Wrong Direction (and an Old Loop Wing)
I’m parked briefly at Break Espresso in Missoula before heading back over the “hill” toward home. Heard that Rock Creek was fishing really well yesterday, but I am looking at a nine hour drive in the wrong direction today. Last time I fished Rock it was the early season and despite a bit of warming sun, it was a long day of casting practice with a only a small window of action. But when Rock is good, it can be great, and I’ve had some memorable days there. To be so close and have to leave without a cast is painful…
I will be back in Missoula the second week of July, however, for another FCI Clinic, so we’ll see about Rock (and my other favorite 50 Montana streams) then. In the meantime, the thought of the coming PMD hatch has my head filled with images of stream-side tying and those perfect mornings when it all comes together. With that in mind, here’s a little bit of stylized pen-and-ink depicting a long-time favorite mayfly pattern, the Loop-Wing Dun.
![FF&W [art] - DF52 Grayling](http://fishfliesandwater.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/df52_16-grayling-sidebar.jpg)
