On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:37:57 GMT, "Joe McIntosh"
wrote:


"Charlie Choc" wrote in message -- joe
responds

glad to see you returned --don"t we get a trip report about your western
summer? even if no fishing is included--most of the messages here do not.

I took a lot of pictures and helped build some houses, went to a pow-wow and
rodeo, and generally had a ball, although 8 weeks is plenty long enough to sleep
in what amounts to a tent with wheels.

As for the fishing part, I floated the Bighorn and Yellowstone with 'Bouncer'
and we had a fine time and caught some nice fish. I also fished in Yellowstone,
but water was low and the streams were crowded - especially the Firehole and in
Lamar Valley. The park seemed more crowded the 1st 2 weeks of September than it
has been in July, and that combined with the rutting elk and bison make for some
dangerous encounters. Several people were hospitalized while I was there, mostly
by virtue of getting too close to bull elk. My best 'catching' was probably in
Grand Teton and just outside it on the Gros Ventre and the Snake. Not as many
fishermen down there but the place was thick with photographers, and you had to
be careful and stay away from the rutting moose by the rivers.
--
Charlie...
http://www.chocphoto.com