Yellowstone should fish well this weekend with caddis.  Flows are down to around 5,000 CFS, vis is 2-3 feet, and water temps are rising (hopefully we hit 52 again today).  We’ve been fishing the Stone the past three days – it’s been good, not great.  Tuesday night we floated through town after work, landed 3…

Nymphing has been good on midges (Yongs, Zebs and rootbeers) as well as gray/tan SH sow bugs in the morning, and on RS2s, FBPTs and Starling SH baetis from noon till dark. We had a great baetis hatch from one till four today with the sunshine finally shutting things down on top. Streamers were rather…

Since most the freestone rivers in our area look like chocolate milk right now, we’ve been hitting up some local and private lakes.   Midge hatches have been THICK lately, (although most of our fish have been actually caught on leeches, damsel nymphs, scuds, and smaller streamers).  To name a few hot patterns:  Barr’s Bouface leece,…

While there are plenty of caddis out and about, unfortunately the Yellowstone remains too muddy to fish well.  CFS at Carter’s was a whopping 11,000 CFS today!  It looks like we have a few nights this week near freezing, especially up high.  While we expect the Yellowstone to come down at little and clear up…

We’re now seeing thousands of caddis here in town and below, unfortunately the river is now about 8-12 inches of visibility and border line worth it (definitely worth it if you just want cool bug photos).  With temps in the high 70’s the next couple days the river will likely get even dirtier, leaving little…

Had a few boats out on the river yesterday and we’re starting to see some caddis dries, (not many – 20?)  and no fish up eating them yet, but at least it’s a start!  Looks like 70 degree days through Wednesday, so that might help the “pop.”  We’ve had enough lower elevation snow melt already…

Seems like state wide there has been a change in the fishing conditions, and thankfully a change for the better!  March Browns have arrived, while baetis and midges are plentiful as well.  We’ve even seen skwalas on the Yellowstone, as well as other rivers you would not guess to see them on.  Soon we’ll start…

Clarity on the Yellowstone is perfect right now for throwing big uglies.  The brown above fell for one of Gallop’s Butt Monkey streamers.  300 grain sink tip lines on an 8 weight rod are a great way to go right now, especially if you like to throw a couple streamers.  Otherwise, try dead drifting a…

First off, a big THANK YOU to everyone who got out yesterday morning and helped with the river clean up!  Looks like we got over 10,000 lbs of scrap metal, tires, broken glass, and trash out of the river and on it’s way to recycling – great job guys!  Check out the  news video… As…

This Saturday, April 14th everyone is invited to join the 8th annual Yellowstone River Clean Up!  The event will start at the Civic Center (in Sacajawea Park) at 8:00AM Saturday morning.  While the Joe Brooks and Madison Gallatin chapters of TU are helping organize this event, the clean up is for everyone in the community…