I fish the hatch on Hebgen Lake and have had the best luck with a flashback pt nymph dropper under a callabaetis colored parachute. I've met a few fishermen there who consider that beneath them, like it's cheating. Call me a cheater, I don't care, it works very well.
I should add that some of the lakes near the top of the Beartooth Highway involve very little elevation gain. Some of the high lakes have a lot of small brookies in them. They're all beautiful.
Those both look nice. Have you tested them in the weeds? I'm trying to come up with a way to use a large jig hook with a soft foam popper head for bass.
I'll be tying some bass bugs and smaller foam bodied bugs for bluegill this winter and would like to have some that are least weed resistant. Has anyone experimented with using material on the fly itself as a weedguard. Bucktail comes to mind. Or is that not stiff enough? I should mention that...