5.12 Floated the Yellowstone the last two days. Thousands of caddis coming off but the combination of a stiff north wind and only inches of visibility made for tough fishing conditions. Despite all the bugs, we only saw about 20-30 rises each day. To make a long story short we caught 1 fish Wed. evening…
5.8 Fished Armstrong’s today. The light rain all day made your hands cold enough that tying on 6X was a challenge. Nothing but midges until the afternoon. By 2:00 fish were taking baetis emergers and between 2:45-3:30 duns were thickly scattered on the water with fish happily feeding on them. There were actually two kinds of…
5.7 Had a little spike in CFS as of last night and the river is dirty. The Valley has the best visibility which is still only about 6 inches at best. It was raining this morning with 70% chance of more rain, so caddis are likely off the menu this weekend. We did see a…
5.4 The caddis hunt continued after work yesterday. No signs of caddis at East End except for flipping rocks. Nothing at Springdale either. Until the “pop” I’d stick with the town section for the best chance at seeing caddis adults. Clarity is hanging in there with a solid 2-3 feet of visibility. Billman Creek (in town) and…