The Firehole has only a very short season each year, from the opener until
about the first of July ( well a second short one late fall, too). Most
years it then gets too hot for decent dry fly action. And the Firehole
mostly only has smaller fish ( best ever for me was just shy of 18") ...
again probably because of the hot water that flows in from the geysers.
And the Firehole can be pretty damn crowded, being right on the road in many
places and often the best dry fly fishing for hundreds of miles in the
month of June. And, you can't be shy and fish there, you get your photo
taken several times a day, unless you walk well away from the roads (photo
40) .

Thus, this lovely stream has it's drawbacks.

But, it's still very close to a perfect place to fly fish .... imho .... for
it's short season and after the opening day rush. In mid-June you might be
able to fish to rising fish from mid-morning to dusk as the hatches progress
through the day.


http://www.kimshew.com/visuals/Firehole/



he, he, near the end ( 39?) is a shot of a 'clave'? those guys, all in
a pile, were the only anglers on a mile of stream ... I know because I had
worked it all moving up to where I took the photo ..... I'll just never
understand 'fishing gangs' ... or, for that matter, how anyone could enjoy
having a guide peering over his shoulder ... makes me claustrophobic
thinking about it

Larry L ( who hopes the pics help with cabin fever .... and who is leaving
now to go fish for a couple hours )

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