BETWEEN THE RIVERS

These are fishing stories told by three authors about what happens when they go fishing. These tales are about places, boats, bars, trucks, dogs and people. The situations occur in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Idaho and Utah and other fishable parts of the world and include details as to parking camping costs, trails, and other interesting notes. Each story is a personal essay description the fishing trip.

Michele Murray is a geologist and writer. She is a professional fly fishing guide and owns Tumbling Trout Fly Shop in Lake George, Colorado. She and her spouse (also a geologist) have been wading and rowing a dory together for 19 years.

Al Marlowe is also a geologist and writer. He and his wife have been casting flies and lures into streams and lakes all over the West, including New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and the Texas Gulf Coast. He has been fishing for more than 40 years.

Karen Rae Christopherson is a geophysicist and writer. She has been fly fishing since 1970. She and her husband are avid fly fishing enthusiasts. Karen has written for several fly fishing publications and co-authored many maps and books with Al Marlowe. She is the webmaster for coloradofishing.net and wyomingfishing.net.

"Between the Rivers" is a compilation of humorous adventures that happen on the road, in the middle of the journey, in the campsite, at the bar, and during the fishing trips. These are tales in common with most fishing people, with travelers, with mountain folk - in short, these are tales of living the dream.

CHAPTERS

1. Joe’s Bar in Craig, Montana (by Michele Murray) 1

2. The Get Away (by Al Marlowe) 19

3. The White River (by Karen Rae Christopherson) 40

4. Rude Fish of the North (by Michele Murray) 53

5. Sour Toe of the North (by Michele Murray) 72

6. Take Yer Own Igloo to Alaska (by Michele Murray) 92

7. Lizzy’s River (by Michele Murray) 106

8. Winter Fish Dreams (by Michele Murray) 123

9. DKNY on the Colorado (by Michele Murray) 139

10. Between the Rivers (by Michele Murray) 151

1. Binkler’s Butterball (by Michele Murray) 176

12. Floating the Beaverhead in a Wooden Tub (by Michele Murray) 202

13. Fly Fishing a Super-Fund Site: Butte, Montana (by Michele Murray) 219

14. Salmon Flies on the Colorado (by Michele Murray) 242

15. Cochetopa Creek 259

16. Autumn on the Dolores: An October Odyssey (by Al Marlowe) 268

17. The San Juan River below Navajo Dam, New Mexico (by Michele Murray) 286

18. One of Those Days (by Al Marlowe) 310

19. Ride Through the Clouds (by Al Marlowe) 318

20. Al’s Designer Humpy (by Al Marlowe) 333

21. Fishing the “Un-hatches” (by Al Marlowe) 348

22. The Flat Tops Wilderness, Colorado (by Al Marlowe) 360

23. Fly Tying (by Al Marlowe) 374

24. High-Tech Fly Fishing (by Al Marlowe) 387

25. Stealth Fishing (by Al Marlowe) 394

26. The Fishing Pole Thief (by Al Marlowe) 410

27. Fly fishing the Futa - A Trip to Chile (by Karen Rae Christopherson) 423

28. Whitewater Fly fishing (by Karen Rae Christopherson) 435

29. I Wanted a Fishing Dog (by Karen Rae Christopherson) 446

30. Elmo the Fishing Snob (by Michele Murray) 458

31. Mid-October on the Gunnison River (by Michele Murray) 473

32. River Calves (by Michele Murray) 498

33. Propelled by Desire (by Michele Murray) 511