The End in Sight

Sorry for the long interruption. The technical glitch is solved, I can upload photos once again.

Sunset on the Madison River, below Junction Pool

September is passing in a flash. The end of my Yellowstone season is in sight, it is bittersweet. My last work day is October 14^th.  I am really looking forward to being back home, and yet some of the best fishing is about to happen in these last few weeks.

Fall  color on the meadow at Whiskey Flat

Work is getting in the way of the fishing! Old Faithful becomes understaffed as the season draws to a close, so more hours of work for those of us who are left. I still manage to fish a lot by any normal standard, it’s just that there are so many fishing opportunities here.

The Park’s season is winding down too. Although Old Faithful Inn is sold-out right up until the last week, the daytime visitor traffic in the Park is way down. It is so much more enjoyable without the crowds…mid-July to mid-August bordered on the unpleasant.

Riverside Geyser eruption, Firehole River

Bull Elk, Big Bend Meadow on the Madison River

A lot has happened in the past month. I fished a day with Paul  Meyer, a Trout Unlimited buddy from Michigan, the end of August. Tom Quail and Joe Swantek, fishing buddies from Michigan, were here in the Park the first week. Ted, my coworker, and I had a terrific driftboat fishing trip with a guide on the lower Madison. The elk and moose are in their rut, bugling and putting on a  show. The fall run of trout up the Madison from Hebgen Lake is just beginning. Fall is settling on the Park with golden colors and frosty mornings.

Brown Trout on a dry flay; Grasshopper Bank on the Madison

I will try to post these stories in the coming couple of weeks.