Yellowstone National Park - August 14-19, 2009

Soda Butte Creek Cutthroat - Round Prairie

The fishing was absolutely fabulous! Snow in Cooke City, MT on August 16. It never got out of the 40's for the first few days. The gray drakes, flavs, and olives provided incredible action often for more than two hours! When the fish were not rising, a Chaos Hopper, Hi-Vis Brown Ant or X Caddis would catch more than you could imagine.

Two grizzly bears were seen; one on the Soda Butte Creek and one along the Lamar River. Trout Lake lived up to its name. All of the fly shops were reporting disturbing crowds in the Lamar Valley. It was found not to be true. Later in the week, I learned that there were four members of the Lloyd Wilson Chapter of TU fishing the Soda Butte Creek in the Round Prairie on August 19. We never crossed paths! I believe I did see Skip from a distance, though.