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December 9, 2011

Ice “On”

We’ve had a few folks call in this week wanting to float the Yellowstone.  While there are times in the middle of the winter you can pull this off, right now is not one of them.   Unless you’ve just read Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage and want to duplicate a heroic ice-bound adventure, plan on…

December 5, 2011

Yellowstone Brown

This week we had some cold weather roll in, looks like next weekend we’ll have temperatures above freezing again.  Around Livingston they said the wind chill was -4!  I don’t know if it was that cold, but it was certainly cold enough to freeze every guides about every 10 casts.  With slush floating down the…

November 30, 2011

Although Winter fishing is here to stay, windows of warmer weather do show up from time to time.  A savvy angler and internet user can quickly find out what areas of the state look like they are going to fish well on paper.  You certainly don’t want to waste gas, time, and money if the…

November 13, 2011

Hunting down the man

Let’s face it, catching a 30 inch brown is not an easy task.   It takes time, money, dedication, preparation, skills (both on the river and at the vise), years of experience, luck, and perhaps above all, the mindset of a champion – one which is unwilling to give up.  An angler might have to…

November 9, 2011

Paradise Valley Spring Creeks

The browns are in full spawning mode on the creeks right now, which means it’s actually difficult to find a fish that’s not on a redd.  I only saw a handful of risers, all of which were dinks and too young to participate in the spawning ritual.  Seemed like every 16-20 inch fish in DePuy’s…

October 31, 2011

Yellowstone Park Closes Sun Nov. 6th

The fishing season for Yellowstone Park closes every year on the first Sunday in November.  The last week of fishing in the Park is some of the best we see all year…  The Firehole can have blanket baetis hatches, the Lamar Valley is virtually empty of anglers, and some real hog browns are around, (if…

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