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Posts: 1115 12/01/2009 20:19 Angry Andy |
 The Gallatin, most every year since
1977. I haven't been there lately (the last 3 years) due to physical problems, but I hope to get out there for at least a month in 2010. Over the years
I've fished most of the tributaries. Never met Dennis (Firehole) to introduce myself, but I surely must have seen him fishing one of My favorite
stretches.
A spot I fished almost daily when at Big Sky.
"You can't make new old friends"
 Andy
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Posts: 501 12/01/2009 21:23 |
My nom de plume (as in East Prong of the Little River, Smokies) and avatar (Beaverkill) tell you.
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Posts: 4083 12/01/2009 21:58 Local user |
Andy,
When you come out here in 2010 we'll have to meet and enyoy some days fishing. I'm sure you can show me water I haven't touched. Looking foward to the day we meet!!! Dennis |
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Posts: 102 12/02/2009 03:24 |
A very special river in Central BC that I refuse to name. No offense, but I don't want to ever see anyone there.
 
A Man of Pleasure, Enterprise, Wit and Spirit. Rare Books, Big Game Hunting, English Rifles and Paradoxes, Fly Fishing, Explosives, Chauvenism, Insensitivity, Public Drunkeness and Sloth, Champion of Lost and Unpopular Causes. |
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Arctic Grayling.fiberglassflyro... |
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Posts: 102 12/06/2009 05:38 |
Wow! I wish there were still waters like that in Alaska. But Alaskan waters are either all fished out or polluted by mining or oil spills. I guess I'll
have to head to the Bad Lands and fish with Bill. I wonder if he will accept my harem??? Left to me by the Saudi Oil Princes of course!
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Posts: 136 12/07/2009 09:45 |
Almost anywhere in the Catskills, especially the wild trout streams that drain Slide Mountain, the highest peak in the Catskills... there are four that do, all
contain wild brook trout and wild browns - the Esopus contains wild bows... three of the four streams are: the Esopus, the East and West Branches of the
Neversink that join to form the Neversink, and the fourth is a headwater brook trout stream John Burroughs called the "prettiest stream" in the
Catskills... In fact his written words were,
"My eyes had never
before beheld such beauty in a mountain stream. The water was almost as transparent as the air, - was, indeed, like
liquid air; and as it lay in these wells and pits enveloped in shadow, a perpetual feast to the eye, - so cool, so deep, so pure; every reach and pool like a
vast spring."
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Posts: 137 12/07/2009 09:49 |
Ben Kann wrote:Simply not true... I have fished the Esopus Creek watershed 30-40 times a year, or more, since 1970 and here to tell you the good news is the Esopus never fished better than in 2008 and 2009, this season... It does contain Didymo now, as do most of the major Catskill streams including the Bevaerkill and Delaware system... the Esopus is alive and well with wild rainbows and browns... |
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Posts: 23 12/08/2009 19:10 |
The Madison river in the park, wow!
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Posts: 1120 12/08/2009 23:29 Angry Andy |
Looks more like the Gibbon to me.
"You can't make new old friends"
Andy
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Posts: 4095 12/08/2009 23:58 Local user |
Andy,
Your spot looks very much like the area I've fished for last 10 years plus I've seen a fair number bighorn sheep on west side of the river above the rock wall. Downstream from your pic are some nice stretches of deep water against the rock wall. The Madison is one of my favorites rivers especially in the fall with rut on. Dennis 
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alistair59 |
Northern stream I love | #51 | ||
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Posts: 263 12/09/2009 01:00 |
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Posts: 1141 12/09/2009 01:30 |
firehole wrote:Dennis, Man what an idyllic setting. Beautiful picture. Anyone that wouldn't be absolutely thrilled to be fishing an area like that with that view,well I'd be inclined to wonder if they were really alive or not. Thanks for sharing it. Will |
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Posts: 1027 12/09/2009 07:30 |
Yes, exactly...well put, would be hard to walk away...
