Beartrap Summer Music Festival

Taj at Silver Oak with Bob from Freddy Hahne on Vimeo.

Taj Mahal Fishin' Blues

Beartrap Summer Music Festival will be held on August 6th & 7th. Celebrating the 18th year, this should be the best so far. Headliner is Taj Mahal a master of many genres and 2 time Grammy winner. Wyoming favorites like the Dang Ol' Boys and Jalan Crossland are sure to get the field noodling. Jalan's hard hitting rock-a-blues-a-grass-a-billy, entertaining lyrics and occasional metal riff on the banjo keep his set interesting and ALWAYS way too short! Many other acts like Reverend Peyton and the Big Damn Band, Boulder Acoustic Society and others will provide a sound to entertain the blanket lounging, tie-dye wearing closet hippies. It is actually focused around bluegrass but they have a nice mix for all. Bring some extra coin as there will be vendors selling rubber band guns, walking sticks, jewelry,...err...tie-dye shirts and much more.
Plan your North Platte River Grey Reef hopper trip to coincide with Beartrap Summer Festival. Bring your bike. The mountain bike scene is just across the road from the venue. Music festival, mountain biking and huge hopper eating trout in one trip. Dang!
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Big Walleye on Grey Reef!

Michael Salomone and his big wally caught below Grey Reef on a egg pattern.

Big Brown!

With water temps climbing into the 40s and good water conditions down low, the big fish have been on the feed. Erik stuck this monster yesterday on a sz. 2 black home invader. Congrats! You are going to be rowing for awhile.

Gotta love the North Platte!

The past week has been pretty amazing as far as fishing goes-especially when it comes to big fish. Here are just a few of the big fish caught over the past week.

10.91LB Walleye on a Fly!!

Congrats to Tim Trop and guide Ryan (Rudy) Hemkens on a 10+ pound walleye. This fish measures 31.5 inches and ate a stripped streamer on a fly rod. Tim is the recipient of a North Platte Lodge 25" Club hat for this really neat and unconventional catch.

Fremont Canyon from a Different Perspective

There have been a number of videos put together by the boaters who are loving big flows in Fremont Canyon. Here is just one example. If you go to the Casper Kayakers website you will find some more.

Fremont Spring Stout from Mike Perry on

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Spring Baetis!!

Baetis, more commonly known as blue winged olives have finally started to show. This is the hatch that Grey Reef is famous for. Our fish go crazy for them and put themselves into precarious positions to get them. Soon we will be able to fish really short and light with small baetis imitations from morning to evening. Can't wait! Baetis should be around until early to mid June this year. This is later than normal but will be well worth the wait. Pic of the week (above) is a lovely example and only one of two specimens we saw that day.