Spent Aug 10-18 in Montana/Yellowstone fishing with my brothers. Fishing ~10 hours a day is tough on 50+ year old bodies. Was dog tired yesterday. We fished two rivers outside the park - Gallatin and Yellowstone and the rest was fishing inside the park. Despite the Hoot Owl regs on some waters when we arrived all rivers fished well. Only place we got skunked was one morning on the Yellowstone near Hayden Valley. Still can't figure out why it was so slow but it looked like everyone was having a tough morning of it. Hoot Owl was lifted midweek as all waters were below 60 degrees when I checked. NE corner was muddied early in the week from some storms but fished great at the end of the week. Caught 95% of my fish on two flies. Got sunburned Friday when temps got high and I left some gear behind. Caught rainbows, browns, brookies, two flavors of Cutties and some whitefish.
Gallatin
Soda Butte
Yellowstone (fished in three locations)
Gardiner (bitch to get to since the floods)
Snake River (inside Yellowstone)
Lamar River
Dirty commie after getting sunburned
Gallatin
Soda Butte
Yellowstone (fished in three locations)
Gardiner (bitch to get to since the floods)
Snake River (inside Yellowstone)
Lamar River
Dirty commie after getting sunburned
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