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The Shoshone River
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The Shoshone River, named for the American Indian tribe whose ancestral home encompasses its watershed, is comprised of three distinct reaches. The North Fork flows from the Continental Divide on the eastern border of Yellowstone National Park down to Buffalo Bill Reservoir near Cody. It is one of the few places in America where anglers can fish for native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in a gorgeous, uncrowded setting and have a good chance at spotting a grizzly bear. It has been rated among the top ten freestone trout fisheries in the Rocky Mountains. Teddy Roosevelt once called the North Fork corridor the most scenic 50 miles of land in America
The South Fork heads in the Washakie Wilderness and flows for about 45 miles downstream to the confluence with the North Fork at Buffalo Bill Reservoir. The upper South Fork flows for 25 miles through a deep wilderness canyon frequented by bighorn sheep and the occasional grizzly bear. The lower 20 miles of the South Fork, which flow across predominantly private lands, is known as a fine wild brown trout fishery.
The North Fork and South Fork converge about 6 miles upstream from Cody at Buffalo Bill Reservoir, which was created by the construction of Buffalo Bill Dam in 1910. Towering 325 feet high, Buffalo Bill Dam was one of the first high concrete dams built in the United States. From the dam, the mainstem Shoshone River flows for another 50 miles before it meets the Bighorn River at Yellowtail Reservoir near Lovell, Wyoming.
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