Curtis Wright Outfitters 2013 Hosted Yellowstone Trip

August 23rd, 2013 Day 3

So day 3 has come and gone and boy was it a good one! Jim did a wade trip with Satoshi from Park’s Fly Shop on the Soda Butte and were rewarded with some REALLY nice fish. One that easily reached 18″ (picture tomorrow) and most of the fishing was done with dries. A large portion of the group went in on horseback to the 3rd meadow for a chance at those beautiful fish.

We started the trip off with a distant Grizzly sighting and then proceeded in to the meadows of Slough Creek only to be greeted by a large road/trail block.

After moving out of the way, and letting us continue our journey, we arrived safe and sound and were welcomed by numerous fish rising with abandonment. We got geared up right quick and started giving them a hard time.

On the way out of the meadow, we were pounded by hail again. Enough to pile up on the ground at points.

Jeff, Susan, and Julie went on a hike and had a great time and scenery.

Chris and Chuck hit Pebble creek and fished up through the canyon a way and were pleasantly surprised with some nice chunky cuthroat and rainbows. Bob and Ken hit the Lamar and Yellowstone. Check back with us tomorrow to see how Saturday’s adventure turned out.

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Curtis Wright Outfitters 2013 Hosted Yellowstone Trip

August 22nd, 2013

Day 3 was scheduled to be a big day and it did not disappoint.  We had 3rd meadow on the agenda as well as a couple of groups exploring totally different parts of the  park. After filling up on a big breakfast off we were on our way.

The horseback crew got there early and were ready to get at them. After the 2.5 hour trip the fish were trembling with fear.

The weather held out for most time and a small does of rain was handed out, but fish were eating. Good numbers were put on the board and sent on their way again.

The scenery was absolutely gorgeous and the horses were very kind (thankfully). One of the other small groups decided to try their hand at some lake fishing and were pleasantly greeted by many eager cutthroat and grayling. Jason, Aaron, Sang and myself decided to hit a section on the Lamar canyon and had marginal success.

And then we went up to Tower creek and proceeded to beat up on the rainbows and brookies. Check in tomorrow to see how the next day of horseback goes.

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Curtis Wright Outfitters 2013 Hosted Yellowstone Trip

August 24th, 2013

Another Great day has come and gone in Yellowstone and many a fish were introduced to our nets today. We had 4 guide trips go out today that were originally planned as float trips but unfortunately due to recent rain/storms the river was unfishable. They were intern switched over to wade trips and boy that should have made the fish of Yellowstone really nervous.

Tom and John teamed up with Satoshi and did a serious number on the fish in Soda Butte. They were part of a green drake hatch in which fish were feeding with abandonment. Some great fish were caught and some great techniques as well!

Jason and Sang teamed up with Ben for a Stellar day on the upper Gardner and then a small stream in Montana.

Many a brook trout was sent away pouting after those two boys worked them over. Numbers was the name of the game but some size showed itself on occasion as well.

Ralph and Richard went out with Richard Parks and fished a stretch of Soda Butte and had good success early in day the but were unfortunately  treated to some dirty water right after lunch and decided to go do a little sight seeing and call it a day.

Herb and Aaron were with Wally and decided to go hit up Trout lake to no avail but saw some real torpedoes cruising the shoreline. After joining in with the rest of the crew on Soda Butte, they too were greeted shortly thereafter with the mud but not before Herb caught his biggest cutthroat ever. Aaron got into a great brown on an unmentioned stream right before the day had to come to a close.

Bob, Chris, Chuck, and Ken worked their way upriver on the upper Gardner and came back singing the praises of this beautiful meadow stream in which numerous brook trout call their home and with spawning right around the corner, these fish were dressed in their Sunday’s best.

Many, many were caught and all were released to battle another day. Check back tomorrow to see how the last day of fishing treats everyone.

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Curtis Wright Outfitters 2013 Hosted Yellowstone Trip

Day 1

So today was the first official day of fishing, and everybody was eager to try their hand at Yellowstone country. Boy did we get a taste. The group had different agendas for the day with Ken, Chuck, Chris and Bob all going to stream X. Richard and Ralph hit the confluence of the Yellowstone and the Lamar and Jim and Julie did a wade trip with Park’s Fly shop. Herb Tom and John spent their day on the Lamar. Jason and Sang journeyed into the second meadow of Slough Creek while Jeff ,Aaron, and myself stopped at the first.

Jim and Julie had a great day beating up on the brookies in the am and chase some nicer fish in the afternoon. Ralph and Richard got into some really nice fish on the lower Lamar and they were feeding on Large Hopppers.

Herb, John, and Tom also did well with hoppers fishing the bigger water of the Lamar Canyon. Fish were coming from the depth to taste their presentation. The boys on Stream X were unfortunately greeted by extremely low water, but also by extremely eager fish. Fish were concentrated in the larger pools but were more than ready to eat. They experienced one session of super hot action at the mouth of stream X. Jason, Sang, Aaron, Jeff and Myself hiked into the 1st and 2nd meadow of Slough and Both had tremendous days fishing hoppers, beetles, and ants. and had some spectacular scenery to boot.

Just as our great first day was starting to wrap up Yellowstone showed us her hand and it included Thunder, Lightning, Rain and 3 stints of Hail. Not a bad thing to experience from inside but hiking out in that was an experience to say the least. Luckily we had Pork Tenderloin and roasted veggies when we got home to refuel, because we are definitely going to need the energy tomorrow with half of the group being on their own and the other half doing the first day of horseback to the 3rd meadow.

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Curtis Wright Outfitters 2013 Hosted Yellowstone Trip

Greetings for another round of the absolutely beautiful Yellowstone, and this year we added a state, Idaho. This year we wanted to explore a new area so we decided to add Idaho, and the Henry’s fork, With no power source and no internet connections my blogging would have to wait until today. Here is a selection of pictures from our week in Yellowstone and Idaho.

And how about some of the bugs:

Check back with us tomorrow to see how the first day of fishing turned out for our August group!!

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Pre fishing Yellowstone and Idaho

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