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Call us for a wind report! 406-222-7130 Last Updated: 2/27/2010 by James Anderson The Stone | Spring Creeks | Yellowstone Park | Guide Services Local & Private Lakes | CFS @ Corwin Springs | CFS @ Carter's Yellowstone River
2.27 As warmer temperatures arrive we have seen more anglers on the river. Most have been fishing with bait, although we have seen a decent number of fly fisherman, including some floaters. The water temperature is still too cold to strip streamers, you're still better off dead drifting sculpin patterns. A red serendipity this time of year can also mop up the rainbows. You'll see plenty of midges in the morning and afternoon, however not many fish up feeding on them. Even though it has gotten warmer, there is still quite a lot of ice on the edges down low so be sure to check your pull out before you plop your boat in...
Salmo Trutta Hors D'oeuvres... 2.7 This has been a great week to float the river. No ice jams through town and reasonable water temperatures for the time of year. Fish are pretty sluggish (unless you spook them off their shallow hold) so plan on dead drifting. You could try some twitching to get their attention, but after you move your fly make it easy to eat. Ski some fresh tracks at the hill and once the powder is skied off, come back and hit the river in the afternoon!
2.4 The weather on the Yellowstone was awesome today, but the fishing was a little slow. We only saw about 5 rises all afternoon. Midges were the insect of choice, it was nice to fish in no wind for a change. I saw two browns on a redd, which surprised me. Flipped over quite a few rocks looking for sculpin and stoneflies but didn't see any. The rocks were covered with tons of midge larva and baetis nymphs though. The fish above went for a dead drifted sculpin but unfortunately took a beadhead to the chin. RECOMMENDED FLIESWhite Home Invader #2 Bow River Buggers #4-8 Black leadeye Bugger #4-8 Rubberlegs (all colors) #6-10 George's Brown stone #4-8 Strom's Stone #8-10 Epoxy Back Goldenstones #10-12 Copper Johns (all colors) #14-18 Rubber Leg prince #14-16 Beadhead Prince #14-18 Beadhead Pheasant tails #14-18 JJ Special #2-6 Parachute Adams #12-18 Harrop Sparkle Dun #16-20 Harrop Baetis Emerger #16-20 Hi Vis Elk Hair Caddis #12-16 October Caddis #10-12 Lime Trude#16-18 Rag Sculpin #2-4 Egg Sucking Rag Sculpin #2-4 Whitlock Sculpin (black/white) #4 Articulated Streamers #2-4 Spring Creeks
Steve Wilson with a nice Armstrong's brown. Photo: Joe Barett As the spring starts getting closer we will begin to see more and more rainbows coming up to spawn. Right now is still a good time to catch browns however, especially on streamers. The 52 degree water won't slow them down much, so you can use a fairly aggressive retrieve. For bugs it's still midges. Baetis will arrive soon enough however, March and April are both good months to fish baetis dries. For now fish are looking for midge larva, scuds, leeches, crane fly larva, and stonefly nymphs.
Rates are $40 right now, and with virtually no other angling pressure this is one of my favorite times to fish the creek. In certain spots fish will still be spawning, so go easy on the redds. ADDITIONAL REFERENCESRead George's news on Nelson's Spring Creek "Paradise Valley PMD Hatch" by George Anderson HATCHESLook for midges in the morning, with possible baetis from 10:00 until 2:00. For nymphs look a scuds, midge larva patterns, sawyer pt's, spring creek leeches, and smaller buggers. Sight fishing can be great with nymphs on brighter days, when fish are less likely to snap at a dry. You might as well chuck something nasty before you leave because you never know where the 28 incher is sitting - go big before you go home. RECOMMENDED FLIESHarrop's Baetis Sparkle Dun #18-20 Stalcups Cellophane wing baetis cripple #18-20 Wollum's Baetis nymph #18-20 Barr's Meat Whistle (brown) #4 |
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