Mike Cline
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Have you been out on the East Galley this season?
On the East Gallatin? Well yes a few times in last couple of weeks. The Caddis have been showing up in good numbers around 10AM till 1PM. Unfortunately, the river is on the rise, getting a bit dirty so probably won’t get back on till July.
Sandhill Crane at confluence of East Gallatin and Benhart Spring Creek
Confluence of East Gallatin and Benhart Spring Creek (95CFS)
One of the better browns this season ~22in on a #14 elk hair caddis. Poor photo as I was juggling the kayak, current, fish, rod and camera all at once.?..Or is the pretty weather making everybody put down their computers now?
Been f;()$&in frigid and nasty in Sw Montana for the last week.
Jon,
There’s no bad advice here, but everyone has different experiences in Yellowstone the first time they come to the park, especially to fish.I posted these comments last fall about my new Olympus TG-1. Still very satisfied with it and it has great battery life.
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If this is a bar in Montana, I need to find it soon!
About 400 miles west of Montana: A great little restaurant in Seattle
aply named:
http://www.steelheaddiner.com/Doug, the following books/articles would suit your purposes well. If you don’t want to spend big $$ you can find most of these used from http://www.abebooks.com/. Another good list of books (includes those below) can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography_of_Yellowstone_National_Park
Books about Yellowstone Angling:
• Back, Howard (1938). The Waters of the Yellowstone with Rod and Fly. New York: Dodd & Mead.
• Brooks, Charles E. (1984). Fishing Yellowstone Waters. Clinton, NJ: New Win Publishing Inc.. ISBN 0-8329-0353-1.
• Franke, Mary Ann (Fall 1996). “A Grand Experiment-100 Years of Fisheries Management in Yellowstone: Part I”. Yellowstone Science (Yellowstone Center for Resources, National Park Service) 4 (4).
• Mathews, Craig; Molinero, Clayton (1997). The Yellowstone Fly-Fishing Guide—An authoritative guide to the waters of Yellowstone National Park. Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press. ISBN 1-55821-545-X.
• Franke, Mary Ann (Winter 1997). “A Grand Experiment Continued-The Tide Turns in the 1950s: Part II”. Yellowstone Science (Yellowstone Center for Resources, National Park Service) 5 (1).
• Parks, Richard (1998). Fishing Yellowstone National Park. Helena, MT: Falcon Press. ISBN 1-56044-625-0.
• Schullery, Paul; Varley, John D. (1998). Yellowstone Fishes—Ecology, History, and Angling in the Park. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 0-8117-2777-7.
Books about Yellowstone History:
• Langford, Nathaniel P. (1905). The Discovery of Yellowstone Park–Diary of the Washburn Expedition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870. St Paul, MN: Frank Jay Haynes.
• Chittenden, Hiram Martin (1918). The Yellowstone Park-Historical and Descriptive. Cincinnati, Ohio: Stewart and Kidd Company Publishers.
• Cook, Charles W.; Folsom, Dave E.; Peterson, William (1965). Haines, Aubrey L.. ed. The Valley of the Upper Yellowstone-An Exploration of the Headwaters of the Yellowstone River in the Year 1869. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
• Schullery, Paul (1979). Old Yellowstone Days. Boulder, Colorado: Associated University Press.
• Haines, Aubrey L. (1977). The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park.. Yellowstone National Park, WY: Yellowstone Library and Museum Association.
o Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park.. I (Second Revised ed.). Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. ISBN 0-87081-391-9.
o Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). The Yellowstone Story-A History of Our First National Park.. II (Second Revised ed.). Niwot, CO: University Press of Colorado. ISBN 0-87081-391-9.
• Whittlesey, Lee H. (1995). Death in Yellowstone-Accidents and Foolhardiness in the First National Park. Lanham, MD: Robert Rinehart Publishers. ISBN 1570980217.
• Haines, Aubrey L. (1996). Yellowstone Place Names-Mirrors of History. Niwot, Colorado: University of Colorado Press. ISBN 0-87081-383-8.
