Author: Gary David Blount
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Gary David Blount’s Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at [email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to [email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to play.google.com, books.google.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals.
BTWE Firehole River - May 26, 1997 - Yellowstone National Park
Author: Gary David Blount
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Gary David Blount’s Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at [email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to [email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to play.google.com, books.google.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals.
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Gary David Blount’s Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at [email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to [email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to play.google.com, books.google.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals.
BTWE Firehole River - May 25, 1997 - Yellowstone National Park
Author: Gary David Blount
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Gary David Blount’s Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at [email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to [email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to books.google.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals.
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Gary David Blount’s Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at [email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to [email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to books.google.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals.
BTWE Hebgen Lake May 9, 1997 - Montana
Author: Gary David Blount
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Gary David Blount’s Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at [email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to [email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to books.google.com, playgoogle.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Introduction Hebgen Lake is one of the most productive reservoirs on this planet. The largest tributary to Hebgen Lake is the famous Madison River. The Madison River is the world’s largest Chalkstream. The Madison River is formed by the confluence of the Firehole River and Gibbon River at Madison Junction inside Yellowstone National Park. The thousands of Thermals, Geysers and Fumerals in its headwater tributaries; the Firehole River and the Gibbon River enrich the Madison Rivers ecosystem. This enriched water flows into the Madison Arm of Hebgen Lake. The entire Madison Arm contains massive weed beds and most of the Madison Arm is less than thirty-feet deep; which is perfect for prolific insect growth. Hebgen Lake elevation is 6,630-feet above sea level and is 22-miles in length. Hebgen Lake contains Rainbow Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Utah Chubs and Sculpins. Hebgen Lake contains Brown Trout, which will break the current Montana State record. During a fisheries study on Hebgen Lake in the early 1990’s a Hebgen Lake Brown Trout Brood Stock was captured in a fish trap on Duck Creek, which is a tributary to Hebgen Lake. This Brown Trout weighed over 30-pounds. The Montana State record is 29-pounds and was caught in Wade Lake, Montana in 1966 by E. H. Bacon. The fisheries biologist who was conducting the fisheries study was known to fish the “Narrows” by Kirkwood using Utah Chubs, a large Cannon Ball weight bounced off the bottom in attempt to catch this state record Brown Trout. Hebgen Lake is world renowned for its “Gulper” fishing during the White Winged Black emergence (Tricorythodes minutus) and Speckled Dun emergence (Callibaetis nigritis) in July, August and September. During this time of the year one will find ten to thirty-float tubers in the Madison Arm of Hebgen Lake.
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Gary David Blount’s Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” The purpose of this: Perpetual Wild Trout Recapture Angling Journal “A Public Fisheries Project” is to be the initial public Social Media generated “Wild Trout Fisheries” data base site to monitor and publish the variable changes in our “Wild Trout” fisheries for Perpetuity”. This is an invitation for you, your friends or your fishing club to participate in conducting recaptures: “Angling Day’s” published in all of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. These Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals encompass 35-years and contain over 1,500 - “Angling Day’s” documenting the daily “Wild Trout” catch rates, water temperature, water level, water turbidity, air temperature, weather conditions, daily hatches, stomach analysis from “Wild Trout” landed, “GDB” Custom Flies fished, fly fishing presentations, trout species, trout lengths and geographic location on over 35-different bodies of water in Montana, Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, Idaho and Washington. This Perpetual cursory research projects objective is to ascertain skilled or professional anglers at [email protected] and have them return to each body of water on the precise date, geographic location and time period fished contained in every