Whiskey Creek Fly Fishing

GibbonRiver, originally uploaded by WhiskeyCreek.
Here is a shot of the Gibbon river in Yellowstone. This area will soon be much more difficult to reach, the road is being relocated higher up on the ridge (on the right in this photo).

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HenrysLakeHDR, originally uploaded by WhiskeyCreek.
Henry’s Lake in Idaho, as viewed from the dam. To more fully experience Henry’s Lake, grab a needle and poke yourself every 10 seconds to simulate the mosquitos.

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We usually power past the Frostop in Ashton, as this is at the end of a long drive. However, this week the kids pulled rank and forced the issue.  What a delight.
The BBQ sandwich turned out to be pulled pork topped with bacon with BBQ sauce. With a side of tots and a diet coke, [...]

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My family wanted to visit a new (to us) area of Yellowstone this year. We made the trek to the Cave Falls area, in the south west corner of the park. This is the corner actually in Idaho, and is known as the Cascade Corner because it features many falls and cascades.
We did some hiking [...]

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The Upper Coffee Pot campground is right on the Henry’s Fork, in the Mack’s Inn area. This is an outstanding place to teach kids to fly fish. The wading is very easy, the fish are very willing, and everytime that I’ve been there, the fish are rising.

A 2 mile dirt road leads to the campground. [...]

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Had a great day fishing the McCloud River Preserve the other day, part of the Nature Conservancy. Afterwards, while taking a rehydration break at the cabin, we ran into Christopher Babcock, one of the Field Scientist who keep the Preserve running. An actual River Keeper.

After chit-chat about fishing success (or lack thereof), weather, smoking regulations [...]

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MCloud River Redbands, California DFG Heritage Trout Challenge, McCloud River Preserve, The Nature Conservancy

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High Speed Internet, the latest browsers, searchable online document repositories, PDF files, and Google. Bent and sharpened steel, floss, chicken feathers, thread, copyright law, wasting time on a warm summer evening.
The new and the old are married with Google Books. That wonderful company that can afford to put everything online (and searchable).  Lots of old [...]

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