On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:52:14 -0700, rw wrote:

ray wrote:


I'm planning on fishing in Yellowstone Park in October - specifically, the
Bechler area - extreme south west corner. The season in Yellowstone ends
the first weekend in November. FWIW there are a number of streams open all
year in Idaho - one such stretch is Portneuf river between Lava Hot
Springs and American Falls.

I've fished the Bechler. It's pretty cool -- a classic meadow stream
with very large and VERY spooky fish. Try downstream presentations with
hoppers and other terrestrials. I'd wait (and wait and wait) for a fish
to reveal itself with a rise before even trying a presentation. This is
the right time of the year -- earlier, it's lousy with mosquitoes.

You can go below the falls and catch lots of small fish. The big ones
are above the falls.

Watch out for the bears.

Thanks for the pointers - I appreciate it. It will be my first time
fishing in that area - we did stop bye earlier in the year on a 'day
trip'. I'm also quite new to fly fishing, so we'll see what happens.