Wow!!! 35 fish in 2 hours please send me the pattern. Wish I could have been with you.
Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: [VFB] Yellowstone trip report > Hi Gang, > > Back from another trip to Yellowstone N.P. I spent about 6 days fishing and > man was the fishing fantastic, I didn't do as well a month ago when the > weather was hot so this was nice. I used a variation of Lafontaines Airhead > the whole week long except for twice and did better then most folks I talked > to. I fished mainly canyon water with many boulders for the fish to hold up > around. I remember one fish on the Lamar river in the canyon I placed the > fly so that it swung under a boulder and right away a nice 19" Yellowstone > cutt grabbed the fly and headed around the boulder and into the fast water > it was a great fight and I got him in ok thanks to my net. The only reason I > mention the net is because I didn't have it with me the day before on the > same river and I hooked up with a really beautiful Yellowstone cutt who was > slurping bugs out of the foam and after a long fight on the fishes part and > a very tired right arm on my part I pulled to the shore a 21+ inch and as I > started to take the hook out and release the fella he darted off again and > snapped my 5x tippet. And now a trout swims the Lamar with an "airhead" in > his mouth. the net came in handy the next day. Well my little 7 1/2 ft. > feather light eagle claw did great as usual. 35+ fish in 2 hours is a lot of > fun. If anyone wants the pattern and instructions to my simplified version > of the airhead let me know. I'm still grinning. > > > Tight lines... > > Bill P. > Music & Recording - http://www.graysharborcomputer.com/gank/ > Fly fishing & Tying - http://www.graysharborcomputer.com/flyfish/ > Fly Swaps - http://www.graysharborcomputer.com/flyfish/swaps.htm > > > >
