"Chech out west 2018"

[Chechem]

the most of the fisherman you meet practice catch and release and do you ever eat any of the trout

The last trout I ate was when my son was 9 years old.  We camped and ate the fish we caught.  That was about 1996.
HTH
 

[Chechem]

Thursday fishing:

Left the room at 5am after reading the forecast. Ironically I was just bragging to LF that the weather folks here predict the wind/rain very well.  NOT.

The forecast was for 0% chance of rain, then 20% starting at 10am.  Wind was expected to be ~2-3 mph until noon.  WRONG.

I arrived at the lake by 5:15, and this is what was approaching (pic):  Hail, rain, wind.

Never say die, I waited it out, then went fishing for a short while.  Caught 5 trout and a huge whitefish.

[Chechem]

Thursday continued:

The sun did come out, but as you see in one pic, the storms returned.


Pretty impressive Brown, except he was hooked in the side.   




"Give back my hook!!"

[ricky023]

Hey Chechem with those clouds if you would wait the storm would blow the fish out of the water in your hands. RTR!

[Chechem]

Hey Chechem with those clouds if you would wait the storm would blow the fish out of the water in your hands. RTR!

Maybe they did!!   

[2Stater]

I hope you had good cover. 

[2Stater]

People being stupid out your way, Chech.

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[Chechem]

People being stupid out your way, Chech.

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Yep, not surprised, but I hadn't heard of the woman being gored.  Getting within 15' of a bison is, well, STUPID!

[Chechem]

Thursday afternoon:

I drove to Hayden Valley late yesterday afternoon.  Soon as I set up my telescope I spotted a pair of grizzlies about a mile away.  Unfortunately (for photos) they never got closer.



Then I moved to another pacle as a thunderstorm approached.  A herd of elk was nervous, and the swam to an island, as they often do if threatened by wolves.  No wolf, just a coyote, but seeing 100 elk crammed into a small area was impressive.  And they began fighting; guess it was too crowded for them.  





After a heavy rain I spotted another grizzly near the Yellowstone River.



The rain returned, wind blew, and then it HAILED FOR 15 MINUTES.  I parked under a gas-station awning.  Hard to tell in the photos, but the hail was half a foot deep.  I talked with a guy on a motorcycle.  He was stranded; no way to safely ride a bike in that stuff.  The temperature had dropped to 40 degrees.  Wow.  I managed to drive home through the icy roads.

[2Stater]

Holy cow at the hail!!! 

Another set of impressive pics. You need to freelance for NatGeo. 

[bama57]

 was there a reason why in 96 you stopped eating trout

[ricky023]

Man Chechem a lot o hail. One thing I saw that was child hood memory was the Sinclair gas station. I didn't know they made them anymore. They use to give out dinosaurs when I was kid. RTR!

[Chechem]

was there a reason why in 96 you stopped eating trout

I found out I couldn't cook.   

[Chechem]

Man Chechem a lot o hail. One thing I saw that was child hood memory was the Sinclair gas station. I didn't know they made them anymore. They use to give out dinosaurs when I was kid. RTR!

They're the highest-priced gas in the western states.
Hope you kept the dinosaur.  They're valuable now.   

[Catch Prothro]

People being stupid out your way, Chech.

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Yep, not surprised, but I hadn't heard of the woman being gored.  Getting within 15' of a bison is, well, STUPID!

So is picking up a random monkey.  Click here for link

Great photos by the way.

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