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Posts: 39 12/09/2009 14:22 |
well i do not mind sharing the names of the rivers and creeks that i fish in va. nc. for trout (smallmouth) the james,shennodoah the dan river(trout)the north
creek, the jennings so. roanoke riverthese are some fine smallmouth and trout and of course my very favorite back creek,
dry creek all in va. nc. little river yadkin new river for small mouths trout there too many to list but iguessd i would say the tuck, all the streams in the gsmts cherrokee and little piegeon to name afew. regards charlie be sure and take lots of yellow sallys woolybuggers blk yellow white and charturse and my very favorite thr yellowhammer |
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boone.flyfishingarkan... |
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Posts: 6 12/18/2009 08:20 |
I guess I will always have to address these questions two ways, the one where I live now and my life for 13 years in Colorado. The Yampa River was my favorite
overall trout stream. That being said, it was tough to not but The S. Platte, my home waters, right there. Many unnamed and won't name streams that I loved
in the high country.
In Texas, well, for trout it's gotta be the Lower Mountain Fork. I do love going to N. Arkansas to paddle that water and fish for those monsters. |
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Posts: 367 12/18/2009 10:32 |
Just read the whole thread, and some beutiful rivers named. Seems we are somewhat over-represented by the big western waters, understandable, they are the
siren song for many of us stuck here in the east. That said, I can attest that there still remains MUCH great water here in the overpopulated overdeveloped
east. Any who have fished the Catskills and say , ho hum are either dead or lying (one can usually tell by the smell). The Housatonic in MAss ha,
unfortunately, been "discovered" it is an entirely wild fishery, having been badly polluted with heavy metals any fish caught there is inedible but
over the years enough browns stocked in the feeders have migrated into the Housatonics cold clear waters to bring in a sustainable wild population. So for all
you Guys here in MA and Conn. cue hypnotic sci-fi music "the Housatonic in CT is Sooooo much better, this is not the Housatonic you are looking for,
you must move south, it much better there....."
In PA all I can say is Centre County. Even NJ has some nice waters. And since it has not recieved any mention yet, there are few places on the planet that can match the cheat river drainage in West Virginia. It has everything, headwaters that are so full of brookies they are stunted to 4 and 5 inces, long unbroken stretches of moderate size streams crossed by a single dirt road, full of plunge pools and wild brookies in the 10"-12" range with the occasional 14" monster. You can get miles away from any road on rivers as big as the lower Beaverkill to catch wild Browns who have seldom if ever seen adry fly. You can hit the lower sections for BIG smallmouth bass. You will be pestered by mink, otter, deer an occasional bear and if you are quiet, West Virginia has one of the largest bobcat populations anywhere. The one denizen of the deep woodsyou will almost never see is another fisherman. Unless of course you are silly enough to fish within 100 yards of a bridge over stocked water orto fish in one of the declared "wilderness" areas. I am pretty sure that "wilderness" is a designation used by the locals to direct all those DC, VA and PA license plates into a parking lot away from anything useful. Just my thoughts. Oh my favorite stream? I will always have a soft spot for Slate Run in Northern PA, and next maybe young womens creek. Not necesarily for the great trout (which are there) but because of memories of a misspent youth. |
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a trio of streams | #57 | ||
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Posts: 172 12/18/2009 12:17 |
I dredged up some pics of my favorite streams....as previously mentioned this is Deep Creek SMNP in the SW corner of NC near Bryson City
this next one is the Pit River in Northern California 
and the last one is not so much the stream, it being the headwaters of the North Fork of the Stilliguamish near Darrington WA, but rather why I love it so much...the pic is of my stepson Jon B. who just caught his first fish on a flyrod....the memory of that day and his smile alone will always make that stream my favorite here in WA...he is now my fishing buddy, as that fish hooked him deeper than he hooked the fish, and is always ready to go out and fly fish with me....that is priceless in my life and one of the reason why why I love flyfishing as my dad and grandad did the same thing for me...so just passing it on down to the younger gererations...dj 
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fisheye444 |
not my favorite, but close. | #58 | ||
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Posts: 173 12/18/2009 23:27 |
nwdlj - Thank you for posting the Pit
picture.
In the 70's I spent most of my vacation day fishing the Pit, your picture brings back fond memories. |
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St. Joe river | #60 | ||
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Posts: 4111 12/19/2009 23:24 Local user |
The upper St. Joe River is another one of my favorite streams for westslope cutts.
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