Going for Gold - Hyalite Creek - 7/8 a.m.

[mdcesq]

In the post-Photophucket world, I'm posting this report in a few places. Hope the pics come through O.K.

I woke up this morning with a real dilemma on my hands. Chase the salmon flies on the Gallatin, or the golden stones on Hyalite Creek. I had caught my share of fish on the Gallatin, so I opted to go for two firsts - first fish on Hyalite Creek, and first fish on a golden stone pattern.

The damn salmon flies will have to wait.

This "creek" is more like a river. Still very fast, but wadable:





My wife snapped this shot of a yellow-black caddis-like fly on our fence:



Needless to say, I brought some yellow and orange striped stimulators, and of course the golden stones:



I fished double-fly rigs, and was happy to catch fish on all three patterns.

Can anyone confirm that these are not rainbows? They look like they could be golden trout, which I believe are found in a limited area in Montana, including where I was fishing. Could be rainbow/golden hybrids?:







The hot fly was the orange stimulator:



All in all, very productive morning on the dries. Stoked to catch some firsts. Water levels have been tapering, which means I might be able to try my trick knee on the bigger waters soon.

Parting shot - trout head gnawing on a stimulator:



Tight lines to my friends at P-Soul.

[Pinoyfisher]

Sweet coloring on the trout!

[mdcesq]

Yes, definitely more unique coloring than I usually see on trout!