Decided to take advantage of opening weekend in the park and headed to fish the Firehole, which for some reason I’ve never fished. I usually shy away from crowded spaces. But, I have a friend who told me that if there was a trout stream in heaven it would be the Firehole. So I figured it was time to give it try. Well… I don’t know about heaven but I had a really good time and it is a sweet little river. The weather was hit and miss depending on the hour, it was brutal yesterday with really heavy wind, snow, sleet and rain but warmed up in the evening. Even so, there was a pretty good PMD hatch with a few BWO’s here and there for spice. I saw plenty of fish feeding on the surface and took a few but most were caught swinging soft hackles. All in all it was a pretty good trip; I caught quite a few fish, saw a lot of cool wildlife and had a swallow try to pick my sparkle dun up off the water a few times.
I am, however, sad to report that tragedy struck while playing my last fish of the day. The fish headed up under a weed bed and I lifted the rod up to work him out and snap… broke my favorite stick, my Winston BIIx 5 wt… broke clean right in the middle. I had to haul this little guy in stripping the line by hand while my prized possession dangled helplessly at my feet.
I thought about crying but it had been such a good trip… why mess it up.
Guess I’ll be heading over to Twin Bridges later this week. 
I don’t know, you are a better fisherman than me.
I would have totally cried.
Sounds like a great day until that last moment. I might just cry a tear or two for you……
You didn’t say………was it crowded?
Rebecca,
Not nearly as crowded as your salmon hole but more than I would have liked.
Well I suppose knowing it’s under warranty tempered my heartache a little… besides, it gives me an excuse to head over to the Big Hole next week.