Cody Area Part One

[BilletHead]

Dog tired and we still have a week to go.

Left and fishished our trip on the forest service road. Came our at Alpine. From here we headed North to Cody.best way is through Jackson and the Yellowsone. We have done the park thing in the past and caught fish there but now all we want to do is get through it. This we did and other than the bison traffic jams it went smooth.

Did make it to a campground we like on the North Fork Of the Shoshone. (Rex Hale) It is naimed for a fire fighter who died in the area fighting a forest fire. Nice place and you can just walk down the bank and start fishing. Mrs. BilletHead stalked this beaver and snapped several shots.

Sadie and I hit the water and picked up a few smaller bows. Missed some small cuttroat. I was dissapointed in the water level. They did not have the snowpack like the last couple of years so water was low.

Sadie tries to catch one now and again. I have seen her go past her eyes to try to pick up crappie on a stringer.

Quit early and was looking forward to the next morning. Got up the next day early, went outside to relieve myself and took a look at the river. Looking good I thought. We ate a quick breakfast and there was a small shower going on but we could see up towards the park more of a rain as far as we could see. When the rain quit we donned the waders. Mrs. BilletHead said as she peered over the bank "You are not going to like this" I looked and the river had turned to mud.

Crap I said but this will be a good time to go to town, do laundry, shower and find out our options.

Town pets,

Everywhere there were mule deer in town.

Turns out there was a big rain near the East entrance of the park and they even had the East entrance closed for a while because of a mud slide. Was told the river would be bad for a few days and to try to fish below Buffalo Bill dam. Nice place was found and we caught some nicer rainbows.

Did one more night at Rex Hale but could not stand the muddy water so again it was time to move, we will be back to Cody again but for now it was time to head to the Big Horn mountian range to the East .

Bighorn report will follow.

BilletHead