TR: YellowStone/Teton adventure

[tomicogs]

First, thanks again for all the tips and advice, it was one hell of a trip...

Day 0:
Driving into the storm, north from Idaho Falls:


Pot of gold down there in West Yellowstone:


The quiver; 8'/5wt, two 7.5'/5wts, 8'8"/4wt.


Day 1: Gibbon River. Started up high hoping for a random Grayling, picked up the eastern slam instead, a decent brown, then a rainbow and plenty of brookies. Moved down river mostly just to hike up into the base of the falls, neat place to be.

Either Gibbon Meadows or Elk Park...don't recall exactly.


Start point


Made friends with this guy


That crazy rock


The Falls


Buffalo along the Madison


Day 2: Started early to chase the sunrise, then on a pm tip from a Magg, took a little stroll down to 7 Mile Hole on the Yellowstone, amazing.

Sunrise over Washburn


Time to drop down to the river


Fish of the day, pushing 20"


One last look over the shoulder


Scenery


Bull Elk popped out for little evening snack, Gibbon Meadows


Day 3: Gallatin River, drove north from town to check out the Gallatin. Nice looking water there in the park, fished about 2 miles of her picking up some 'bows here and there and moved some nicer fish out from under the banks. Tough day numbers wise, but relaxing after the long walk the day before.

Starting spot


Life cycle


Subby rental ad copy


Anonymous fisherfella




Still processing the remainder of the trip pics, more soon...

[Binky]

Nicely done! I yearn to be back in that part of the country. The last pic has me totally nostalgic. I have some special memories from right around that spot. Thanks for sharing!

[skifishbum]

qual
it tees
thanks for stokin us out

[Tye 1on]

Nicely done! I yearn to be back in that part of the country. The last pic has me totally nostalgic. I have some special memories from right around that spot. Thanks for sharing!

that last pic is almost exactly where I caught my first fish on a fly that I had tied...
great shots, thanks!

[::: :::]

nice country to walk around in! thx for sharing

[schwerty]

Awesome pics! Winner trip!

[WaistDeepGroomers]

Damn! I gotta get up there this fall...

[stuckathuntermtn]

Did you ever get breakfast at the Campfire Inn?

[RegCT]

Did you ever get breakfast at the Campfire Inn?

Campfire Lodge on 287? So dank.

[plugboots]

You take nice pictures.

[tomicogs]

ahhh, thanks guys, trip was amazing in many ways.

And no, no breakfast for me other than one stop at Dornan's Chuck Wagon, mostly I eat on the go in the mornings...

So onward...

Wednesday, Day 4: Travel down to Jackson. I heard there was a big lake somewhere in the middle of Yellowstone, so I figured I drive the shoreline, it did not disappoint.

Hayden Valley:


Sulphur Cauldron nastiness:


Little bit of wind on the water:


A pelican:


Home for the next few days:



Day 5: Drove thru downtown Jackson the evening before, bit of culture shock after being in a 4 day bubble. Picked up my WY license, some flies and bit of location beta for the Snake from High Country flies, nice little shop. Settled on working the area around Deadman's Bar, good choice.

Took a couple snapshots at the Blacktail Ponds overlook:


Snake River Overlook, later in the day I made it down to the point of that bar in the river for lunch.


First Snake River cutty to hand, HUDGE! Next fish I hooked into took me under a log, hit the main current and began ripping off line like I couldn't believe. The fish in this river are deceptively strong, gonna be a fun day.


That's more like it:


Passersby:


Jenny Lake:


Random Peak, don't recall which one:


Day 6: Was thinking about hiking up into Cascade Canyon, decided to just fish the Snake again. Hiking down into 7 Mile Hole a few day's prior was pretty much enough for me on this trip. So dropped down into Sawbacher Landing to check it out, liked what I found.

First, breakfast with a view from the chuckwagon:


The beaverponds make for some nice scenery:


The fishing was decent again:



Moved upstream to the Pacific Creek Access, popular spot for wading apparently, but still hooked up:


Then the afternoon showers rolled in, chased scenery until sunset:





Day 7: Having been up down and around the Snake, decided to explore elsewhere, Gross Ventre River area sounded interesting for some sight seeing.

First, finally tried to take a qwik pic of one of the bears that's been hanging out along the Wilson Rd.


Morman Row barns were neat:


Gross Ventre Valley, looking up towards the slide...that must've been a crazy event!


Did a bit of fishin' along this stretch:


More sightseeing, scenery chasing:





Day 8: Travel home, slummy day in the airports, but did see a moose driving up over Teton Pass on the way out, so that was neat.

Thanks for looking!

[dtown]

Well done, thanks for sharing!!!

[stapes]

Looks like an amazing trip! Thanks for sharing

[yeahman]

That was awesome. Thanks.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Campfire Lodge on 287? So dank.

That's the one!

[LightRanger]

Super cool TR. Thanks!

[tomicogs]

Thanks again for the kind words everybody, it really was one hell of a trip.

Ran across this link, tell you what, Jackson sure has changed....mtns and rivers, not so much.

http://mashable.com/2015/08/19/dude-ranch/#8u3KBna5GkkN

[lifelinksplit]

Nice pics! Looks like you made it around just fine

[sierraskier]

nice TR, amazing pics. makes me want to jump in the rig and road trip out there!

[Lone Star]

quality!

[steved]

Great stuff tomicogs... The Rockies is a money trip!
Man, even when getting skunked on a day out there...the terrain/scenery makes up for it...

[highangle]

Much steezy
So fish
Wow!


Thanks for the eye candy and the big fatty breakfast!

[geomorph]

Sheet. That is some good fishing and picture taking.

[Aenigma]

Hot damn! Wish I would have seen this before; I've been working and fishing in Yellowstone every day since mid-May, and could've given you some pointers. Looks like you did, great, though!