Looking back now I kick myself for not taking Eric up on his offer that first day. The first morning as we drove across the dam that forms Yellowtail Reservoir I looked over and saw these fishy looking shadows slowly moving around down there. Eric saw me looking and said they were carp and wondered if I wanted to give them a try? Seems they take hoppers if you can get close enough. If nothing else it would be interesting to see how a carp gets his vacuum cleaner mouth high enough above the surface to take a hopper. My mind flashed to the Monty Python sketches that began with "And now for something completely different!" But it was our first day and we were after big trout on the fabled Bighorn. As it turned out we caught enough trout that two days later sneaking up on carp had the appeal of something completely different and maybe even a little fun. But alas, on the third day, by the time I decided it was something worth trying the wind had kicked up and changed direction making the flats unfishable.