Great photos, beautiful scenery, thanks for sharing
Great photos, beautiful scenery, thanks for sharing
Very nice pictorial of Yellowstone......beautiful pics of native yellowstone cutthroats.....always makes me want to go there....
Another incredible Yellowstone report! As soon as my girls are off to college and there's no more "family vacations", this is definitely what I'm doing for two weeks. I should print out these reports just in case FNN isn't around in 2023!
They definitely do this! Happened to me in the Adirondacks a while back, asked the guys at the fly shop for some good areas to try, they sent us off to a very pretty area, with nothing but thin, dead water. They don't care since they size you up as a tourist and know you won't be back anyway.Originally Posted by DarkShadow
Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I have a few more pics that I didn't include:
Hopefully the super volcano hasn't blown! (Then again, we'd have other things to worry about if the super volcano under Yellowstone does blow)
I was kinda laughing, considering I was still hooking fish, just not the right kind. Apparently I needed to be closer to the inlet since the browns hadn't traveled up that far yet. It's difficult learning a completely new concept: moving water
In Southern California, we have like 2 streams. None flow into a lake, and at least in So Cal, I don't know of any consistent populations of fish that move into these tributaries to spawn. Finding water with resident fish, versus fishing an area that has migratory fish is something I've never had to do, and at least this little side adventure assisted in me in trying to understand that concept.
And I always take any type of advice I receive at fly shops like a grain of salt. Much like walking into a local shop here, all I really cared about was water conditions, clarity and any hatches that may be coming off. Once I get on the water, the fly shop gossip gets erased from my head.
Brown trout would be great, but I would be super happy with just the cutts. By far my favorite trout, not just because they're native (not just wild), but also for their willingness to rise to a dry. Many fond memories of fishing westslope cutts in Alberta, can't wait to go back.
Those Yellowstone Cutthroat are very angler friendly, I have to agree. Theyre so methodical with their approach to your fly that it gets the adrenaline running. But, Hebgen only has rainbows and browns. I think the first watershed to have Cutts is the Yellowstone.
Most of the reason I stay in the northeast is because of those Cutts. Last year, I got hooked on those fish, no pun intended.
Random fact! I didnt catch ONE fish on the dry this trip. Had a few looks but not one fish came on the dry.
Great pictures. Wow! What an awseome yearly pilgrimage.
Awesome trip! Fantastic report! It should be published somewhere. Congrats!
All around AWESOME!!!!!
Tony G
Makes me want to load up the truck and head east...............young man. I don't usually use this term but it suffices here...breathe taking photos.
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