I'm going for it this Saturday. I'm doing what I call the "out-n-back" day to Lamar River. Drive up Saturday morning, arrive by 9:30am to fish the Lamar River from 10:00am - 8:00pm, and then drive to get home around midnight. This is not the preferred option, but given the circumstances, it's what I'll be doing.
I didn't get to fish at all in June because we didn't take our normal trip up there in June.
I fished only about two hours on the Gibbon River in mid-July and an hour on the Gardner River. Nothing on the Lamar or Yellowstone or Slough Creek or Soda Butte Creek.
I might get to fish in the park over Labor Day. I'll get one day on Sept 17th. That is not alot of fishing for the year. That's all the fishing that's planned for the rest of the year.
Therefore, I'll be getting up early and going to bed late. BUT....I'll get to stand in the Lamar River this Saturday, and it will all be worth it.
I did this trip once last year for the mid-September day in the Lamar River. The day was INCREDIBLY AWESOME until 7:45pm when I cut the last fly off my line for that year. My heart sunk. "Man, that's it for this year." I thought. The sun dipped quickly behind the ridgeline, and it was immediately very dark, such that all I could focus on was getting through the park at night safely. I stopped in West Yellowstone for gas and said goodbye to the park for the year.
The fishing stayed on my brain a bit more throughout the winter than it normally does. And, the big snowpack had two impacts on me: 1) it kept the rivers blown out longer than normal and 2) I was really bummed about not getting much backcountry skiing in during a huge snow year because of the newborn baby in early March (yes, I have my priorities correct and Baby Noah certainly is more important than a few missed turns on the hills).
Anyway, I'm really excited. The 4:30am alarm on Saturday can't get here soon enough!! Who's coming with me?
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