50's when they were teenagers tried to pack out the .50 cal machine gun off the plane and bring it down off the mountain. They only made it part way and never got the gun off the mountain, apparently their buddy thought he was going to die from exhaustion as they were coming down the mountain. That's the story I heard.

[Sandbilly]

Now what in the world were they going to do with a 50?

Thanks Shorty, nice to know part of my memory is still intact.

dc.

[Shorty]

Bomber Mountain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bomber Mountain: A Mystery in Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains | Ultimate Wyoming History

[thedarkarcher]

i just read the whole bomber mountain story, incredible. have you guys ever fished the gap lakes in the snowy range? looks very similar.

[mtsamuelson]

Originally Posted by Shorty

Here is a little brook trout I caught on my first cast at the Sibely Lake spillway in the Big Horn Mountains this last week.

Oh man. My wife and I fished that very same spot back in July on our roadtrip. Beautiful lake tucked away in the Big Horns. Probably one of my favorite places to be...

[TROUTMAN]

My nicest Yellowstone Cut of the trip last month. What a fight! Trout are crazy tough fish. Hope to catch him again the next time I visit God's country.

[Shorty]

Very nice Troutman!

[TROUTMAN]

Nothing better that fishing in the mountains. Thanks for the great thread Shorty.

[Sandbilly]

Originally Posted by thedarkarcher

i just read the whole bomber mountain story, incredible. have you guys ever fished the gap lakes in the snowy range? looks very similar.

The only extended trip I had to the Snowy Range was when my(brother Dave) went to college at UW.

I'd promised my wife and her brother Dave (other's brother Dave) a trip to the Big Horns after we were done haying. Unfortunately haying took forever that summer so we settled on Medicine Bow over the Labor Day weekend.

As usual there were hurdles. The biggest being my wife was 8+ months pregnant with our first son, and I had made a promise. The only vehicle we owned with working AC to keep her cool was a 1974 LTD equipped with glass packs and a leaking radiator.

4 gallons of antifreeze and a pit stop every 45 minutes, we eventually rumble up to Brother Dave's dorm about dark, after picking up a large order at the first drive up liquor store I spotted in Laramie.

Studying to be a geologist, Brother Dave had spent some time in the Snowies, so as he bounced us along logging trails up the mountain, Other's Brother Dave and I converted the order from a drive up window in Laramie into coolant for the La Tee Da.

Ended up being a great trip except Other's Brother Dave and I had altitude sickness the first morning , and Shorty's "little brook trout" could have eaten most of our fish.

8 days after returning home our first son was born. The trip must have left an impression, he is now a freshman in the second week of school at UW.

dc

[OldBaldGuy]

Originally Posted by Sandbilly

...I'd promised my wife and her brother Dave (other's brother Dave) a trip to the Big Horns...

Not to be confused with Sandbilly's brother, Darryl, and his other brother Darryl.