ESP Day 11 - Gallatin River In YSNP 27Jul19

Today began rainy and cooler but I set out for the Gallatin Range and Gallatin River... this is in the extreme NW corner of Yellowstone Park and higher than my campsite or West Yellowstone. The Gallatin is a smallish freestone river in Montana and riffles for 30 miles at least toward Big Sky. It was hard to find structure appropriate - especially deep enough. But I tried a couple of turnouts and turned up some fish on a double dry of a small chubby and a missing link. I caught some smaller cutbows as well as a decent brown and a nice 19" rainbow. The latter was unexpected for the thin water but she was in a deeper hole. Another river under my belt.

On an evening stroll from my site to the Madison I came upon a falcon perched next to the trail. He ultimately took off as I approached, but I got pretty close. The Madison was too warm to fish well, so I skipped it.