East Rosebud Creek, August 3, 2008, Air temp 82 degrees, Water temp 58 degrees, approx 350cfs. Sunny, calm. The eBud really dropped since the last visit. Everything is wadable once again. Despite the heavy runoff, not much changed. The fish were still in the usual places. I started just after lunch with a size 6 Rainey's Hopper, and finished the day with the same fly. The fish were really looking for hoppers, even the small fish. Two little fellas were approx 4 inches, not much bigger than my hopper. All browns, and never saw a rainbow all day. Didn't land anything of any size, the largest being about 13 inches. Saw once nice brown working the side of a rock, but after his first miss, I couldn't get him to come up again. We've had three black bears move in to the area and settle in. One is smaller, older sow with a single cub, the other a medium sized cinammon colored bear, and the last a rather enormous black. One or the other will often appear on the cabin deck, or up a tree, or working a bird feeder. Lots of sign down by the river, but I didn't bump in to one. With the griz spreading out, I'm wondering how long it'll be before they show up, which makes an afternoon on the creek a bit more exciting since your visibility is usually always less than about 50 yards. Oh well, it does tend to thin the crowds (not that that's a problem on the East Rosebud). Anyway, had a great day, and planded a good two dozen browns, which is a sman good day on the eBud. Looking forward to getting back after the Alaska trip.