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Greetings!
Welcome to another Blue
Ribbon Flies weekly
newsletter. Thanks for tuning in. Settle in
and we'll tell you what's happening
around West Yellowstone and our other
favorite spots, show you the fly and the
material of the week, and tempt you to plan
your next trip with us.
Hope you're enjoying the new year, doing some
fishing, tying up some flies, and starting to think about your 2011 trip to Yellowstone country. Take a
break from work or play, grab a cup of
coffee, and
pretend you're leaning on the counter here at
Blue
Ribbon Flies. We wish you were
here, but until you are we'll keep you in the
loop. Thanks for stopping by.
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Tenkara in The Beartrap!
Perhaps not only for small fish?
Daniel from Tenkara sent us this little blurb on his trip to the Bear Trap last week. Looks like they had a lot of fun and caught some nice fish.
Hey Craig,
Thought you may want to know I had another terrific trip to Montana.
So, as planned, Ryan and I went backpacking on the Bear Trap part of the Madison. It was a fantastic trip, with great fishing, decent weather and an epic ending. The highlight of the trip were the 2 largest browns I have caught to date (with any type of gear). On each of the 2 days I caught one 19" brown, and plenty other fish of respectable size. There were lots of midges hatching, size 22, and some mayflies, and even the occasional caddis fly were seen. Regardless, I stuck with using one tenkara fly, mostly in size 12, a couple of times in 16, and a few in size 8. The browns were caught on the size 12 tenkara flies, chosen with no respect to the hatches, but worked with different tenkara techniques.
The epic ending was due to our plan of packrafting down the stream back to the car. As we started preparing we were hit with a massive hail storm. This was followed by a heavy snowstorm that stayed with us as we paddled down the river.
Don't forget about the Tenkara Summit at the end of August right here in West Yellowstone. If you are in the area this will give you a great opportunity to learn more about this style of fishing first hand.
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Hope you enjoy the latest issue. We'll keep 'em
coming, keeping you up to date on the best
fishing water, tips, and gear we can get our
hands on. Let us know how you're fishing, and
what you're up to. Keep those pictures and fish
stories coming!
Thanks for spending time with us. We'll see you soon!
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