one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Each ascertain skilled or professional angler will document their “Angler Day” using the same format I used in each one of my Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals along with their “Angler Day” photographs in “JPEG” format. Each skilled or professional anglers “Angling Day” written documentation and photographs will be e-mailed to [email protected] and I will publish them in Gary David Blount “Yearly” Perpetual Rocky Mountain Fishing Journal. To preview excerpts from each one of Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals go to books.google.com, playgoogle.com and to view on You Tube.com in the search bar type Gary David Blount Rocky Mountain Fishing Journals. Introduction Hebgen Lake is one of the most productive reservoirs on this planet. The largest tributary to Hebgen Lake is the famous Madison River. The Madison River is the world’s largest Chalkstream. The Madison River is formed by the confluence of the Firehole River and Gibbon River at Madison Junction inside Yellowstone National Park. The thousands of Thermals, Geysers and Fumerals in its headwater tributaries; the Firehole River and the Gibbon River enrich the Madison Rivers ecosystem. This enriched water flows into the Madison Arm of Hebgen Lake. The entire Madison Arm contains massive weed beds and most of the Madison Arm is less than thirty-feet deep; which is perfect for prolific insect growth. Hebgen Lake elevation is 6,630-feet above sea level and is 22-miles in length. Hebgen Lake contains Rainbow Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Mountain Whitefish, Utah Chubs and Sculpins. Hebgen Lake contains Brown Trout, which will break the current Montana State record. During a fisheries study on Hebgen Lake in the early 1990’s a Hebgen Lake Brown Trout Brood Stock was captured in a fish trap on Duck Creek, which is a tributary to Hebgen Lake. This Brown Trout weighed over 30-pounds. The Montana State record is 29-pounds and was caught in Wade Lake, Montana in 1966 by E. H. Bacon. The fisheries biologist who was conducting the fisheries study was known to fish the “Narrows” by Kirkwood using Utah Chubs, a large Cannon Ball weight bounced off the bottom in attempt to catch this state record Brown Trout. Hebgen Lake is world renowned for its “Gulper” fishing during the White Winged Black emergence (Tricorythodes minutus) and Speckled Dun emergence (Callibaetis nigritis) in July, August and September. During this time of the year one will find ten to thirty-float tubers in the Madison Arm of Hebgen Lake.
Firehole River - Yellowstone National Park
Author: Gary David Blount
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Introduction The Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park flows through some of the most breath taking scenery in the World. The Firehole River originates high in the Rocky Mountains on the east side of the Continental Divide from its source, Madison Lake. The Firehole River flows northwesterly through the Yellowstone Caldera that encompasses Yellowstone National Park. The entire length of the Firehole River is Fly Fishing only, Catch and Release for Rainbow Trout. The Firehole River passes through a valley that contains 90% of all the visible thermal features within Yellowstone National Park, the most widely know is Old Faithful Geyser. There are other notable Geysers, Fumaroles and Hot Pools to see while your fishing the Firehole River Valley: Lone Star Geyser, Castle Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Emerald Pool, Morning Glory Pool, Sapphire Pool, Excelsior Geyser Crater, Great Fountain Geyser, White Dome Geyser, Hot Lake, Fountain Paint Pots and Imperial Geyser. These scenic sites are located in four distinct areas along the Firehole River; Lower Geyser Basin, Midway Geyser, Black Sand Basin and Upper Geyser Basin. The Firehole River cascades off the Rocky Mountains to a beautiful waterfalls called Kepler Cascades located southeast of Old Faithful off the Grand Loop Highway. Below Kepler Cascades the Firehole River’s gradient declines significantly to a slow meandering stream with shallow riffles spread randomly downstream to the next waterfall, Cascades of the Firehole River, fifteen-miles downstream. A short distance downstream from Cascades of the Firehole are Firehole Falls, which is impassable for upstream migrating fish, however the “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery can migrate downstream over the waterfalls and survive the waterfall plunge. The Firehole Falls segregates the Firehole River into two-distinct Trout fisheries that I shall refer to as the “Upper” Firehole River and secondly the “Lower” Firehole River. The “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery above Firehole Falls consists of a self-sustaining population’s of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout. The trout fishery in the short section of the “Lower” Firehole River below the Firehole Falls to its confluence with the Gibbon River, which creates the Madison River; consists of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish which migrate into the “Lower” Firehole River to spawn from the lake below, Hebgen Lake. The “Upper” Firehole River is lined with hundreds of thermal features; Geysers, Mud Pots, Fumaroles and Mineral Pools pouring their hot mineral rich waters into the Firehole River. This hot mineral rich water warms the Firehole River and creates early spring prolific hatches of May