Madison Fish Ranch, West Yellowstone June 23, 1979 Carl and I flew into West Yellowstone yesterday, did some shopping (horse, etc.), got fishing licenses, and spent night in a motel. This morning after an early breakfast we drove to the Ranch and were settled into the fancy new cabin on the hill overlooking the ranch pasture. He spent an hour or more arranging our gear, another hour practicing casts for lures, flies, etc. Then went to the Pond for casting lesson. Found a lot of Canada geese dropping on the lives but didn't see the Geese. After the casting we dropped down to the river and had a go at the Rainbow. Peri seemed to be about one by the time we got there. I caught one ten-miler. After lunch at a rap we trace up river about half a mile and fished a stretch of meadow stream. I saw one big fish rise once but couldn't raise him. It turned out that Charlie (one of the guests from Texas) caught three good brown in this stretch this morning between 10 and noon. After dinner we returned to the pond. A big hotel of Chironomid midges and some large browns were milling around near the marsh end obviously nymphing on emerging midges. I couldn't interest them in a series of flies, wet or dry. We disturbed a family of ducks -- little over very dark, probably goldeneyes (we saw her later). Also found the pair of hawks with four goslings.