Marvin: Hey folks it's marvin cash the host of the articulate fly we're back with another

Marvin: on the water with dustin white dustin how are you marvin.

Dustin: I'm doing good um coming off a pretty uh windy stint uh out uh in central wyoming

Dustin: so uh we're looking forward to the the updated forecast we got coming out.

Marvin: Yeah i was we were talking before we started recording and i didn't realize

Marvin: as you were coming back east, I was like, you know, a good time to maybe be

Marvin: off the water and not get blown all over creation for a few days, right?

Dustin: Yeah, it's been windy. It was a bit rainy for probably a good week and a half, I would say.

Dustin: And so there's another couple days left of wind and I got to come back east

Dustin: for a good friend's wedding this weekend.

Dustin: So I'll miss the tail end of that torrent that we've been having and get back

Dustin: for when the weather starts to shift back the way we like it.

Marvin: Yeah, so on the other side of the Memorial Day weekend, when folks start getting

Marvin: out on the water, what should they expect to see back in central Wyoming?

Dustin: It's a little different on each system. We've still got betas on all three,

Dustin: I guess we would call sections that we tend to discuss here of the horn,

Dustin: of the reef, and of the mile.

Dustin: So betas are still kind of popping everywhere.

Dustin: But, you know, on terms of the

Dustin: North Platte, we are starting to see some sallies in that warmer water.

Dustin: So sallies have been kind of popping up on the mile.

Dustin: We've been starting to see them on the lower sections or midsections of the

Dustin: North Platte below the reef that we fish.

Dustin: Even some PMD action with some of the days in temps, you know,

Dustin: again, where we're sitting in warmer water.

Dustin: In terms of the horn, you know.

Dustin: The the normal sort of stuff that we would you know

Dustin: see there this time of the year are still happening of of scuds of betas uh

Dustin: but but but seeing some caddis uh as well and so all of that's been good uh

Dustin: we've been fortunate enough um you know to have uh the last couple days um some

Dustin: good blue wing hatches so we've had some head looking up um so we've had some success throwing

Dustin: particularly, you know, pretty basic parachute patterns for rising fish.

Dustin: But the cloud cover in that wind we've had is actually made for some pretty

Dustin: dynamic streamer fishing on all three fronts.

Dustin: So a little bit of a different variety to choose from, depending on what style

Dustin: folks would like to target fish with.

Dustin: Um, but again, you know, um, those, those sorts of tried and true things for

Dustin: this time of year, um, would, would be, would be effective.

Dustin: Um, the, the only thing, you know, as I mentioned, it's a little bit different,

Dustin: uh, for this time of year is, you know, having some, some pretty,

Dustin: uh, effective dry fly fishing, which is tend to be, tends to be something we

Dustin: see more later summer into the fall.

Dustin: Uh and then also some of the the bug hatches we're having seem to be a little

Dustin: earlier um than we normally see um sally's being the the most uh obvious of

Dustin: that but um like i said um taking advantage of what the conditions give us um

Dustin: we've had some some some wonderful fishing on all three uh systems very.

Marvin: Very neat and i also know that as it warms up you're going to be pulling around chasing carp too.

Dustin: Yeah yeah we're we're right around the corner from that and so So,

Dustin: you know, carp right now, we're still definitely pretty spawning.

Dustin: So a lot of them really aren't too interested in eating.

Dustin: But as that winds down, they turn to some, you know, pretty voracious eating habits.

Dustin: So, yeah, we'll be pulling around for them here.

Dustin: I would say within a week or two, we'll start being able to run more and more

Dustin: of those trips. And then, you know, as the summer kicks off,

Dustin: you know, after Memorial Day, I would say it'll be full tilt for them out on the reservoirs.

Marvin: And if you need to make a wager about what guides are doing on their day off,

Marvin: that's probably what they're doing, right?

Dustin: Yeah, yeah. Guides day off, we're probably out there chasing some carp.

Dustin: There's no doubt about that.

Marvin: Yeah. And, of course, you know, this year, folks, we're kind of talking about

Marvin: local kind of, you know, food and bev places in Casper.

Marvin: And, you know, Dustin and I were kind of ticking through the list.

Marvin: And a new place that's recently remodeled their bar is the Backdoor Lounge.

