Private lakes have coughed up some lunkers recently. Lots of big fish are being caught on damsel fly nymphs, callitbaetis duns, spent spinners, leeches, and scuds. Renting a sink tip line and reel might be a good idea now that the hogs are hanging out low during the hottest part of the day. Ask…
The Yellowstone has a short plug that should be from town down tomorrow. Around 4:00 the river was dirty near Mill Creek bridge, clearing at Carbella, and looking very clear in Gardiner. A bank probably caved in somewhere, as the CFS on the Gardiner and Lamar didn’t spike too bad. Anyway, from Gardiner to Carter’s…
Yellowstone National Park is one of the most underrated places we fish. There’s a lot of water worth fishing within it’s 2.2 million acres – many of these places are hard to find and take seasons of scouting to figure out when and where they fish well. The best of these places are not easily…
An amazing amount of clients have gotten doubles this week on the Yellowstone, smaller streamers, and inside Yellowstone National Park. The Yellowstone is in perfect shape right now. Mornings have been fishing quite well and on cloudy days, the afternoons have produced some fantastic dry fly fishing. On the hottest days, mid day has been…
CFS has been dropping quickly over here and the River is in absolute perfect shape. Want to go for a hundred hits on big bugs? Head up high… Want to get out and pound the riffles with rubberlegs and beadheads? Try Pine to Nine. Want to go for a hog? Below 89 is finally starting…
Wow!!! There were so many salmonflies flying above the Yellowstone tonight in Gardiner that several Park visitors were running across the high bridge in town, screaming as they bolted through the gauntlet of bugs, “Oh my God, oh my god, I’ve never seen anything like this before! This is CRAZY! Welcome to salmonfly central… Another…
If you’ve ever wanted to catch the fabled salmonfly hatch on the Yellowstone now is your chance! While other Montana rivers are more famous for this hatch, you’ll be hard pressed to find a thicker salmonfly hatch anywhere on the planet. The problem with most years is that the water level is too high and…
The Yellowstone has been fishing very well the last few days. The best action has been up high in the middle of the salmonfly hatch. The bugs have made it all the way up to Gardiner now, but are scattered about the willows even as low as Mill Creek Bridge. We had a couple clients…
The Yellowstone has been rocking and rolling lately. This year the salmonflies blew up in a few places at the same time, there is a solid batch just above Loch Leven still, another above 26, and another above Yankee Jim canyon. Along with the salmonflies we’ve been seeing a plethera of bugs, including goldenstones, yellow…