We hit the Yellowstone from Grey Owl to Mallard's Rest today. The fishing kept us entertained, if just barely. Most of the day was spent bobber fishing w/ big uglies (bow river bugger, double bunny, zonker, halloween bugger, etc.) and a small nymph (serendipity, copper john, prince, pt, etc.). Those rigs brought a bunch of whitefish to the boat, as well as a few trout; both fish seemed to like both flies better on the strip. We didn't boat anything spectacular, but we did lose a couple big browns and a couple unseen fish that were pulling hard.
It was sunny most of the day, so the beatis thing wasn't really happening. We spotted several pods of risers but, once again, they were dominated by Louie Lips. The best we could do on dries was a few medium sized cutties.
Here are a couple marginal shots from today. I recently bought the waterproof Olympus 790SW for fishing photos, and I'm still figuring it out...
She's flowing low and slow, so it may be a good idea to shorten up your floats and spend any extra time hunting heads.
Also, for the cast 'n blast crowd, Anthony connected with a passing honker early and I jumped a blue-wing teal a bit later.
