It’s become somewhat of a tradition around our camp to celebrate the birthday of my lovely wife – The One Who Must Be Obeyed – by a ‘tourist day’ in Yellowstone. She is not subject to the whims of fisherfolk on this day – we traditionally start the day with a hearty breakfast at the [...]
Sunday, June 21, 2009
There are two reasons to celebrate today. First – it’s Father’s Day – we salute Fathers far and wide today and hope that all fathers have at least a shot at going fishing today. Second – it’s Naked Hiking Day. Seems every year on the first day of summer it’s Naked Hiking Day. Unfortunately the [...]
Despite the heavy rains we’ve seen in the neighborhood over the past few days, reports from the Big Hole are much more positive than I’d have expected to hear. As you can see from this morning’s chart flows have continued to push up over the past four days to just over 4700 cfs this morning. [...]
Flows are up over 11,000 cfs as of this morning on the Bighorn. The fish are still feeding, but it is a nymphing game at this point. Fish worms, scuds, stonefly nymphs, caddis and mayfly pupae deep in the good looking runs. You are most likely going to have to bring some split shot to [...]
In the past two days, flows have come up quite a bit on the Beaverhead, just take a look at the flow chart. This, as you might expect, has adversely affected fishing. Visibility is pretty good right now, even with some of the local feeder creeks and tribs throwing some mud in. The recent rains [...]
