Fall fishing and some pictures

Around here, fishing takes precedent over blogging. And
while I’m sorry I haven’t posted anything lately, I am pleased
to report that fishing around here has been fantastic. Aside
from a few stray cold days, we’ve been having beautiful fall
weather. Skies are blue with the contrasting yellows and
oranges of changing cottonwood and aspen trees along the
river banks and temperatures, while cold at night, continue to
warm things up during the day.

Over the past few weeks I’ve gotten to take guests out on
some of my favorite waters around here in Wyoming. Some,
like the Snake and Firehole are well known, others are
sleepers. Regardless, it’s been a lot of fun putting folks on
fish, especially return guests that I’ve fished before. Below are
some photos from the past week; putting long fall days in
perspective and hopefully illustrating what it’s like to fly fish in
Jackson Hole, Yellowstone and surrounding western Wyoming
waters!

Here’s Mark casting to a rising rainbow trout on the
Firehole river in YNP..

Up Close and Personal with the Alpha Female; I took
it as a good omen..

Chris finding a remote YNP stream both challenging
and rewarding (not to mention beautiful)

A wild Yellowstone Cutthroat trout! (author’s note:
I’m a little ashamed of the streamer in his mouth, but you
gotta do what you gotta do….)

Black Canyon of the Yellowstone River; makes for a
long, but awesome day!