Fishing the Fall River in Southwest Yellowstone
 The Fall River; Yellowstone |
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October 2006
I made an amazing discovery lately. Almost magical actually. I discovered the Fall River located in the southwest corner of the Yellowstone National Park.
On a whim, my wife and I decided to take an out-of-the-way road out of the Teton Valley and up into the Yellowstone National Park. Mind you this is definitely not one of the well-known park entrances that show up as a big thick red lines on the map. Instead it is 20 miles of gravel road (well maintained) that follows the Warm River across the Idaho/Wyoming border. At this point the river is renamed the Fall River as near as I can tell (apparently Wyoming and Idaho don’t get along on the naming issue). We laughed together when the road went from gravel to smooth asphalt at the border. The road then turns north and enters the Park where it dead-ends at a small campground and day use area.
The rewards for the trip were worth it! There are several water falls here ranging in size from a few feet to almost 30 feet high and span the entire river. Gorgeous really doesn’t describe it. I also knew at a glance that a river as pure, clear, and deep as this one would house fish. I don’t think my wife had made it back from the outhouse before I had my waders on and fly rod assembled. As I worked the water between two of the larger waterfalls I couldn’t help but think to myself how perfectly beautiful the setting was and how the only thing better would be to hook a fish with a roaring waterfall not 50 feet from me……………….
I’ll the pictures tell the rest of the story.
Check it out if you get the chance. Enjoy the waterfalls and pick some nice 6-12 inch rainbows. They seem to really like flashback pheasant tails swinging thru the current. P.S. Don’t forget your Yellowstone fishing permit.
Fishing the Fall River in Southwest Yellowstone Photo Gallery
- Eric Davis
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Eric Davis