03-07-2019, 12:09 PM
Oh, I still dream of that place. Every spring! But my busiest season is from ice out to May 15, prime time for the steelhead run. Otherwise, I'd be on it every season. If there was a good fall run there, I'd be on that in a heartbeat too. That was the most unique and awesome place I've ever steelhead fished. Big wild fish in a trickle of water, none of that spey crap. Mostly sight fishing. Never got one to take a dry though.
As for that other place back in WY, yes it has turned into a joke. There is another internet forum that it got huge exposure on year after year after year by a few guys with all the big fish, and people are now coming from all over the country to fish there. All the regional guides fish there when their rivers are high and blown out, as well as a bunch of full timers. And then all the locals (UT-ID) who never used to fish there, now it's their normal hangout. Both campgrounds are often full, as well as every little pull out below the campgrounds. But it's not unique, more like a sign of the times. There are no major waterways anywhere in the west that are secrets anymore. It was just one of the last ones during the 90s and early 2000s where you could go and have a big river all to yourself on most days. One must hike the blue lines to get away now, like you do. Or, fish the fringe seasons, and the other less popular sections like I do. Or be like Mike, and move to Florida!
There's a ton of people in South Florida, but the Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands is still a good place to get lost! Where I've been fishing in Mexico, we generally only see a couple or three boats all day, and most days we never see another fly fisherman.
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As for that other place back in WY, yes it has turned into a joke. There is another internet forum that it got huge exposure on year after year after year by a few guys with all the big fish, and people are now coming from all over the country to fish there. All the regional guides fish there when their rivers are high and blown out, as well as a bunch of full timers. And then all the locals (UT-ID) who never used to fish there, now it's their normal hangout. Both campgrounds are often full, as well as every little pull out below the campgrounds. But it's not unique, more like a sign of the times. There are no major waterways anywhere in the west that are secrets anymore. It was just one of the last ones during the 90s and early 2000s where you could go and have a big river all to yourself on most days. One must hike the blue lines to get away now, like you do. Or, fish the fringe seasons, and the other less popular sections like I do. Or be like Mike, and move to Florida!
There's a ton of people in South Florida, but the Everglades and Ten Thousand Islands is still a good place to get lost! Where I've been fishing in Mexico, we generally only see a couple or three boats all day, and most days we never see another fly fisherman.
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