6/20/2008
Been gone on vacation
I haven't posted in a week and I'm finally getting back in the groove. I took my family to Yellowstone national park last week. Stacy and I had been there around 22 years ago and now it was time to take Preston and revisit. Some things have changed but for the most part the park has been well maintained. The weather was diverse to say the least. Two days of partly cloudy Sky's and a light rain then the clod weather moved in. The snow set in and stayed for 3 days! Some of it was light but one day it really got with the program.Preston had never been a real snow and got to experience a 6 inch snow flurry. When it first started the visibility was down to 75 yards at the most but it soon thinned out. We were on a trail ride, scheduled to be on horse back but was changed to covered wagon due to the bad conditions. When the Snow fall lightened up we were treated to a beautiful scene, that of a soft blanket of pure white snow covering the whole valley we were riding through. The Bison had snow on their backs and a Black Wolf ran across the trail silhouetted on the pure white back ground as we leisurely moved on. We were also treated to a visit from a Black Bear during our Cowboy cook out at the end of the ride. We really had a great trip even with the colder temperatures. We saw all manner of Flora and Fauna, it was also a treat to see some of the new born animals playing with their siblings. I got to fish for a short time and managed to catch Two nice Brown Trout in the 10" size. I really liked the Orvis 7 piece 5 wt. frequent flier travel rod matched with the Battenkill mid arbor reel. The set up packs neatly in your carry on luggage. The fly I used was an Elks hair Caddis pattern, about a size 12 or 14, I'm' not sure because I hardly ever use a hook smaller than a size8 on any of my flies I use on the coast. Any way I will try to post some pictures soon from our trip. Looking to getting back on the water this week end. Hopefully the Red fish will be on the flats and the wind will be light.
Tight lines, Mike
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