Frosted Darkness in Wolf Creek

These are the days of mandatory day dreaming. If it’s a skill you lack as a fly shop owner/operator you will likely struggle from about mid-November to mid-March. If it’s a skill you lack, winter will chew you up and spit you out of Wolf Creek.

Off in the distance, beyond the shadows of the canyon, the hillside is bathed in sunlight in stark contrast to the frosted darkness enveloping Wolf Creek Angler for the months ahead. A different world exists with a quick trip across the Little Prickly Pear. The daily trip to the Wolf Creek Post Office on sunny winter days is a welcomed escape to the radiance. Some days it almost feels tropical.

Meanwhile, back at WCA, the frost that took hold two nights ago is undisturbed, untouched by those rays of sunshine mocking from a distance.
Customers are few and far between these days but they’ll be back soon enough.

In the meantime, the shop is toasty and the coffee is hot and plentiful….perfect conditions to indulge in the pleasure of the day dream. Spurred on by calls from clients settling up on summer bookings, I can’t help but think about the coming season and how, in what will seem like no time at all, we’ll be back in the thick of it.

One can’t help but dream of warm, sunny days spent floating down the Missouri under big blue Montana skies. It’ll be here before you know it!

The return of busy mornings, a crowded shop, busy boat ramps, traffic on and off the water, long days, short nights, rising trout and all the things.

For now, an abundance of solitude. Time to reflect, time to plan ahead, time to read every article in depth about the Detroit Lions and Redwings, time to count flies, time to hike, time to ride the Peloton, time to FISH and time to daydream.

We’re here in body Tuesday – Saturday at 8 AM though the mind may be elsewhere.

Mild weather on tap for the 10 day – give a shout if you’d like to book an escape to the lonely MO.