Chech out west; lots of pics and info in one thread!

[Chechem]

Wow! Great job with the fishing! Glad you had a good day.

Thanks.
The day got better when a bull elk crossed the road in front of us:







AND there was a cute ground squirrel:

[2Stater]

That elk was proud of himself, eh? 

[Chechem]

That elk was proud of himself, eh? 

Indeed he was.
But that snout-uplifted behavior was directed at another bull elk in a meadow nearby.
"Don't mess with Big Boy".

[ricky023]

Those are some big beautiful creatures. I hope our wildlife never get low. RTR!

[Chechem]

Those are some big beautiful creatures. I hope our wildlife never get low. RTR!

Well, the skunks and badgers are pretty lowly. 
 

[Chechem]

Thursday report:

My son's FIL and I went to Lamar Valley to fish the Lamar River again.  He hadn't been flyfishing before, so I set him up with flies and my net.

I've NEVER seen fishing like that.  About 10AM the fish starting snapping at drifting insects on the water; fish snapping all over.  Catching would have been easy even for 2! 
 

I spent time helping FIL, but despite that I caught 34 Cutthroat Trout.  FIL caught 5, even though he spent almost an hour untangling a spaghetti-like tangle.

Fun stuff!

[Chechem]

Thursday addendum:

Forgot to mention that we saw a Black Bear this morning.  That makes 31 bears I've seen in YNP.  Wow.

We were fishing along the Lamar River this morning when I saw a large grizzly coming down the hill toward the river.  It was lumbering along, and hadn't seen us.  I called to my buddy, who had our bear spray, and he came to sit on a log with me.  We watched.  Our plan was to let it get its drink of water at the river, then yell and hope it left rather than cross the river to eat us.

It disappeared behind a hill, and we waited.  When it reappeared over the hill, just 200m from us, it had morphed into a bison.

 

[2Stater]

Catching would have been easy even for 2! 

[Chechem]

Catching would have been easy even for 2! 

What I meant was, 'if you're not going to the wedding, come join me fishing the Lamar River'!

 

[2Stater]

Catching would have been easy even for 2! 

What I meant was, 'if you're not going to the wedding, come join me fishing the Lamar River'!

 

  Don't tease me, bro!

[Chechem]

Friday report:

Last day fishing, so I headed out into the Lamar Valley at sunrise.


I stopped periodically to look for 2's bears, and despite not having a dead cat I saw a bear.  It was a grizzly high up on the mountain in a meadow.  I tried for a pic through my telescope; not too good (he's looking at you):


A HUGE bison herd was right where I needed to walk to my streams.  I managed to weave through them, and took pics:






The fish were waiting.  I caught 37 cutthroat trout.  Yes, 2, wish you'd been there.

[Catch Prothro]

Wow! Great job with the fishing! Glad you had a good day.

Thanks.
The day got better when a bull elk crossed the road in front of us:







AND there was a cute ground squirrel:

I had one of those run into the road as I was riding a bicycle downhill at 45 mph in Colorado... he had the right of way on that day.

[2Stater]

Chech sent this to me and asked me to post it for him. Is that a double rainbow?

[bama57]

interesting pic

[2Stater]

interesting pic

I saw a beautiful double rainbow one time, playing golf in Sarasota. I think that's the only time I've ever seen one.

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