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No big Green Drakes today,
Had to go with smaller fare like these.
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New plaque at the upper end of The a ranch in Last Chance
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Have to enlarge this a little. An idea of the size.
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They hide in the water and then they hide in the net.
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Green Drake nymph
Thanks for taking the time to share, it is appreciated
A Green Drake nymph on the river.
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Got Will Godfrey and Rene Harrop to pose for a photo. Two great fishermen and fly tiers!
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Good Green Drake and PMD hatch on Lower Henry's Fork this AM
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Both bows and browns this morning.
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Byron, Will Godfrey is a close friend of mine, a heck of a neat guy, great steelhead fisher, really good fly tyer and he has written a couple very interesting books ahd he is a very good auctioneer for non-profit groups, including the Henry's Fork Foundation. Glad you had a chance to meet him. Larry ---sagefisher---
Larry,
I went to his shop when he owned it in Last Chance. His may have been the first one here in Last Chance. I think he was a State Senator too.
Both stages on the water this morning:
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Fishing was pretty slow on The Ranch today. Did manage a decent rainbow this morning.
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Nice photo's Byron! Sounds like an all-around awesome trip!
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Nice to get to see you Byron, all I have ever seen were the jaws of your vise lol lol
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Nice fishies
The Firehole River where one of the geyser basins dump into.
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And Old Faithful
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Upper Mesa Falls on the Henry's Fork, preventing the browns from the lower river of traveling to the upper river.
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A wader wash station in the parking lot at the top of The Ranch on the Henry's Fork.
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Caught a pretty rainbow this morning
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Very nice Byron, you are one lucky son of a gun. Love the photo of the falls.
Another nice rainbow, but thinner
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My son and I fished the Gardner River, just outside the town of Gardiner.
We stopped in Parks Fly Shop.
Picked up my copy of Walt Weise's new book. It was late in the evening. Walt was not there, but got a photo with Richard Parks, the son of the original owner.
Also snapped a pic of Walt's tying station and see he ties with a Jvice.
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The hillsides at Gardiner.
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We caught 3 species on the Gardiner. In one little run, we caught: Brown, Rainbow, and Cutts.
My son with a typical Gardiner fish, although, there are some big fish in the deep holes.
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Byron looks like a great trip. The number on on my bucket list. :)
Back on the Henry's Fork this AM
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Good morning of fishing just above The Ranch in Last Chance.
A number of good fishers on the other side of the river.
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Visitors from the sky;
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Back porch of Trouthunter fly shop/bar/restaurant on the bank of the Henry's Fork
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Front of the Trouthunter with a wader wash station.
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A spinner this morning:
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A memorial near the parking lot above The Ranch to a great fly tier/fly fisherman - Bing Lempke
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Byron;
I am sure enjoying YOUR vacation !!! Thanks for all the posts. Wish I was there lol lol
Thanks MSD!
A number of pretty rainbows this morning. Not large, but very pretty. Photo doesn't do the fish justice.
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My son with a Buff, looks like a bandit on the river
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Caught some nice rainbows on the Henry's Fork in the morning, and went to the Madison in the evening above Lyon's Bridge.
We caught some nice Browns on size 16 X-Caddis flies.
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There were quite a few Stones on and around the river, but they would float unharmed down the river. The trout were not taking them.
The Madison is exceptionally low right now.
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Celebrated the morning of the 4th on the Madison.
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Montana Sky on the Fourth
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A long-tailed spinner
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My son's last full day with me here. He surprised me with a float trip on the Madison. Went through rain and hail today.
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Folks waiting their turn at the put in on the Madison
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There are good public access points on the Madison, but plenty of private property along the river. Including "The Smiling Moose" Ranch......
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Another visit to Parks Fly Shop in Gardiner, MT.
Walt was in because of heavy rain the other day and the impact on local rivers.
Tying one of his hot pink, folded wing Caddis.
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Took a while to drive through the Park up from West Yellowstone to the North Entrance as the bison really slowed things down.
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Swarming Caddis along the bank.
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That last pic of the caddis is way cool....
Last morning to fish. Returned to the Madison at the West Fork.
Caught a couple nice browns on a size 16 X-Caddis
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On the way back from the Madison, I stopped at Blue Ribbon Flies in West, and watched Craig Matthews tying Iris X-Caddis flies for Fall
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Also stopped at Slide Inn. Kelly showed me a photo of HALF of the 41 inch Brown someone caught a week or so again.
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And I thought my son's brown in Patagonia was large....
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Stopped at Quake Lake overlook. Hope this is legible.
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That turnaround look. Bulls check out red/orange in a bullfight. I know the dude doesn't want to get run over by a car, but orange...with bulls...?
Bulls are color blind. I assume the same is true of bison.
They think a bear or eagle halved the brown? Or the harvester?
Actually, i think Kelly did. He is going to mount it. Probably was too long to manage in his freezer.
Gotcha. When I first glanced I thought it was a wild story, not just a big fish story. Thanks!