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Show The Salt Lake Tribune, Sunday; Joly P0 22, 1373 ' . Yellowstone River Great, Park Fishermen Find Don Brooks N w Special to The Tribune WEST YELLOWSTONE -The Yellowstone River within the park opened with a bang, according to Jim Danskin, Yellowstone West fishing guide. Most people we talked to feu Flaming Gorge Dominates Land of Scenic Beautv FLAMING GORGE The motor roars and the tvnt takes oil from '"edar Springs Uke a scared jackrabbit At full throttle it scoots through the mighty canyon that forms the backdrop for the incomparable beauty of Flaming Gorge. It hurtles up Red Canyon. Past Gold Point. Gooseneck Camp, Red Canyon Overlook, Carter Creek, Dowd Mountain, Hideout and Kingfisher. And finally it roars through the flaming red gorge from which this great reservoir gains its name. are out on the wide expanse of water between Lucerne and Antelope. This is midweek and the traffic is light. Most of the boats are moored at the Lucerne " t I caught and released several I took two fish, Jim said all anglers and there parties averaged better than 20 fish each on dry flies All trout must be released in the open stretches of the nver between Lake and Upper Falls Danskin said the Firehole 4 ,.t, V , ; tVX xi Vi f v ,7- r w p 3BSS. ( cV. ; i vi A,' l-- continues good for the persistent angler using small dry flies and ny mphs r t- -- i fK. 4 -- Ramp a little, but your heart isnt in it Memones keep flooding back. You recall the winter day so many years ago when you crossed the nver at this identical point on your way home from a Clay Basin hunting trip The ice cracked and groaned, but you made it You remember hunting deer on Dowd Mountain years before this reservoir was formed and a trip to Dutch John when its only building was a fnrest guard station and the only visitors were deer and a few wild ' You fish horses. try their luck in Antelope Flat area of Flaming Gorge. It was midweek and the traffic was Anglers Difficult to Grasp It is the change in this once lonely land that is difficult to grasp, even though you go back many times. But you Uke what you see now, for truly, this is one of Utahs most spectacular recreation areas Its just hard to believe that all this was born out of the jumper and sagebrush of northeastern Utah Kudos are in order here, too. The boat camps and sanitation facilities built by the Forest Service were m excellent shape. The credit goes to Bob Glenn, Flaming Gorge district ranger, and his crews Your Dead Fish Editor also Uked the way Ev Diehl runs the Cedar Springs marina and ramp. The service was good, the crew efficient Beware, your DFL warns, of the road running south from Rock Springs on the east side of Flaming Gorge. For some 35 miles you spin along over a fine road and spend your tame looking for antelope. Suddenly, however, you run into a construction zone and Pings, go from bad to worse to horrible. Our guide"on'this trip, who shall be nameless, sVore that this route would save at least an hour Way Out of Wilderness Finally, the road disappeared entirely and we traversed trails that an antelope would hesitate to tread Fortunately, your DFE, the last of the Pawnee scouts, figured a way out of the wilderness Save an hour? Hah! Paul Zimmerman, the respected retired sports editor of the Los Angeles Times, was a guest on this trip and Zim really got a taste of mountain weather: First, we baked the poor cuss m the broiling sun, then got him soaking wet m a sudden downpour and almost blinded him in the fog coming across the mountain to Vjemal. Also, we tried to lose him in the darkness of the Gbrge. It was his own fault, now ever, because he didnt want to quit fishing. But Credit must be given where due Zim took it all in stride and one suspects he will be back despite many uncomplimentary remarks made about the fishing manners of Californians in general Coming home, we dropped oft the highway to let Zim take a look at the new Soldier Crek Dam. He didnt get to see much due to the downpour. However, he has fished Strawberry before and was mightily impressed with the potential of the new reservoir. Clair Huff, the Northeast Regional supervisor for Wildlife Resources, says Pelican is stiil producing some whopper bluegills. In case you are interested, turn off Highway 40 on the Ouray road and travel 13 miles south One note, however, he says a boat is almost a must Sez Sourdough Kid. The DFE told rr.e m stricconfidence that the next time he travels that east test side" road it w ill be on a camel. Solunar Times For 8 Days Dell: Mountain Fanell Schiffman, No. 7. IP4 yards, seven iron. With Paul Waga-maGary Schiffman. Mountain Dell. Ralph Knud-sen- , No. 2, 150 yards, nine iron. With Mary Knudsen, Mir- iam Andrews. Also made one on June 21 at Mountain Dell Logan Country Club Libby on Hawkins? with No 12 With Betty Bonnie Eldredge. Rounds, Wanda Alger 132-yar- d The motor oerlods begin of times shown ond lost for on hour ond o holt or two hours The minor oerlods ore of shorter durgtion Sundov Motors, $ OS am ond S 30 10 5p o m ond 11 15 0 m , minors om m o ond 6 ?