The Yellowstone has been on the rise this past week and as such the fishing has been pretty inconsistent. Last Monday the Stone was a little over 2,000 CFS, today it is nearly double that. Clarity in town today is only a couple inches and not worth trying. The spring creeks have been a…
Aside from the Yellowstone, the fishing in SW Montana has been hot. Many anglers have been focusing their efforts inside Yellowstone National Park as the season is slowly coming to an end. The NE corner has been less crowded and this is a great time of year to explore, and check out new water (or…
The Yellowstone has been fishing well the past few days. Fish have been eating baetis, hecubas, rubberlegs, streamers and even hoppers. The recent rainy weather really helped improve the streamer bite today. The temporary bad news is that all this rain made the Yellowstone muddy and we may have mud for a couple days. The…
The 17.2 mile stretch from Emigrant to Pine creek is now reopened as of today, Friday 9/23. Now the entire Yellowstone is back open from the YNP boarder to it’s confluence with the Missouri River. After the closure was lifted we were eager to get on the river and see how it was fishing. Our…
If you have the opportunity to get out and fish this week it looks good fishing weather. The clouds and light rain should bring out decent numbers of baetis, sulphurs, and hecuba. The streamer fishing should also be a little better than usual.
We are starting to see some nicer brown trout getting caught as of lately. With the change in air (and water temperatures) the browns are starting to get more aggressive on the Yellowstone as well as on the Madison. Cutthroat in the Park have been working green and grey drakes, local and private lake fish…
New sections opened up on the Yellowstone today – From Point of Rocks to Emigrant and from Pine creek down is now open to all water recreation including fishing. The Shield’s River also opened up to fishing today. The only section that remains closed to all water recreation is between Emigrant and Pine Creek. There…
FWP opened up another section on the Yellowstone River from the YNP boarder to the new Point of Rocks FAS (located just upstream from the HWY 89 Bridge). From Point of Rocks to 89 remains closed to fishing and all water recreation with exception that all tributaries are open to fishing. From 89 down remains…
Section 1 (YNP to Carbella FAS): The Yellowstone and its tributaries are now open to all non-angling recreation. The decision made to keep angling closed is in the interest to continue to protect the native cutthroat trout. The commission will re-look at opening this section for angling in the near future. Section 2 (Carbella FAS…
Even with the closures on the Yellowstone outside the park, our guides have been finding some outstanding fishing inside YNP. Most of the fishing is on dry flies, like hoppers, ants and beetles which is always exciting. Our guides have been going into YNP daily and can show you some great spots and some different…