Dustin: Yeah, so that's kind of been the, I would call it the dive bar that the guides,

Dustin: us guides would hang at in the later hours.

Dustin: Just an awesome little hole in the wall place.

Dustin: And they took advantage of the off season this year and moved locations still

Dustin: on CY Avenue, but just went a little further west by, you know,

Dustin: maybe three quarters of a mile down the road.

Dustin: But remodeled a totally new location.

Dustin: Same great staff, same fantastic service, but they've updated a lot of what

Dustin: they offer to their patrons.

Dustin: So, you know, whereas before it was kind of that dive hole in the wall,

Dustin: you know, you might find a microwave pizza as your only food option.

Dustin: They've got a really killer kitchen right now that they do, you know, regular specials.

Dustin: And in fact, just a bit ago when we had a couple weeks ago with the Kentucky

Dustin: Derby, they did an entire southern cuisine menu with pimento cheese and hot

Dustin: honey fried chicken biscuits.

Dustin: I mean, they did it right. But their regular rotating menu is phenomenal.

Dustin: They've got a great bar staff there and just a really fun place to actually

Dustin: just go have a conversation with some friends.

Dustin: Hang for the night we've been really really stoked on the the the new update

Dustin: that that they've done and and I think folks are are taking kindly to it as well yeah.

Marvin: Did they have any possum for your Kentucky Derby event.

Dustin: No, they didn't stray that far off the beaten path, so to speak.

Dustin: But no, like I said, they had a really great tomato cheese dip.

Dustin: They had, of course, the mint juleps.

Dustin: They had the chicken biscuits, as we talked about, and a few other dishes.

Dustin: So it's pretty awesome as different events come up for the calendar year.

Dustin: They've got a really wonderful kitchen staff that will kind of come up with scratch plates.

Dustin: For those things in addition to their ongoing menu. So pretty good.

Marvin: Yeah. And so, you know, you were saying, you know, Dive Bar before.

Marvin: I mean, are they still kind of in the long neck game?

Marvin: You know, maybe have some special well cocktails. You know, what's the kind

Marvin: of the drink of choice over there?

Dustin: Yeah. You know, before, you know, the drink of choice would have been,

Dustin: honestly, a, you know, a bottle of PBR.

Dustin: And, you know, we'd always do the twist off and guess what the suit of cards is under the bottle cap.

Dustin: They've expanded on that now and they have a pretty killer draft list.

Dustin: They've expanded their cocktail beyond just basic single pours of cheap whiskey

Dustin: to some more finer spirits that they're offering.

Dustin: So they still have a little bit of what folks used to be familiar with there,

Dustin: but they've expanded it in order to kind of meet the needs,

Dustin: the desires of anyone that comes to the door. So just a really,

Dustin: really fun place to hang.

Dustin: Still just a little bit down the road, still at CY Avenue, but it still is the

Dustin: local guide haunt, but just with new digs and all gussied up a little bit.

Marvin: Yeah, so you may have to maybe trade in your Jack and Ginger and a Pizza Hut cup for maybe an IPA?

Dustin: Yeah, I would, I would say so. Yeah. Yeah. You still might be able to find it,

Dustin: but, uh, yeah, we're just, uh, taking a step up there. We're moving on up.

Marvin: Yeah, there you go. Like George and Wheezy. Um, that's exactly it.

Marvin: Yeah. And you know, folks, we love questions on the articulate fly.

Marvin: You can email them to us or DM us on social media.

Marvin: If we use your question, I will send you some articulate fly swag and Dustin

Marvin: and I, when he gets back home to Casper, we're going to kind of nail down what

Marvin: the drawing is going to be, but, uh, you know, we'll be something cool just

Marvin: just like it was last year.

Marvin: And, you know, yeah, and the wind's dying down and, you know,

Marvin: wherever you are in the country, you know, it's a good time of year where,

Marvin: you know, you don't necessarily have to hang up your trout rod and a lot of

Marvin: places, you know, saltwater and warm water fishing is starting to gear up and

Marvin: you should get out there and catch a few.

Marvin: Tight lines, everybody. Tight lines, Dustin.

Dustin: Tight lines, Marvin. Thanks so much.