$ Monrfov Motors 6 p m , minor, 11 4So m SO 6 o m ond Motors, Tuesday ? 20 12 10 o m and d m , minors 12 40 p m Wednesdov Motors, 7 4S o m ond 35 6 15 0 m . minors. 1 om ond pm Motors, 1 , minors Thursday t m10 pm 0 40 $S om ond o m ond 2 30 p Friday Motors, t 40 om ond 10 15 p m , minors, 2 50 o m ond 3 25 p m Motors 10 35 o m ond Saturday 1105 4 pm, 3 minors 50 om ond 30 o m om ond ond 30pm Sundov b5 O 5 20 0 m 11 rr Motors minors, 11 4 45 stream are accessible to a 'You Have to Fish It Deep B Don Brooks Tribune Outdoor Editor - re FLAMING GORGE getting any strikes Verl Hanchett asked your Dead Fish Editor. Not too many, that worthy replied. Guess they dont like my bait Now when it comes to trout. Verl is a talented gent. In his younger days around Richfield he had a reputation as being a up at mighty fisherman Fish Lake Go Deeper 1 dont think youre down Let he said deep enough, the line run out until it stops on the bottom, then take a couple of turns and wait ou everybody wants to fish the Goige and they steam by just north of Vernal, like a pay car passing a bum Huff also reported that Starvation has been a consistent Stei-nake- r, ' strong wader. the Montana Meanwhile, Fish and Game Department reported that stream flows in the western part of the state are lower than normal. Very dry conditions prevail and anglers are urged to take all precautions against Tires. Some thoughts on the golf swing "THE LEGS HAVE IT $2.00 P.M. Box 346, Sort Ramon, Calif. 94533 light. Fishermen had best success by putting lure deep and fishing off the bottom of the reservoir. On Flaming Gorge producer cinre opening of the season. One of the best spots, he said, was a little cove just off the western end of the Starvation Bridge The big disappointment in the area has been the almost total collapse of fishing success on the Green River below the Flaming Gorge Dam The water keeps getting colder and colder. The solutiun, however, may be forthcoming. The Bureau of Reclamation is taking a hvui n! crest m the situation and has plans for some minor changes on the dam which will allow warmer water to flow down the nver. This was excellent advice, about v good as your DFE has had m many seasons of trying to outwit rainbows and cutthroats. In no time at all he had a dandy strike and reeled m a fat rainbow. It is pleasant to report that The Tribune's John Mooney also caught a goodly number of trout after following Verls instructions. Ditto can be said for our guest, Paul Zimmerman, retired Los Angeles Times sports editor Seieral Plaees Me tried several places, first lagging lures out m the Antelope Flat sector where Verl thought we might tie into a big one But the big ones were on a hunger strike this day. Zim managed to boat one rainbow of rather hefty girth In southern California, he explained, it would have been a bragging fish M'e slipped down the reservoir to Hideout and found our best fishing of the day in a little cove. At one time three of us had fish on at one time You DFE. unfortunately, was not one of the three and wore himself to a frazzle handling the net. Eagle Creek and Jarues also produced trout, but not as fast as Hideout Sinker I lies Most everyone on the lake was using cheese and your DFE doesn t like it When a (rout takes a gob ol cheese he . swallows it like a sailor gulping beer on shore leave . There is no releasing a fish So Verl caught on cheese btoke out some black sinker flies and they worked quite well, again iished off ti e bottom. AU m all, it was a pleasant fishing experience One to be repeated Verl says to come back next April when the big ones will be out foraging Clair Huff, Wildlife Resources supervisor for this region, claims that Stemaker Reservoir also has been a good pro- ducer this year The trouble is, he explained. Plus Recappable Casing or $5.00 GAS SAVING SPECIAL "F0RD'CHEVY'PLYM0UTHMuffler fULLEUTiil'li? Any add $5.00 for installation. Points FOR M Dependable High Performance ur - - starling, charging systems, cylinder compression, acceleration available at Murray and Elko "BEIUHE Spark Plugs Condenser-O- specialists set dwell, choke Time engine Balance OTHER MODEL CARS SLIGHTLY HIGHER! 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"'I Danskin said the nver is low' this season and all parts of the five-poun- 4 jf pour-l- ; and bird stone flies. Hebgen Lake anglers took d some nice fish in the class last week from shore on nightcrawlers. Trol-ler- s also reported good results. You 1 Danskin said the lower Mai- ison River is still producing well with some fish above five - QUAMYCHl ZTlHE CO. irinrinnnr mmma 1 |