There are 2,000 miles of high-quality trout streams in the Greater Yellowstone region. Nowhere else in the world is there such a concentration of high-quality salmonid waters. Within Yellowstone National Park alone, there are over forty-five streams and at least forty lakes hosting trout. In this book, licensed Montana and Yellowstone National Park fishing guide Paul Weamer shares with readers fifty essential flies from guides and other experts around the region. Detailed recipes and photos are included for each fly as well as fishing tips and other information. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone planning to visit the area as well as for residents who want to learn how to catch more fish in their local waters.

Maine offers some of the most diverse angling opportunities in the nation. Depending on the season, or your fishing preference, you can canoe a remote pond in search of native brook trout, cast dries in solitude for rising trout on a large freestone river, troll in a lake for salmon, or search for stripers along some of the most beautiful and rugged coastline in America. Because of this diverse fishing, it is no surprise that Maine also has a rich fly tying tradition. In this book, Maine guide, fly designer, and former fly shop owner Bob Mallard shares with readers 50 essential flies from guides and other experts around the region. Detailed recipes and photos are included for each fly as well as fishing tips and other information, making this book an invaluable resource for anyone planning to visit this state as well as residents that want to learn how to catch more fish in their local waters.

Smallmouth bass swim in lakes and rivers across the United States and Canada and are a premier fly-rod game fish in almost every way—they take flies readily, feed on diverse foods for a long period of time, tolerate higher water temperatures than trout, and fight harder than any other North American freshwater fish their size. This is the first book dedicated to the best modern flies for these fish that includes both detailed step-by-step tying instructions as well as top patterns and recipes for flies that cover the complete water column, from top to bottom. With over 500 full-color step-by-step images and 300 patterns by today’s top tiers from around the country, this book is the definitive resource for smallmouth bass.

With over 500 fly patterns from Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and more western states, this encyclopedic guide is a must-have for avid fly fishermen. With accurate recipes from the originators of the patterns, this reference for the Rocky Mountain West provides tiers with everything they need to fish inside and around Yellowstone. Over 560 color photos of finished flies illustrating nymphs, dry flies, emergers, streamers and more.

The most important hatches and recommended patterns, along with key fishing techniques and the best times of year to fish there Interviews with a stunning collection of Yellowstone Park veterans in the know, including fly shop owners Bob Jacklin, Craig Mathews, John Juracek, Richard Parks, and John Bailey; writers Tom McGuane, Wild Bill Schneider, and The Drake magazine's Tom Bie Best spots for Yellowstone cutthroat, westslope cutthroat, Snake River finespotted cutthroat, grayling, rainbows, cuttbows, brown trout, brook trout, mountain whitefish, and Mackinaw lake trout

