Lamar River

If I had to choose a small area where I had to do the rest of my fishing, I would probably pick an area that included the Lamar River and Slough Creek. To me those rivers are just the perfect size. You can easily cast across them, but they aren't little trickles. It doesn't hurt that they harbor many Yellowstone Cutthroat that are looking up for their dinner. We had to search for fish, but when we found them often an Adams was all that was needed to rise several nice fish. The fish are beautiful and you could argue the scenery is even better.

After hiking back from an afternoon/evening fishing the Lamar we were met by a crowd of wildlife watchers who asked if we had seen the bear. We weren't sure what they were talking about as we had seen nothing other than a couple of bison on the other side of the river. They explained that they were heading up the road following a bear that they spotted on the other side of the river heading upstream. This was news to us. It's a little unnerving to know that we were so close (not sure if it really was that close or not) and have no idea that such an impressive animal is around. It was a relief to not have run into this Grizzly, but I would have liked to have seen it.