SLC Recurve
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Anybody have any recommendations for some remote streams in the Big Sky or West Yellowstone area? I'm traveling light and don't mind hiking a few miles to get there. Any advice is appreciated.
Try Slough Creek over in the NE part of the park if you want to hike in for some good fishing.
The Madison river below Quake Lake is my all-time favorite place to fish on Earth.
I was out there the last two weeks, and that section of the Madison was on fire.
Don't know if it was due to the Hebgen dam finally releasing cold water again, the cooler/cold weather (snowed along the Madison and Gallatin Monday before last), or just the alignment of the planets, but dry fly action was fast and furious, and it was hard to drift a nymph behind a rock without a fish on.
The guides at Galloup's said it was best fishing they had seen in many years.
And, now I'm ready to go back
Yeah, if I was traveling without the family I could get by with backpack, fly rod and a 4wd just fine. Thats the way to do Montana IMHO. Oh yeah, and don't forget bear spray. We did run into a grizzly mom and a cub in the park one day.
We already plan to spend a day on the Madison and another on the Gallatin, but I was trying to work in a little backcountry hiking too. Those are some great ideas. Thanks again!
Don't want to hijack this tread.....but spend the $40-$50 on bear spray, forget the gun. Bear Spray is much more effective anyway.....plus if you really do back country fishing you can keep the spray close at hand while wading.