Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part series. If you haven't already read part I, please do so here.
The Trip (Continued)
July 10 – At last it was time to get to Livingston for real. I had a happy hour appointment at the Mint Bar with a dear friend, a room at the Murray Hotel, and enormous lust for dinner at the 2nd Street Bistro. First: a stop in Paradise Valley to wet a line in the Yellowstone River.
The water was still off color, but fishable. In the heat of the day between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m., I managed a slew of small rainbows, but nothing to write home about. My snobbish dry fly tendencies kept me from the biggies, but that was just fine. I was fishing a small dropper with it, but that wasn’t doing the trick, either.
The Murray and the
2nd Street Bistro didn’t disappoint. For the budget-minded, the
Murray Bar offers up fantastic pizzas prepared in the 2nd Street Bistro kitchen.