Johnson's Creek Fishing Day 3

June 22nd was our third day staying at Johnson's Creek, ID.  We left early and flew into Moose Creek Airstrip so I could fish the confluence of the Selway and Moose Creek Rivers.  They were amazing!  Big, deep, clear rives with lots of uneducated Cutthroats.  It was fun!  We ran into a problem while there.  As I was getting ready to fish, Dad noticed oil dripping from the airplane motor.  That's always bad when you are in the middle of the Bitterroot Mountains in Idaho.  The good news is that an attendant was stationed at the Moose Creek Rangers Station next to the airstrip.  Dad called a mechanic in Hamilton, MT on a satellite phone, and spent the day figuring out how to get us out of there.  I fished.  It was great fishing.  That evening we flew across the snow-capped Continental Divide with the engine leaking oil as we went.  We flew to Hamilton and spent the night there, though all of our gear was back at Johnson's Creek.  The next morning the mechanics fixed the oil leak while I visited all four fly shops.  We left about noon, flew to Johnson's Creek, packed up, and then headed to McCall, ID.  After getting fuel there, we flew back to Salt Lake City.  What an amazing trip!  The link has the GoPro video with some images of the trip below.


GoPro Flying and Fishing at Johnson's Creek, Idaho Day 3


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