The hopper myth?

Larry wrote:
"rw" wrote




Bechler River, Yellowstone Park,


Now that knee surgery has me getting around a little better, the Bechler is
on my list ... by the descriptions I've read, including yours, it sounds
like my kinda place. I'll be sure to carry some hoppers.

Take bear spray.

I've heard of (but not seen) a hot spring at the Bechler where you can
hook a trout and then plop in into the hot spring to be poached. (the
cooking kind of poaching)

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"rw" wrote


Take bear spray.



I probably am going to buy some bear spray this year. I've only seen three
grizzly bears in all the times I've been to Jellystone, starting in 1971,
but I've had a couple people very seriously tell me that I should avoid
going alone into some places .. and I should carry spray in others.
People that weren't in a position to sell me spray G

Age, I guess, but I'm definitely not as bold as I once was. I tend to worry
about things like breaking a leg or getting lost ( I was really good at
x-country trail-less travel in the Sierras, but the downed trees and lack of
distinct landmarks makes the Yellowstone area seem far more daunting off
trail ). Things that I thought about back then but never 'worried about.'
And bears,too, more than I ever did when younger. Especially since I'm
hiking alone.

HEHE,
I was chatting with John Jurachek ( really nice, very knowledgeable, guy )
one evening and asked about "really needing " bear spray. He started on an
elaborate "If I hadn't had it that time" story which I soon interrupted with
my very impressed "Really?"

At that, he and the other locals in the room cracked up and I knew I'd been
had .... by 'gullible tourist story # 4, variation b ' G



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"If they call it tourist season, why can't we shoot them?"