Bill,
Good to hear a good report. I never made to Yellowstone last month, as
intended. Ended up spending the week at scout camp with my son instead (at
least is was next to Yellowstone). Yes, there are somethings more important
than fishing. I have to agree, those Airheads are great.
John Sanders
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 10:46 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.
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