Rick Wollum holds a nice brown caught after work.  This one chomped a streamer after the water temps cooled down.

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Hot days have made for slower afternoons, but the mornings have been fishing great.   Hoppers, PMD's, trudes, and various attractors have been ripping lips.  We've had good luck with caddis and a #14 Mahogany may fly in the evenings.  Gold Lightning Bug droppers have been hot.   Did you hear about the 31 inch brown caught last week?

Right behind the RY timber (next to McDonald's in Livingston) is where the brute was caught... with garden hackle of course.  The big brown ran 18lbs. 

If you're going to float afterwork, make sure you bring along some caddis.  Streamers were getting a lot of attention as well, and even though we didn't hook many chasers we moved a lot of nice fish. 

Wondering what section to fish?

If you are after more numbers than size, try floating above Yankee Jim or from Carbella to Emigrant.  The "Bird Float" (Grey Owl to Mallard's Rest) has a good fish count, plus a few big browns as well.  From Pine Creek to Carter's has been relatively slow this year, unless you happen to be one of the first boats in the water.  Carter's to town has been solid, with several riffles worth stopping and plenty of deep seams for nymphing.  Midnight stones are around now, so any of your favorite brown or golden stone nymphs should work great as a lead nymph.  Any beadhead will work for your dropper, although LaFontaine's caddis sparkle pupa and George's dirty bird have been rocking them.  The classic big fish water from 89 to Springdale has been a little choked up by weeds and from Springdale to Columbus has been totally choked up with weeds.  This isn't a problem so long as fish are eating hoppers, but the weeds take nymphing a streamers out of the game.  In other words, don't forget to bring some beer if you go down low.