Flies: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) and Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.). The Firehole River has produced some of the best Dry Fly Fishing I have ever experienced. At times I have seen May Fly and Caddis Fly emergence so heavy that there was an insect on every square-foot of the river. In the springtime there are Bison, Elk, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese along the grassy and wooded areas of the Firehole River Valley. In the fall there are mature Bull Elk with their harems, Bull Bison with their cows, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese throughout the “Upper” Firehole River Basin. It is an incredible thrill to be fishing to rising trout in the Firehole River, just a few feet away a Geyser will be shooting super heated water high into the sky or Fumaroles will be making gurgling sounds from deep within the earth. The trout fishery in the “Upper” Firehole River consists of Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout 6 to 20-inches in length with the average being 10 to 14- inches in length. There are some fishermen and the National Park Service personnel who say there are Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout in the Firehole River but from the thousands of trout I have landed from the Firehole River I have yet to catch one. In the springtime the trout fishery is clearly distributed throughout its entire length but when summer comes the Firehole River gets extremely warm, often over 80 degrees Fahrenheit and the trout fishery will migrate towards the numerous cold-water tributary streams entering the Firehole River. During the summer month’s fishermen can find the majority of the trout fishery centralized at the confluences of these cold-water tributaries with the Firehole River or in the cold-water tributaries themselves. Each year the fishing season opens the fourth Saturday in May to allow Rainbow Trout to conclude their spawning quest. In the fall when the water temperature cools from the cold nights the trout fishery again disperses throughout the Firehole River system and May Flies: Late Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis parvus), Little Western Blue-Winged Olive (Ephemerella margarita), Tiny Western Olive (Pseudocloeon edmundsi), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Little Tan Short Horn Sedge (Glossosoma sp.) hatches intensify as well. The best fishing on the “Upper” Firehole River occurs when there are overcast skies, rainstorms or snowstorms and when the Swallows are flying over the rivers surface feeding on emerging insects. The “Lower” Firehole River flows through a carved out Rhyolite Lava Canyon with canyon walls towering hundreds of feet above the river. The gradient of the river increases and the river is strewn with large Rhyolite Lava boulders and ledges. This section consists of mostly pocket water with deep pools and small runs. In springtime there is a hatch of Salmon Flies (Pteronarcys californica) and Golden Stone Flies: Western Big Golden Stone (Calineuria californica) and Western Medium Golden Brown Stone (Isoperla sp.) that were transplanted into the Firehole River by the National Park Service some twenty-years ago. There are May Fly: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) emergences in the canyon but they are not as prolific as in the “Upper” Firehole River. The “Lower” Firehole River during the fall months is a heavily used spawning area for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish that have migrated upstream through the Madison River from Hebgen Lake. These Hebgen Lake Spawning Trout are large in size, Rainbow Trout 14 to 24-inches in length and weighing 2 to 8-pounds and Brown Trout 14 to over 30-inches in length and weighing 2 to 20-pounds. Fall is the time of the year I look forward to fishing the “Lower” Firehole River.
Publisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Introduction The Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park flows through some of the most breath taking scenery in the World. The Firehole River originates high in the Rocky Mountains on the east side of the Continental Divide from its source, Madison Lake. The Firehole River flows northwesterly through the Yellowstone Caldera that encompasses Yellowstone National Park. The entire length of the Firehole River is Fly Fishing only, Catch and Release for Rainbow Trout. The Firehole River passes through a valley that contains 90% of all the visible thermal features within Yellowstone National Park, the most widely know is Old Faithful Geyser. There are other notable Geysers, Fumaroles and Hot Pools to see while your fishing the Firehole River Valley: Lone Star Geyser, Castle Geyser, Grotto Geyser, Emerald Pool, Morning Glory Pool, Sapphire Pool, Excelsior Geyser Crater, Great Fountain Geyser, White Dome Geyser, Hot Lake, Fountain Paint Pots and Imperial Geyser. These scenic sites are located in four distinct areas along the Firehole River; Lower Geyser Basin, Midway Geyser, Black Sand Basin and Upper Geyser Basin. The Firehole River cascades off the Rocky Mountains to a beautiful waterfalls called Kepler Cascades located southeast of Old Faithful off the Grand Loop Highway. Below Kepler Cascades the Firehole River’s gradient declines significantly to a slow meandering stream with shallow riffles spread randomly downstream to the next waterfall, Cascades of the Firehole River, fifteen-miles downstream. A short distance