Green River - South Western Wyoming - Big Rainbow Trout - early July 2013

We were able to take a trip to the famed trout stream the Green River in south western wyoming for a few days. This had been a trip I wanted to make for several years. We drove down our of the mountains and onto the flats past many antelope and through the desert for several hours. The Green River appeared in the desert as a green oasis. Despite the heat, the water was ice cold because it was still fed from melting snow in the mountains.

Despite a lot of mosquitoes and some stinging nettles we found a good place to fish and as the sun set, there were trout rising. Mike soon hooked the first brown trout of the trip on an extended body grey drake. On the way we stopped in Pinedale at The Great Outdoor Shop to buy a much needed net, pick up some more Grey Drakes and get some fishing advice. 

The next day we drove through Pinedale Wyoming and down to the lower part of the Green river below the Fontenelle Dam.

Huge rain storms rolled across the desert flats at times while we were driving. There were some amazing sites. Mike had a few cases of trout slayer ale for some energy while we were fishing. We happened to drive past the first ever J.C. Penny in Kemmerer Wyoming too.

 

Bellow the Fontenelle Dam the fishing was incredible. There were massive cliffs with nesting swallows and huge sulfur mayfly and caddis fly hatches at dusk and all morning. We had a great night catching rainbows. Our friend Nick from high school met us and fished with us for the night and we each ate a fish from the day cooked on the fire. Mike had the biggest fish by far for this river. it took about 15 minutes and all three of us to get the massive rainbow to shore.