Gallatin River Lou's First Big Brown Trout Sept 11, 2010

Life in Bozeman ( La Vita in Bozeman Montana, USA)

Lou Ponti

September 11, 2010

It was a nice day so we decided to go fishing later in the afternoon. We went to the Gallatin River. Ivano only carried one long fishing rod although we brought 2 or 3 rods in the car. We started walking down. We have stopped fishing in the summer because there were so many tourists going on white river rafting. They come by the truckloads. It bothers the water and the fish. By this time that the schools have resumed, we thought it would be quieter. Driving we saw several fishermen on different spots. So we continue driving until we found a vacant spot. We still saw some rafters going but hopely not as many.
Era un bel giorno, cosi decidemmo di andare a pesca. Optammo di andare al Gallatin River. Ivano porto' la sua canna lunga. Ci avviammo verso il fiume ma poi vedemmo dei turisti scendere con i loro gommoni lungo il fiume.  Ce ne sono a frotte che scendono a valle disturbando la quiete del fiume. Cosi decidemmo di attendere un po' prima di pescare.
Ivano started fishing and he started catching. After he caught four, he let me try to fish. The long Swiss fishing pole for the river was too long and heavy for me. I am really not casting it right. It just drop close by me. After struggling with it for a while, I noticed I got a bite. It was pretty heavy. Ivano said to let it just stay in the water until it gets tired. Then I slowly pull it in. It was a nice, big brown trout. Oh. I was so happy for my first catch. Imagine, I had to buy two fishing licenses because I thought I lost the first one which later I found in my wallet.
Ivano comincio' a pescare e a prendere pesci. Dopo averne prese quattro, di trote iridea, mi passo' la canna e mi fece pescare. La canna lunga era pesante per me ed avevo difficolta' a mandare l'esca nel posto giusto. Dopo un po' di prove, finalmente ci riesco. Sorpresa, una trota ha abboccato. Ivano mi disse di lasciarla nell'acqua a stancarsi e poi, dopo un po', la tirammo fuori. Era una bella trota fario di circa 40 cm. Ero cosi contenta, la mia prima trota.

When we arrived home, Andreas told me I should have released it because brown trout is getting scarse and that I should be a conservative fisherwoman. Oh I am sorry but it was really a very pretty 40 cm brown trout.
Quando arrivammo a casa, Andreas mi disse che avrei dovuto lasciarla andare perche' le trote fario sono sempre piu' rare in quel fiume. Ma ero cosi contenta di aver preso quella bella trota.

So here are some of the pictures.

Qui ci sono alcune foto di questa avventura

Gallatin River. , the water level seemed low….we’ll see if we can catch any.　 ... l'acqua e' molto bassa ma vediamo se qualcosa abbocca....




Ivano fishing while I am watching.

Ivano sta pescando mentre io lo guardo



My turn to fish after Ivano caught four rainbow trouts.
Ora e' il mio turno dopo che Ivano ne ha prese quattro



A happy fisherwoman with a big brown trout in her bait.

Una pescatrice felice con la sua preda all'amo

Beauty!!!!!!! Che bella

La mi trota fario misurava 40 cm. Le altre sono tutte arcobaleno prese da Ivano. Abbiamo avuto cosi una bella cena di trote alla griglia. Ivano ha detto che questa era l'ultima volta che mi portava a pescare, perche' ho preso la trota piu grossa. Alla prossima uscita.

Ciao, per ora, Lou.

Wow my nice brown trout measures 40 cm and then Ivano’s all rainbow trouts. We will definitely have a wonderful grilled fish dinner.
Ivano was saying it will be the last time we will go fishing. That is because I caught the biggest and good quality trout.
Till next fishing trip….Bye for now. Lou