downstream from Cascades of the Firehole are Firehole Falls, which is impassable for upstream migrating fish, however the “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery can migrate downstream over the waterfalls and survive the waterfall plunge. The Firehole Falls segregates the Firehole River into two-distinct Trout fisheries that I shall refer to as the “Upper” Firehole River and secondly the “Lower” Firehole River. The “Upper” Firehole River trout fishery above Firehole Falls consists of a self-sustaining population’s of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout. The trout fishery in the short section of the “Lower” Firehole River below the Firehole Falls to its confluence with the Gibbon River, which creates the Madison River; consists of Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish which migrate into the “Lower” Firehole River to spawn from the lake below, Hebgen Lake. The “Upper” Firehole River is lined with hundreds of thermal features; Geysers, Mud Pots, Fumaroles and Mineral Pools pouring their hot mineral rich waters into the Firehole River. This hot mineral rich water warms the Firehole River and creates early spring prolific hatches of May Flies: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) and Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.). The Firehole River has produced some of the best Dry Fly Fishing I have ever experienced. At times I have seen May Fly and Caddis Fly emergence so heavy that there was an insect on every square-foot of the river. In the springtime there are Bison, Elk, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese along the grassy and wooded areas of the Firehole River Valley. In the fall there are mature Bull Elk with their harems, Bull Bison with their cows, Grizzly Bears, Black Bears, Moose, Mule Deer, Coyotes, Wolves, River Otters, Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Ospreys, Great Blue Herons, Trumpeter Swans and Canadian Geese throughout the “Upper” Firehole River Basin. It is an incredible thrill to be fishing to rising trout in the Firehole River, just a few feet away a Geyser will be shooting super heated water high into the sky or Fumaroles will be making gurgling sounds from deep within the earth. The trout fishery in the “Upper” Firehole River consists of Rainbow Trout and Brown Trout 6 to 20-inches in length with the average being 10 to 14- inches in length. There are some fishermen and the National Park Service personnel who say there are Brook Trout and Cutthroat Trout in the Firehole River but from the thousands of trout I have landed from the Firehole River I have yet to catch one. In the springtime the trout fishery is clearly distributed throughout its entire length but when summer comes the Firehole River gets extremely warm, often over 80 degrees Fahrenheit and the trout fishery will migrate towards the numerous cold-water tributary streams entering the Firehole River. During the summer month’s fishermen can find the majority of the trout fishery centralized at the confluences of these cold-water tributaries with the Firehole River or in the cold-water tributaries themselves. Each year the fishing season opens the fourth Saturday in May to allow Rainbow Trout to conclude their spawning quest. In the fall when the water temperature cools from the cold nights the trout fishery again disperses throughout the Firehole River system and May Flies: Late Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis parvus), Little Western Blue-Winged Olive (Ephemerella margarita), Tiny Western Olive (Pseudocloeon edmundsi), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Little Tan Short Horn Sedge (Glossosoma sp.) hatches intensify as well. The best fishing on the “Upper” Firehole River occurs when there are overcast skies, rainstorms or snowstorms and when the Swallows are flying over the rivers surface feeding on emerging insects. The “Lower” Firehole River flows through a carved out Rhyolite Lava Canyon with canyon walls towering hundreds of feet above the river. The gradient of the river increases and the river is strewn with large Rhyolite Lava boulders and ledges. This section consists of mostly pocket water with deep pools and small runs. In springtime there is a hatch of Salmon Flies (Pteronarcys californica) and Golden Stone Flies: Western Big Golden Stone (Calineuria californica) and Western Medium Golden Brown Stone (Isoperla sp.) that were transplanted into the Firehole River by the National Park Service some twenty-years ago. There are May Fly: Early Blue-Winged Olive (Baetis tricaudatus), Pale Morning Dun (Ephemerella inermis and Ephemerella infrequens), Small Western Green Drake (Ephemerella flavilinea), Western Green Drake (Drunella grandis), Midges (Diptera / Chironomous) and Caddis Flies: Grannom (Brachycentrus occidentalis), Spotted Sedge (Hydropsyche sp.) and Green Sedge (Ryacophila sp.) emergences in the canyon but they are not as prolific as in the “Upper” Firehole River. The “Lower” Firehole River during the fall months is a heavily used spawning area for Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Mountain Whitefish that have migrated upstream through the Madison River from Hebgen Lake. These Hebgen Lake Spawning Trout are large in size, Rainbow Trout 14 to 24-inches in length and weighing 2 to 8-pounds and Brown Trout 14 to over 30-inches in length and weighing 2 to 20-pounds. Fall is the time of the year I look forward to fishing the “Lower” Firehole River.
