In the post-Photophucket world, I'm posting this report in a few places. Hope the pics come through O.K.
I woke up this morning with a real dilemma on my hands. Chase the salmon flies on the Gallatin, or the golden stones on Hyalite Creek. I had caught my share of fish on the Gallatin, so I opted to go for two firsts - first fish on Hyalite Creek, and first fish on a golden stone pattern.
The damn salmon flies will have to wait.
This “creek” is more like a river. Still very fast, but wadable:
My wife snapped this shot of a yellow-black caddis-like fly on our fence:
Needless to say, I brought some yellow and orange striped stimulators, and of course the golden stones:
I fished double-fly rigs, and was happy to catch fish on all three patterns.
Can anyone confirm that these are not rainbows? They look like they could be golden trout, which I believe are found in a limited area in Montana, including where I was fishing. Could be rainbow/golden hybrids?:
The hot fly was the orange stimulator:
All in all, very productive morning on the dries. Stoked to catch some firsts. Water levels have been tapering, which means I might be able to try my trick knee on the bigger waters soon.
Parting shot - trout head gnawing on a stimulator:
Tight lines to my friends at P-Soul.
