Buggers on the Firehole

I took a father and son fishing today on the Firehole river in Yellowstone. They're new to the valley and wanted to see what the Firehole was all about. They were pretty impressed with the river and could see why it is truly one of the fifty places every angler should fly fish before they die. There's no better setting to throw a fly in. The weather was about the same as two days ago...cloudy, cool with some rain. There was actually a thick baetis hatch but the only thing eating them were the swallows swooping down on the river. The nymphing was marginal. The streamer fishing was excellent! They both fished a size 8 black/peacock wooly bugger and pounded them. I think with the higher flows right now and cooler temps, the dry fly fishing may not pick up for a week or two. There's a lot of food in the water right now and even with a hatch, they don't necessarily need to feed on top. More soon.