Yellowstone in early December

[RobG]

Making some calls to parks fly shop this coming week. I really hope I don't feel like I have to change much. I've got a 9' 6# so hoping that does the trick. May need a sink tip line though.

Parks will give good advice. If you can't handle it with a 6wt you probably don't want to be fishing.

 

[Deleted member 20812]

I hadn't thought of the snow shoes/ski idea

There's some good skiing about halfway between Gardiner and Cooke City.

 

[VAspeedgoat]

Dang I'm getting excited for this. Thank y'all so much for the advise. By all means keep it coming!

 

[2ski]

You want to soak in the Boiling River outside of Gardiner too.

As mentioned, the Lamar Valley between Gardiner and Cooke is a good place to see wolves. Fly fishing that 6 wt will be just fine. You'll have plenty of fishing in the Yellowstone of the wind isn't blazing. Take a day trip to Bozeman and you can fish the Gallatin and Madison.

It honestly will be nice and quiet for you I think. There will be snowmobiling in Cooke by that time maybe.

 

[Hunting Wife]

We only ever go in the winter. Most trips, the only thing we don’t see are bears on that drive. You guys should have a great trip! Bring a spotter if you have one to see the goats.

 

[Southern Elk]

You want to soak in the Boiling River outside of Gardiner too.

As mentioned, the Lamar Valley between Gardiner and Cooke is a good place to see wolves. Fly fishing that 6 wt will be just fine. You'll have plenty of fishing in the Yellowstone of the wind isn't blazing. Take a day trip to Bozeman and you can fish the Gallatin and Madison.

It honestly will be nice and quiet for you I think. There will be snowmobiling in Cooke by that time maybe.

The Boiling River is closed due to Covid.

 

[2ski]

The Boiling River is closed due to Covid.

Thats perfect. There won't be anyone there if you sneak in... lol

 

[Straight Arrow]

Thats perfect. There won't be anyone there if you sneak in... lol

But you oughter be cautious of otters! They play there too.

 

[2ski]

But you oughter be cautious of otters! They play there too.

Whats an otter doing on top of Roger's Pass?

 

[Straight Arrow]

Whats an otter doing on top of Roger's Pass?

The Boiling River is between Gardiner and Mammoth in YNP ... nowhere near Rogers Pass.

 

[Djfan]

Bring nymphs. That's about all that will be happening.

Great movie reference, 2ski!!

 

[Straight Arrow]

Great movie reference, 2ski!!

'Must be inside movie buffs joke.

 

[2ski]

'Must be inside movie buffs joke.

A River Runs Through it. Norman's future brother in law is telling the prostitute a story about an otter.

If you're a MT resident its like the law to have that movie memorized. That one and Holy Matrimony. Lol

 

[Straight Arrow]

If you're a MT resident its like the law to have that movie memorized.

Montana all my life; grandparents homesteaded MT. I have great memory ... 'just not very long. 'Must have missed that part with focus on fishing. Reading McClean's story as well as YOUNG MEN AND FIRE, I guess the sexy parts of that "MT law" escaped me as I focused on other stuff.

HOLY MATRIMONY totally escapes me; 'guess I'd better get outta the hills and get to the cinema more often. NOT!

Your clueless old Montana HT'er.

 

[BigHornRam]

Great thing about getting old SA. You can watch a movie 100 times, and every time it's a new movie!

 

[2ski]

'Must be inside movie buffs joke.

A River Runs Through it. Norman's future brother in law is telling the prostitute a story about an otter

Montana all my life; grandparents homesteaded MT. I have great memory ... 'just not very long. 'Must have missed that part with focus on fishing. Reading McClean's story as well as YOUNG MEN AND FIRE, I guess the sexy parts of that "MT law" escaped me as I focused on other stuff.

HOLY MATRIMONY totally escapes me; 'guess I'd better get outta the hills and get to the cinema more often. NOT!

Your clueless old Montana HT'er.

I'm just giving you a hard time. Saw your profile says you're in Gateway.

Holy Matrimony was a Patricia Arkette movie filmed in Great Falls. About a woman that steals some money with her ex-hutterite husband. The hide out on the colony. He dies. She has to marry his little brother(Joseph Gordon Lewitt) per tradition while she tries to find where the money is stashed. Riveting cinema as you can imagine. Lol There's a lot of MT extras in the movie.

 

[Straight Arrow]

A River Runs Through it. Norman's future brother in law is telling the prostitute a story about an otter

I'm just giving you a hard time. Saw your profile says you're in Gateway.

Holy Matrimony was a Patricia Arkette movie filmed in Great Falls. About a woman that steals some money with her ex-hutterite husband. The hide out on the colony. He dies. She has to marry his little brother(Joseph Gordon Lewitt) per tradition while she tries to find where the money is stashed. Riveting cinema as you can imagine. Lol There's a lot of MT extras in the movie.

Yep, Gatewayite. But grew up in Great Falls ... maybe some extras are also mighty, mighty GFHS Bison.

 

[2ski]

Yep, Gatewayite. But grew up in Great Falls ... maybe some extras are also mighty, mighty GFHS Bison.

I'm sure they are. At least the parts that are on screen for a millisecond. I'm sure Rustlers got better parts. Lol

I know for sure there's some Belt guys in it. Part of it was filmed in downtown Belt. There was a running back for CMR who ended up playing for the lowly griz whose mom was in the movie. I don't remember who else, though I did at one time. Look up the IMDB and you may recognize some names. You can borrow my VHS tape if you want to.

Also, none other than Spock directed it.

 

[BirdManMike]

Spock, Spock - you mean THE Spock, this guy?

 

[Zarn]

You don't need more than a 5 wt rod. At most a 6 wt