• Merrill, Marlene Deahl, ed. (1999). Yellowstone and the Great West-Journals, Letters and Images from the 1871 Hayden Expedition. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-3148-2.
• Schullery; Whittlesey, Lee (2003). Myth and History in the Creation of Yellowstone National Park. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4305-7.
• Whittlesey, Lee H. (2006). Yellowstone Place Names. Gardiner, MT: Wonderland Publishing Company. ISBN 1-59971-716-6.
• Hartley, Robert E. (2007). Saving Yellowstone-The President Arthur Expedition of 1883. Westminster, CO: Sniktau Publications. ISBN 978-1-4257-7121-8.
• Watry, Elizabeth A. (2012). Women in Wonderland-Lives, Legends and Legacies of Yellowstone National Park. Helena, MT: Riverbend Publishing. ISBN 978160630290.
• Bartlett, Richard (1985). Yellowstone: A Wilderness Besieged. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. ISBN 0-8165-1098-9
• Chase, Alton (1986). Playing God in Yellowstone-The Destruction of America’s First National Park. Boston, MA: The Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 0-87113-025-4.
• Schullery, Paul (1995). Mountain Time: A Yellowstone Memoir. Boulder, Colorado: Roberts Rinehart Publishers. ISBN 0-8052-3932-4.
• Schullery, Paul (1997). Searching for Yellowstone: Ecology and Wonder in the Last Wilderness. Boston: Hougton Mifflin Co.. ISBN 0-395-84174-7.
• Whittlesey, Lee H.; Watry, Elizabeth A. (2009). Ho! For Wonderland-Travelers’ Accounts of Yellowstone, 1872-1914. Abequerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-4616-2.That’s a lot of reading, but all are good titles. The books by Schullery are especially easy to read and informative.
Bozeman, MT – Gallatin-East Gallatin Rivers
In early July once runoff in the valley is over, the East Gallatin is prime water with big fish and little pressure.
Mike, Great shots!
any rattlers?
No, but last week on the Madison near Ruby Creek we encountered a 4’+ specimen in the brush along the river.
Dry fly, Mike? Where’s the bugger? 🙂
Well I must admit that my July/August fly box has a few buggers in it and they do get some work this time of year in the right conditions. The Ruby was crystal clear, and very thin so I went with the #10 hopper, 5X tippet with my 3wgt glass Diamondglass rod. Bugger time is coming.
My primary July/August flybox for SW MontanaUnfortunately, some people give fish too much credit. http://www.peta.org/issues/animals-used-for-food/hidden-lives-of-fish.aspx
It’s always been my theory that if you put something that looks like food in front of a fish, they will try to eat it.
I generally don’t see too many Pink grasshoppers unless I’ve been drinking.Billy, as alternative, you can Hot Smoke decent sized trout, then freeze them whole. When they thaw they can be quickly grilled to serve hot or they can be served cold as well. Here’s how.
Clean decent sized trout (12-16″) with heads on, gills removed. The more uniformed sized the trout are, the better.
Mix Coarse Kosher Salt and Brown Sugar in a 4:1 ratio and add whatever favoring you want: pepper, garlic or onion powder, etc.
Dredge the trout inside and out with the salt mixture and pack in a plastic container refrigerated for 24 hours.
Removed from the salt bath and rinse throughly in cold water. Allow to air dry at room temp (or in the refrigerator) for at least an hour.
On a charcol grill (preferred) or gas grill get the temp up to about 325-350 degrees and then cook the trout over indirect heat for about 1 hour. Add smoke chips if desired.
Don’t over cook as this will really dry out the meat. When you see juices starting to seep out of the fish, its done. The smaller the fish, the shorter the cooking time.
If you want to save Hot Smoked trout, wrap tightly in aluminum foil and freeze, otherwise tightly wrapped, they will keep refrigerated for several weeks.
Bon Apetite!
FYI, as of August 1, 2012 the Firehole below Keppler, Madison and Gibbon River below the falls in YNP are now closed to all fishing.