Yellowstone Bison
Author: Patrick James White
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934948302
Category : American bison
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934948302
Category : American bison
Languages : en
Pages :
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Yellowstone National Park
Author: John Hamilton
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1604532394
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Discusses the history of this national park, its geological features, plant and animal life, dangers in the park, and efforts to preserve it.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1604532394
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Discusses the history of this national park, its geological features, plant and animal life, dangers in the park, and efforts to preserve it.
Yellowstone Grizzly Bears
Author: Daniel D. Bjornlie
Publisher: National Park Service Yellowstone National Park
ISBN: 9780934948463
Category : Bear populations
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher: National Park Service Yellowstone National Park
ISBN: 9780934948463
Category : Bear populations
Languages : en
Pages :
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Geologic Field-trip Guide to the Volcanic and Hydrothermal Landscape of the Yellowstone Plateau
Author: Lisa A. Morgan
Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9781411342040
Category : Calderas
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9781411342040
Category : Calderas
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Your Guide to the National Parks
Author: Michael Joseph Oswald
Publisher: Stone Road Press
ISBN: 1621280764
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. National Parks are some of the most beautiful and popular destinations in the United States. They’re also vast expanses of largely undeveloped wilderness. To make the most of your next national park adventure, you’ll want a good guide. This full-color travel guidebook is the ultimate tool to simplify your travel planning. Detailed maps highlighting popular attractions and trailheads help visualize your itinerary. Lodging, camping, and hiking tables make choosing where to stay and what trails to hike easy. Hiking is explored in depth, but you’ll find details, including outfitter essentials, on all the most popular activities. Whether you’re looking to raft the Grand Canyon, see Old Faithful erupt, climb Mount Rainier, or simply select the perfect place to lay back and stare at the stars, you’ll find those details too. Tips and recommendations from the author help you decide when to visit and how to avoid crowds. Hundreds of lists put the best of America’s Best Idea at your fingertips. A dozen suggested road trips, including hundreds of noteworthy stops beyond the parks, provide the building blocks for a trip of a lifetime. The completely updated third edition features more than 150 large maps and 100 easy-to-read tables. 550 new photos showcase our most scenic treasures before you set foot in them. When you do, you’ll want to maximize time on your next national park adventure by planning it with the help of a good guide. Let this book be Your Guide to the National Parks.
Publisher: Stone Road Press
ISBN: 1621280764
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
Winner of the National Outdoor Book Award. National Parks are some of the most beautiful and popular destinations in the United States. They’re also vast expanses of largely undeveloped wilderness. To make the most of your next national park adventure, you’ll want a good guide. This full-color travel guidebook is the ultimate tool to simplify your travel planning. Detailed maps highlighting popular attractions and trailheads help visualize your itinerary. Lodging, camping, and hiking tables make choosing where to stay and what trails to hike easy. Hiking is explored in depth, but you’ll find details, including outfitter essentials, on all the most popular activities. Whether you’re looking to raft the Grand Canyon, see Old Faithful erupt, climb Mount Rainier, or simply select the perfect place to lay back and stare at the stars, you’ll find those details too. Tips and recommendations from the author help you decide when to visit and how to avoid crowds. Hundreds of lists put the best of America’s Best Idea at your fingertips. A dozen suggested road trips, including hundreds of noteworthy stops beyond the parks, provide the building blocks for a trip of a lifetime. The completely updated third edition features more than 150 large maps and 100 easy-to-read tables. 550 new photos showcase our most scenic treasures before you set foot in them. When you do, you’ll want to maximize time on your next national park adventure by planning it with the help of a good guide. Let this book be Your Guide to the National Parks.
Yellowstone National Park, Its Exploration and Establishment, 1974
Author: Aubrey L. Haines
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : West (U.S.)
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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