Deni's family invited me with them on a vacation out to Yellowstone National Park and that was a trip I couldn't turn down. The drive was a long one since we took the long way around. Spent a day driving up to Oregon when we spent the next day at the Portland Aquarium. Then we went to Mt Rainer, drove to Boise ID to see a family
This place is gorgeous and it is incredible to drive anywhere and have countless streams all to yourself to pursue the passion of the sport of fishing.
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I spent my first day drifting dry flies along the Gibbon River. immediately saw a lot of surface activity in the river and the second I got a dry fly in there they were crushing it.
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There were a lot of little brook trout here with a couple of small rainbows mixed in.
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There wasn't anything big here, but getting fish constantly on dry flies was a
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The area also had plenty of sights to see which sure reminded you that you were in bear/wolf country.
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I ended my day after seeing a bison come down to the river 50 yards away from me to get a drink. I have no care to get too
Next couple of days I spent my fishing time on the Firehole River.
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Threw dry flies around the area here and found biting fish that were big enough to put up a half decent fight on the sissy stick.
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I also found a lot more brown trout in this area with a few bows as well.
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I caught all of my fish on dry flies. It didn't seem to matter what color or pattern, I tried several different styles. I just worked every bit of water that I could and moved a lot. Pretty much every good looking drift I would find held fish. Often I would be able to catch one or two then the rest would catch on to my presence and I would just move on to the next hole covering a lot of water each day I went out.
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It had been quite some time since I've really dedicated myself to using the fly rod, but of course most of the rivers here fly fishing is required. The are of the cast and the amount of finesse required for it was a very peaceful and humbling experience for me. If your drift wasn't perfect or your execution was sloppy the fish would have no part of it and you would often have to completely give up on the hole and try again later. Plus being able to fish and just be in such a beautiful place was just absolutely mind blowing.
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It was important though to always keep an eye over your shoulder because of the amount of wildlife out here that could be a serious threat to you out here.
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Just encase you didn't know, Bison are massive.
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I did see a mama bear with her cubs, but I never saw any wolfs.
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Seeing them and stuff like this makes you realize who's house your really in.
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They also stress a lot about hot spings here too. They pop up a lot in particular areas. Some are marked and some are not.
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As inviting as they look I was told it was ill advised to jump in one and use it as a hot tub haha.
Last day I spent my time along the fire hole river since that's where I had my best luck and I hit a few spots on the Madison River since it was on my way out of the park. I got my biggest fish of there trip here at my last spot. A beautiful 12 inch brown that would not cooperate with me for a simple picture.
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I didn't want to keep it out of the water too long so this was the best picture I was able to get before releasing it.
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I had a great time in the park. Felt good to get some practice on the sissy stick and get back into the trout fishery. I feel like its been a while since I've done any serious trout fishing. Beautiful place to visit, I didn't take a lot of
Till Next Time
Mark
