(Provided by an original Grumpy Old Man)
(Update 12/6/2009)
This past summer we had the pleasure to meet and have dinner with a group of combat veterans through "Project Healing Waters". They had just completed a day on the North Platte River with guides from The Platte River Fly Shop http://www.wyomingflyfishing.com/ . (They do not know I have put a reference to them in here, but if they work with this group they deserve a mention here..) It was difficult to control emotions with these brave folks who are recovering from devastating wounds they got in the service to the USA and you and I. They are rehabilitating through the use of their limbs in fly fishing and tying flies. I heartily endorse this organization and hope you do too. You can find more information about them on the web at: http://projecthealingwaters.org/ . Please shop the companies with links on their page as the price is right and it provides support to the wounded warriors.
Where to fish in Wyoming? Most of the streams and ponds fish well. You may know a lot about
fly fishing, but new areas are tough and our local guides know their stuff. I highly recommend
using a guide for at least the first time in this area..
Need a few new streams? Montana is pretty good too!
We love going up to the Clark's Fork in Wyoming, or Montana in the summer to try some of their famous streams.
You haven't fished until you have hit the Big Horn River near the dam. An
overnight float on the South Fork of the Snake in Idaho has got be in our plans
again. It has always been
good. You might want to try the Henry's Fork near the West Entrance to Yellowstone.
If you are after Cutthroats, another hot spot is inside Yellowstone Park on Soda
Butte Creek (feeds the Lamar River) with easy access from Cooke City, MT.
For you died in the wool fly fishers, take the challenge of Wyoming's Cutt-Slam---
Catch in Wyoming and photograph one each of the Colorado River Cutthroat, the
Bonneville Cutthroat, the Snake River Cutthroat, and the Yellowstone Cutthroat.
Have the photos confirmed by a Biologist as to where and when caught and send it
into the Wyoming Game and Fish Department.
AND if you are worth at least one penny, you will catch and release.