The river stops and starts in the down-timber forest, then smoothes out through the open meadows. I don't know what was the bigger surprise seeing the moose up close all of a sudden or not catching the same little brookie I had caught at every slack bend pool. Take the Specimen Creek Trail from Highway 191 north of West Yellowstone. Fish this more for the thick brush scenery than the big fish. Catch rainbow and cutthroat hybrids in the two rugged forks of the creek.
Fishing is good for brown trout and the occasional rainbow and brook trout.
We've always seen bison in and around the stream. You can park at Fountain Flats Road and fish the 4 and a half miles upstream or take the Mary Mtn. If you see Mary Lake on the map at the stream's headwaters, don't think of fishing it. It has no fish. In the northeast section of the park, on the Northeast Entrance Highway.