"rw" wrote


The ideal boat for Hegben, IMO, would be a motorized runabout.

When do you think you'll be there?



Agree on the boat ... it's a big place and sometimes it would be nice to get
to another part of it quickly ... the only Hebgen specialist guide I know
uses a Boston Whaler and about a 150hp motor. The fish tend to be pretty
damn noise/wave shy though and I've had better luck in a kickboat than in a
pram (my first all summer trip, five or six years back I took a 8 foot pram
AND two kickboats AND a float tube ... asadi's cowboy ain't got nothin on me
:-) mainly, I think, because of noise. Bob Lamm, a 'famous' guide I know
through the dog world, likes to take his clients out in a canoe ... he
paddles and positions, they fish, they catch fish ... looks like a good
system for the place, .... um, maybe a canoe on top wouldn't be a bad idea ?
G


The real, genuine, world famous Gulpers happen most reliably in mid-August
...... the lake fishes well all season, often to rising fish, but the real,
genuine, world famous Gulpers really are something very special, not to be
believed until experienced. Not sure if I'll be there this year or not,
yet.

This summer could be special, I'm prayin' for a cool wet one to compliment
the snow pack and making plans, if not commitments, to fish harder and
longer than in the hot and dry conditions we've suffered too often the last
few years. No place I've ever been has the same appeal as "Greater
Yellowstone" in a cool, wet, summer .. it's magical .... and, .. rare.