10-24-2008, 04:10 AM
I reckon we've all had days like that. But they don't usually end with a trophy like that.
My best time on the Madison came one summer. All the flyshops in West Yellowstone said stay out of the park, the good fishing was below Ennis. But I always fish the park, for nostalgia sake if nothing else.
Friend Wife and I were in that long stretch just before the river leaves the park, and we're destroying them. Tricos in the morning, then hoppers once the sun warmed things up. Fish averaging about 14". We probably caught and released 30 of them between us.
The best part was the fishing partner who joined us for awhile. A bald eagle dove for a fish no more than 20 yards from me, caught it in its talons, and headed out with it. Would have been worth going just to see that; the fish we caught were just icing on the cake.
That evening we checked back with the flyshops again. All the "good" fishing, below Varney Bridge, resulted in a total catch of sixteen fish among all the boats, the largest only 12".
Ya gotta love it when you fool the experts. [fishin]
Of course, when you talk wind you're talking the Yellowstone. No matter where or when, it's always blowing a gale; and always right into your face.
How come the literature never talks about double hauling for a 20 foot cast?
Brook
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My best time on the Madison came one summer. All the flyshops in West Yellowstone said stay out of the park, the good fishing was below Ennis. But I always fish the park, for nostalgia sake if nothing else.
Friend Wife and I were in that long stretch just before the river leaves the park, and we're destroying them. Tricos in the morning, then hoppers once the sun warmed things up. Fish averaging about 14". We probably caught and released 30 of them between us.
The best part was the fishing partner who joined us for awhile. A bald eagle dove for a fish no more than 20 yards from me, caught it in its talons, and headed out with it. Would have been worth going just to see that; the fish we caught were just icing on the cake.
That evening we checked back with the flyshops again. All the "good" fishing, below Varney Bridge, resulted in a total catch of sixteen fish among all the boats, the largest only 12".
Ya gotta love it when you fool the experts. [fishin]
Of course, when you talk wind you're talking the Yellowstone. No matter where or when, it's always blowing a gale; and always right into your face.
How come the literature never talks about double hauling for a 20 foot cast?
Brook
[signature]