WEATHER: Clear, low 50s to mid 70s
WATER CONDITIONS: 1+ Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: White River, Rim Shoals to Crooked Creek
ROD USED: 8’ 9” 5 wt Winston Joan Wulff Favorite
FLIES USED: #16 Cerise San Juan Worm, #16 Superfly, #16 Red/Black Zebra Midge
OTHER: Fished with Ed and John out of the boat. Ed began catching fish immediately in Upper Rim Shoals, with two fish caught on one of his first casts, one on the main fly and the other on the dropper. He was hot today! As with yesterday, fishing slowed considerably on the second drift, so we extended the drift downstream to Lower Rim Shoals and caught lots of fish, with most being caught on the Zebra Midge and Superfly. At lunch, we extended the drift further downstream to Crooked Creek, and again, caught lots of fish. None of us caught any large fish.
WEATHER: Clear, low 50s to mid 70s
WATER CONDITIONS: 1+ Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: White River, Rim Shoals to Crooked Creek
ROD USED: 8’ 9” 5 wt Winston Joan Wulff Favorite
FLIES USED: #16 Cerise San Juan Worm, #16 Superfly, #16 Red/Black Zebra Midge
OTHER: Fished with John out of the boat. We began catching fish immediately in Upper Rim Shoals, almost exclusively on the cerise worm. Fishing slowed considerably on the second drift, and even more on the third. We extended the drift downstream to Lower Rim Shoals and caught lots of fish, with most being caught on the Zebra Midge and Superfly. We extended the drift further downstream to Crooked Creek, and again, caught lots of fish. Neither of us caught any large fish, though I did have a HUGE fish chase a hooked fish to the boat.
WEATHER: Clear, mid 70s
WATER CONDITIONS: 0 Units
LOCATIONS FISHED: Norfork River, Island above Ackerman/Handicap Access
ROD USED: 8’ 9” 5 wt Winston Joan Wulff Favorite
FLIES USED: #14 Norfork River Scud
OTHER: Fished with John, and Jimmy, a friend of John’s. Jimmy joined me for the afternoon’s fishing, but had never fly fished for trout, and had only fished a fly rod for bream many years ago. However, he was an extremely quick learner, and armed with a Norfork River Scud, caught fish almost every cast. Now, he’ll think it’s like this all the time! I fished sparingly, and had a great afternoon, catching fish on all but a couple of casts.
TIME: 4:00 PM to 6:30 PM
WEATHER: Partly cloudy, low 70s
WATER CONDITIONS: Clear, cool, and from 2 to 4 feet deep
LOCATIONS FISHED: Gallatin River, Mile 24 on Highway 191
ROD USED: 8’ 6” 5 wt Winston Joan Wulff Favorite
FLIES USED: #10 Dave’s Hopper, #16 Tan Caddis, #12 Chernobyl Ant
HATCHES: Dark Mayfly, Occasional Caddis
OTHER: Kay had been wanting to fish the Gallatin River inside Yellowstone National Park, so after lunch and naps, we loaded our fly fishing gear and made the hour drive to about Mile 24 on Highway 191, pulled into a turnout, donned our waders, and headed for the river. It was a great spot, and we found a couple of small pools, but about the same time as we entered the water, storm clouds began rolling in, accompanied by thunder and wind. What few insects we saw disappeared with the wind, and we had to fish blind. For western rivers and streams, it is important to “match the hatch”, and apparently we didn’t. After about an hour and a half, we called it quits, and headed back to the RV park.
Really early this morning, about 7 AM our time, I left for Hebgen Lake to fish the gulpers with longtime friend, Mike. He and I used to fish the Norfork and White Rivers quite often, and I was really looking forward to fishing with him. We met at the turnoff from the main highway, and visited for about 30 minutes, catching up on families and friends. After donning waders and getting our “boats” ready, we worked our way across the Madison Arm to hunt for rising fish. 
TIME: 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM 
Often times, the gulpers will establish a pattern, and the idea is to anticipate their next “gulp”, cast a fly there, and hope for a strike. Today, there was a great hatch, and you can see some insects in the bottom of the photo, but few gulpers. I didn’t get a fish, nor even a look, and didn’t see anyone else catch fish. It was a short morning, and by 12 noon, most of us were off the water.
