• TOP TO BOTTOM • “Once cell coverage ended, it was easy to second-guess whether we were on the right road. Then we arrived at the end of this ‘road’ and found the last open spot in a first-come, first-staked camping area, right on the Blackfoot. ‘Never a doubt in my mind,’ Mike said.” Photo: Matt Smythe “I love skipping work to go fishing—if I wasn’t self-employed I’d probably be fired. Ebon Robinson doesn’t skip work as much as I do; he’s got a fly shop to run after all. But this was late August, the busy season was over, the water was cold and the fish were looking up on the Middle Fork Flathead. Work could wait.” Photo: Aaron Agosto THE FLYFISH JOURNAL 067