The next morning we're off to Indian Creek Campground inside Yellowstone for
some brook trout fishing.
We have a routine. Bill heads out in his car first thing, to get us a spot
for the motorhome. I stay behind and get the motorhome ready for traveling,
then follow. We were figuring out how long it would take each of us to get
from West Yellowstone to Indian Creek Campground inside the park. We agreed
on how long it should be, but allowed that these things always seem to take
longer than you expect. That leaves me wondering: if it doesn't take longer
than you expect, does that mean you didn't get what you expected?
Rags misses his dog, and told us so over and over. In fact, he missed his
dog all night long last night. Today, he decided we needed separate
vacations. I don't know why, but once he got the idea into his head, he
just couldn't stop talking about it. Finally, I let him have his way and
delivered him to the veterinary office in West Yellowstone. They promised
to take him to their kitty hotel in Ennis, about sixty miles north, and keep
him there for a week. I don't know why the cat was so anxious to get away
from me, but I have his best interests at heart, and if he'd rather be in
Ennis, it's okay with me.
Got a great campsite at Indian Creek. Fished the Gardiner for brook trout.
Caught about a hundred. They're small and easy to catch. It's kind of like
fishing for bluegill. The biggest fish we caught was seven inches long. We
have heard stories of bigger brook trout further up stream.
The next day we went off in search of the elusive ten-inch brookie. We
hiked in to fish Indian Creek and Panther Creek. Caught about a hundred.
The biggest one was nine inches; just starting to look like a real fish.
Armed with this additional experience, we went back to the campground
fisherman network. It's not hard to get fisherman to talk about the fish
they caught that was just bigger than yours. We got directions to a spot
reputed to hold twelve-inch brook trout.
Time to move on, though. We'll hold on to this new brook trout information.
