vegasphotoman 0 Report post Posted July 7, 2009 Well, just got back from 5 days in Yellowstone and Grand Teton Natl Park, thought this would be the flyfishing trip of a lifetime, and it was!!!! Event though I only got a few fish to snap at my flies, and caught 3 brookies in a real small creek, it was still awsome! :yahoo: Gorgeous scenery and plenty of fishing spots everywhere...... Fishing on the Firehole river, around 2 hours before sunset, there was a herd of Buffalo across the river, as I fished they got alot closerr, to the point of ok this is getting uncomfortable, right about when the caddis were coming out, in swarms, along the far bank, right where the buffaloes were, fish were flying out of the water for the caddis. Well ofcourse buffalo are very dangerous, and they were getting within 30 feet of me so I had to bail, BUMMER! best opportunity of the week :-( dang buffaloes are like cockroaches in Yellowstone lol :bugeyes: Overall I only seen one guy catch a small brown, everyone else I chatted with didnt do well at all, might have been warm stream temps or lack of hatches. We also fished about every other stream or river in Yellowstone without luck, didnt see many fish, did see some small fish, but it was thin. Maybye other times of the season the fishing is better, either way you will enjoy fishing there :headbang: Panguitch Lake in Utah, we did well there with 7 Cutthroats 18-23 inchers caught and 3 big Rainbows. All catch and release (15-22 inchers had to be tossed back) plus it was spawn season and all of the inlets were shut down to fishing until July 11th 2009. caught most all of them on Hares Ear beadhead nymph, some with a salmon egg place on the hook. Also fly caught a few smaller trouts, on dry fly with a dropper, they bit the dry (caddis #16) there wasn't a hatch, they were just inexperienced fishes I suppose. The wife cuaght all hers on salmon egg and a small hook. Lost a one due to my inexperience, letting the rod get poionted directly at the trout, when it tugged it snapped the 4x line. Keep your pole at a 90 degree angle to the fish!! let the rod flex do it's job is what I learned. plus Fish are finnicky! We gave a few flies and nymphs to a guy at the campground, he was spin fishing the outlet area of the lake near the dam with no luck, so we shared some of my flies and fishing ideas to him and his kids, hope they cought atleast one. Cheers, Vegasphotoman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stanbery 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2009 Looks like you had a great trip. The pictures are great. Jon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyfisher70 0 Report post Posted July 17, 2009 Looks and sounds like a great time for sure. Thanks for sharing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