Introduction The Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park flows through some of the most breath taking scenery in the World. The Firehole River originates high in the Rocky Mountains on the east side of the Continental Divide from its source, Madison Lake. The Firehole River flows northwesterly through the Yellowstone Caldera that encompasses Yellowstone National Park. The entire length of the Firehole River is Fly Fishing only, Catch and Release for Rainbow Trout. The Firehole River passes through a valley that contains 90% of all the visible thermal features within Yellowstone National Park, the most widely know is Old Faithful Geyser. There are other notable Geysers, Fumaroles and Hot Pools to see while your fishing the Firehole River Valley: Lone Star Geyser, Castle Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Emerald Pool, Morning Glory Pool, Sapphire Pool, Excelsior Geyser Crater, Great Fountain Geyser, White Dome Geyser, Hot Lake, Fountain Paint Pots and Imperial Geyser. These scenic sites are located in four distinct areas along the Firehole River; Lower Geyser Basin, Midway Geyser, Black Sand Basin and Upper Geyser Basin. The Firehole River cascades off the Rocky Mountains to a beautiful waterfalls called Kepler Cascades located southeast of Old Faithful off the Grand Loop Highway. Below Kepler Cascades the Firehole River’s gradient declines significantly to a slow meandering stream with shallow riffles spread randomly downstream to the next waterfall, Cascades of the Firehole River, fifteen-miles downstream. A short distance downstream from Cascades of the Firehole are Firehole Falls, which is impassable for upstream migrating fish, however the “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery can migrate downstream over the waterfalls and survive the waterfall plunge. The Firehole Falls segregates the Firehole River into two-distinct Trout fisheries that I shall refer to as the “Upper” Firehole River and secondly the “Lower” Firehole River. The “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery above Firehole Falls consists of a self-sustaining population’s of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout. The trout fishery in the short section of the “Lower” Firehole River below the Firehole Falls to its confluence with the Gibbon River, which creates the Madison River; consists of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish which migrate into the “Lower” Firehole River to spawn from the lake below, Hebgen Lake. The “Upper” Firehole River is lined with hundreds of thermal features; Geysers, Mud Pots, Fumaroles and Mineral Pools pouring their hot mineral rich waters into the Firehole River. This hot mineral rich water warms the Firehole River and creates early spring prolific hatches of May Flies: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) and Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.). The Firehole River has produced some of the best Dry Fly Fishing I have ever experienced. At times I have seen May Fly and Caddis Fly emergence so heavy that there was an insect on every square-foot of the river. In the springtime there are Bison, Elk, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese along the grassy and wooded areas of the Firehole River Valley. In the fall there are mature Bull Elk with their harems, Bull Bison with their cows, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese throughout the “Upper” Firehole River Basin. It is an incredible thrill to be fishing to rising trout in the Firehole River, just a few feet away a Geyser will be shooting super heated water high into the sky or Fumaroles will be making gurgling sounds from deep within the earth. The trout fishery in the “Upper” Firehole River consists of Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout 6 to 20-inches in length with the average being 10 to 14- inches in length. There are some fishermen and the National Park Service personnel who say there are Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout in the Firehole River but from the thousands of trout I have landed from the Firehole River I have yet to catch one. In the springtime the trout fishery is clearly distributed throughout its entire length but when summer comes the Firehole River gets extremely warm, often over 80 degrees Fahrenheit and the trout fishery will migrate towards the numerous cold-water tributary streams entering the Firehole River. During the summer month’s fishermen can find the majority of the trout fishery centralized at the confluences of these cold-water tributaries with the Firehole River or in the cold-water tributaries themselves. Each year the fishing season opens the fourth Saturday in May to allow Rainbow Trout to conclude their spawning quest. In the fall when the water temperature cools from the cold nights the trout fishery again disperses throughout the Firehole River system and May Flies: Late Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis parvus), Little Western Blue-Winged Olive (Ephemerella margarita), Tiny Western Olive (Pseudocloeon edmundsi), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Little Tan Short Horn Sedge (Glossosoma sp.) hatches intensify as well. The best fishing on the “Upper” Firehole River occurs when there are overcast skies, rainstorms or snowstorms and when the Swallows are flying over the rivers surface feeding on emerging insects. The “Lower” Firehole River flows through a carved out Rhyolite Lava Canyon with canyon walls towering hundreds of feet above the river. The gradient of the river increases and the river is strewn with large Rhyolite Lava boulders and ledges. This section consists of mostly pocket water with deep pools and small runs. In springtime there is a hatch of Salmon Flies (Pteronarcys californica) and Golden Stone Flies: Western Big Golden Stone (Calineuria californica) and Western Medium Golden Brown Stone (Isoperla sp.) that were transplanted into the Firehole River by the National Park Service some twenty-years ago. There are May Fly: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) emergences in the canyon but they are not as prolific as in the “Upper” Firehole River. The “Lower” Firehole River during the fall months is a heavily used spawning area for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish that have migrated upstream through the Madison River from Hebgen Lake. These Hebgen Lake Spawning Trout are large in size, Rainbow Trout 14 to 24-inches in length and weighing 2 to 8-pounds and Brown Trout 14 to over 30-inches in length and weighing 2 to 20-pounds. Fall is the time of the year I look forward to fishing the “Lower” Firehole River.

Snake River Flies chronicles the rich history of fly pattern development in the Snake River basin from its infancy in the 1930s to contemporary flies of the twentieth?first century. The lineage of fly tiers includes such greats as Marcella Oswald, Bruce Staples, Scott Sanchez, and Ken Burkholder. Special attention is given to innovative designs for particular types of water, trout food, and trout species. The 100?plus patterns within this work have been Ship Date : 10/22/2013proven producers not only in the Rocky Mountain West, but throughout the world for a variety of game fish.

Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at blountspublishing@yahoo.com and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to blountspublishing@yahoo.com and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to play.google.com, books.google.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals.

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