The Gardner River near the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park is a gorgeous fishery – with the added bonus of deer, bison, elk, and grizzly bears. In this episode, the first of a two-part series, we describe in detail one of the best days we’ve had fly fishing. We caught lots of fish (browns, mostly), got freaked out by a grizzly track along the trail, and was reminded of several key nymph fishing tactics. Click now to listen to this episode.
Listen to our episode “One Fine Day on the Gardner River (Part I)”
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One June day about 25 years ago, I fished the Gardner. I parked at the pull out, began fishing right at the road. I began casting as I walked. The big stone flies were out and my “Clark’s Stone” patterns were working well–as they do on Oregon’s Deschutes River. Virtually every cast elicited either a vicious strike or a fish on. Biggest I landed was one 15″ cut. Many, many smaller cuts and rainbows in the t hours I fished.
What a great memory! The Gardner is a special little river, and it gets overshadowed by the Yellowstone. That’s probably a good thing, though. I remember your “Clark’s Stone” pattern and am not surprised that you did well with it. There are ordinarily alot of 10-14″ fish in the Gardner, so a 15″ is a lunker–except for a few weeks in the fall when the browns are running. Take care!