55 on the fly

Today was to be a "rest day" after yesterdays hike, but after eating lunch with Michelle in town, I just couldn't take it. So I headed to a little stretch of the Yellowstone River not far from town. In three hours I caught 7 fish and missed a few... Hot today with lots of rock hopping along the river's bank. The fish were a bit lazy with a slow bite. Fly's - Korn's Split-tailed Hopper, tan and school bus yellow, Korn's Holiday Stone, BH Turkey Tail nymph, Graham's Cracker. Rod - Custom St. Croix by Dave Lewis 8'6" 5/6wt. Yellowstone River Cutt-bow trout Rainbow trout Cutthroat trout

Michelle wanted to hike into Blacktail Deer Creek to see the Falls today.... We've never been there. It's about a 7 mile round trip and I was game because I know there are some nice brook trout waters near the falls. So off we went....  Fly - UK Ausable Bomber Rod - Shane Gray 6' 10" 3/4 wt. Blacktail Deer Creek Falls

Michelle and I fished the high country in Yellowstone National Park today (8/27/18).... The mountain stream held some beautiful brook trout for us among it's awesome beauty.... To top it off, on the hike in we saw a lone black wolf, a big boy. I topped a rolling hill and spotted him coming our way at a hundred yards. I yelled at him and he turned and trotted the other way, we watched him for a while, quite a sight. It was Michelle's first time seeing a wolf in the wild...  We only used one fly today, the UK Ausable Bomber, yeah they work out West too... The photos tell the rest of the story. fish of the day... Ausable Bomber fly of the day... 

This past winter found me restoring a vintage Kingfisher bamboo fly rod... I posted progress of the work here on my blog. I completely stripped and then rebuilt this old cane rod to it's former glory. Well today, the circle is complete and the old girl caught 7 Yellowstone River trout this morning... I was very happy with the way the rod performed and enjoyed every minute of the hiking and fishing back in my old stomping grounds.... Here's a couple of photos... the gear the first fish a Cutthroat on the Kingfisher this is what we came for 17 inches of Cutty...

My wife Michelle and I are heading West... back to Yellowstone Country... and Yes, there will be fishing, lots of fishing..... stay tuned. Spending the night in South Dakota... should be in Gardiner on Wednesday....