Tom, you are such a rascal ! I should've come with you. I had a great evening the other night on Huntington Creek. Call me. 489-3486. How's the Weber?
Larry J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/21/03 22:39 PM >>> Every year I try to fish the Calibaetis on Yellowstone Lake. I thought I was having good success on previous trips, but after this trip the bar has been raised, and no small thanks to Dean Endress, a VFBer who stopped by to fish with me for a day . All Dean did is find the "hot spot" that ended up accounting for over 51 fish during the 3 days I fished there after Dean left (while Dean was there he was catching most of the fish) These are big fish, fat and none smaller than 18 inches with many over 20 . Here is how typical morning of fishing develops: Around 8:00 AM the fish begin to notice the nymphs that are starting to emerge, and fishing is steady till about 10:00 fishing a size 16 Bead Head Pheasant Tail dropped off a black Wooly Bugger, using a floating line with a BB sized non-lead split shout and a deliberate strip-pause retrieve. (All but four fish were taken on the Pheasant Tail). Starting around 10:00 the REAL fun starts. Tie on a PT dropper on a size 16 gray Mayfly pattern and hold on! Just cast and wait, pretty soon you will see a flash of gold and the Mayfly will by gone,with the fish typically on the dropper. If the fish are there and feeding, you will catch of fish with almost every cast using this method. All of this fishing is done about 50 yards off shore in a kickboat. The shore is lined with fishermen mostly catching moss and getting more and more frustrated every time they see that your rod is bending again. Since the Park wants an accurate fish count I took my GPS unit with me and kept track of the fish by making a waypoint for every fish caught. I ended up with 51 waypoints and a very interesting image of the distribution of the fish. If any of you are heading out to Yellowstone and want to fish the Bay, the coordinates for the "hot spot" are 44 degrees 31.474 North, 110 degrees 25.895 West as long as the hatch lasts. I've posted some pictures of the trip at http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd/PhotoAlbum2.html where you will see Dean, myself covered with mayflies, some scenery, and many of the fish caught. Tom Davenport
