Fly Fishing Road Trips
Good People      Good Water       Good Fish

Wyoming is in two parts.  The first trout came on our first Grand Teton trip in the early 2000s before phone cameras, so there are no photos to make it official.  We even used a fly guide to float down the Snake River.  I still talk to the fly guide 25 years later.  I even sent him a wedding gift.​

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The second trout came on a friend and dog trip to the Grand Tetons.  This is one of my best stories, not that I cannot describe it well.  It was a long trip from Salt Lake, where I picked up Lauren. She is tired from Salt Lake's long drive to the Teton range. So, we pulled over and threw the kayak in the Hoback River about five miles upstream from a bridge and a general store.  The store and the bridge would be my home base until Lauren showed up hours later.  ​

Okay, I get to fish uninterrupted, but I still have three dogs I babysat.  As I'm angling, I see trout rising under the bridge.  The glare makes it really hard to see my fly.  I'm fishing with a yellow stimulator recommended to me for the first time, which is now my favorite dry fly.  I release my cast by a rock under the overpass and hook my first Wyoming trout.  But I don't take a picture.

 

 I keep fishing and catch two more small trout, but I never see the strike due to the glare.  I really focused this time as I missed many strikes.  A solid cast sees the yellow stimulator as it floats down just in the right spot.  As it passes the rock, I see the hit and set the hook!   I remember this well calling out loud to the dogs, "Fish on! Fish on!  Oh, my god, this is a fish, this is a huge fish!"  Before you knew it, a crowd showed up, including Lauren, who could not have come at a better time!   It was a 21 inches Snake River Cutthroat, by far the biggest trout I had ever caught!

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Wyoming is Done in a Big Way!