The cutthroat trout and grayling I caught were testament to that effort. The native fish of Yellowstone may have been initially overlooked, but they’re now the subject of one of the most hopeful restoration efforts on the continent. But the underwater wildlife is no less special, even if it is largely out of sight of most tourists. Yellowstone National Park is famous for its big wildlife: the wolves, bison, bears and more. As I retrieved my line, I noted a gray, silvery fish, one with a long, rounded dorsal fin. Again, a fish immediately smacked my fly. Mosquitoes swirled around my head, and I realized in my excitement I had forgotten to apply bug spray. I could see a bigger pool upstream, and noted that it was pocked with rising fish. I cast again to the same spot, and was soon tight to another fat cutthroat. Westslope cutthroat trout caught by the author. A westslope cutthroat trout, a fish that at one point was considered extirpated in Yellowstone. I stripped in line, and nearly gasped at the gorgeous, 14-inch fish I brought to net. I pulled out line on my 3-weight and cast a parachute Adams just upstream of the rise. I came to a river bend and saw a little splash dimple the surface. I’d have to remind myself every few minutes to loudly sing out a few bars of 80s pop tunes. I was in Yellowstone National Park, and I was searching for native fish.īy force of habit, I crept along the little river, keeping a low profile.
YELLOW STONE FISH FULL
But it was unremarkable as Rocky Mountain waters go: the western United States is full of streams and rivers filled with non-native, stunted brook trout.īut I had intel that this trip would prove different. Fun enough, especially if you had a new fly fisher traveling with you. I knew this river well from past trips: You’d drift a fly through any riffle, any pool, and catch 6-inch brook trout. states – and to use each adventure as a means to explore conservation, the latest fisheries research and our complicated connections to the natural world. I’m on a quest to catch a fish in each of the 50 U.S.
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