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WELCOME TO WEST YELLOWSTONE

Prince Kills Fish

LEOPOLD OF SWEDEN
TAKES ELEVEN

The Way It Was

MSU helps us remember

.. With his rubber boots, an Hardy "CORKER" rod, an Allcock bait reel, and a wild flower in his tweedy lapel the Crown Prince managed to gather up 11 lovely trout near the present day Fishing Bridge in 1926.
.. A tip from the Yellowstone Park News, points us toward access to an historic collection of photographs.
.. The family and professional photos from Frank Jay Haynes, (official photographer of the Northern Pacific Railroad AND Yellowstone National Park,) are available online -- in two places, no less: FLICKR (just posted,) and Montana State University Library. The latter is complete, the former has 60 creative commons images.
.. For those of you from Alpha Centauri, Haynes was the photographer that defined and initially captured all the classic Yellowstone photos.
.. He turned many into hand-colored postcards, and later printed color-tinted B&W postcards.
.. Jack Haynes continued the tradition and the postcards have become genuine collectors items - both here and abroad.

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.. The Haynes Family Collection contains images of presidents, tourists, bears, superintendents, rangers, old buildings, features long gone, fish, fishing, and other western Americana found in very few other places.
.. Among the treasure trove of images, (we've not scanned all 5,000 - yet,) are some that are particularly pertinent to the interested fly fisher.

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.. Just as a 'for instance,' the common misconception about "The Barns Holes" on the Madison River, is that they were named after a famous fly fisher named Barnes, (yes that one.) [We've even heard them referred to as Barnes' Holes.]
.. Au Contraire, Mon Ami, They were named long before he arrived on the scene and the reference is to the horse barns at the encampment called 'Riverside,' (later 'Yellowstone,' - later yet 'West Yellowstone.)
.. The barns in question served both the military, and the Monida to Yellowstone Stage Line, (at both different and the same time.)
.. Should you bother to venture away from the crowd - either upstream or downstream - at the Barns Holes you can still see the old stage road's ruts. A bit farther afield you can even find some foundation remnants.
.. The Haynes Family Collection includes a wonderful image of the "Barns at Riverside" and a map of the Monida to Yellowstone stage depot.
.. If you've fished away from the crowd, (you've probably caught fish in the lessor known 'local hole') and you have walked across the lobby of the stage depot.
.. There is an even more secret hole in the river bottom where fall-run fish park right under the bank.
.. This depression is the remnant of a 'stream well' for the hydraulic rams that brought water to the stage line compound. History is useful for the fly fisher, - (the neighbors are going to castrate me for this.)
.. For your edification, we've posted these images here. If you click on the images you can see other surprisingly telling clues about where to fish - this is certain death.
.. Just wait until the Gardiner Gateway hints are revealed, (that's right Gardiner Gateway - not Gallatin Gateway - oops!)

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Just A Bit Of Scenery

via tip: Horse's Mouth

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Grand prismatic pool in USA.

.. If you have a good graphics card you can try this on your 26" monitor - WOW!

Day Two

SUNRISE COMES EARLIER

Or Later

or not at all(1910 x 1442)

.. It just means more light in the evening. Yellowstone rivers are open until 10:00 PM. We can hardly wait.

Switching Fish

BACK IN BUSINESS

Buy In A Down Market

good show

.. CARP ON THE FLY, run by the man with the best fly fishing name ever, John Montana, is back on the blogwaves after a bit of winter escapism.
.. He's acquired some new digs and is busy sorting out his flies after the move.
.. And then, he takes his dad fishing and gathers up some nice trout - now there's a switch.
.. He now has a "craft room" and has completed some 'Montana Carrots' - busy boy.
.. That guy knows how to live.

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.. The last dozen posts by THE HORSE'S MOUTH have given us the willies. Is there a chance that the girls really are prettier in California? And wackier too?

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.. In the "More To Come" department - [we hope.] April Vokey has added a blog to her site. The site, if you didn't know, is titled FLYGAL VENTURES. The blog only has one post and we're already intrigued.
.. Just another girl from Canada.

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.. If you're so inclined, we suggest that you visit 'COWGRRRL' at A Drivel Runs Through It. It's full of fine photos, some Montana insights, and an interesting 'take' on the world. Just who is she?

MONEY QUOTE
Writer, editor and web content expert. Wannabe author, cowgirl and world traveler. Unrepentant fat chick. Idealist, dreamer, fighter. Atheist-pagan. Voluptuary. Committed to personal growth, social and environmental justice, and the pursuit of pleasure.

.. Give it a click for a bit of brilliance.

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.. Well, it's time for pecan waffles, real maple syrup, a couple of sausage patties, strawberries and cream, and a quart of coffee. We need fortification for a venture into the light dusting of snow we received the last two days.

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Safari To Jackson

GET AN 11-WEIGHT

Hire A Local Guide

tell nobody we went

get famous

.. The secret is out. Giant Fish exist in the Snake River near Hog's Head Island, south of Jackson, Wyoming.
.. We're trading in our collection of trout rods for some more substantial gear and planning a safari to the nether regions of Wyoming.
.. It seems that a new guiding industry has sprung up in the region based on the possibility of catching Atlantic Salmon that lurk in the depths of this fabled river.
.. One of the more famous guides is an old Africa hand and experienced in those things that make for an excellent safari.
.. He is renowned for finding women, congenial watering holes, game of all sorts, and having a good time. It is also rumored that he once caught a cold fish.
.. We've already procured our safari outfit from the local outfitters and feel that we cut a fine figure of the salmon hunting genre.
.. We plan to nose around the local pubs for information about the location and methods for taking this monstrous invasive species.
.. Many people doubt that the Atlantic Salmon exists in the Snake River and believe that the sightings and captures are of it's cousin the Kokanee Salmon, that do reside in the river.
.. A little known fact, however, is that Atlantic Salmon were, in reality, introduced into Yellowstone Lake in the early 1900's.
.. Most trout fishers and biologists poo-poo the thought that the fish could have gotten out of Yellowstone Lake and survived in the Snake River.
.. On the other hand, a small cult of fishers has been spawned and they are currently stalking the river banks and the shadowed coves in an attempt to capture this elusive prize.
.. When the capture happens, you'll have to take our word for it, because we believe in strict 'catch and release' of all salmonids; invasive or not.
.. On very rare occasions the veracity of our reports has been questioned. However, in this instance, independent confirmation is a precursor to our report. Read all about it in the Planet Jackson Hole Online article HERE.

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FISH ON!