Fly fishers world-wide should pause for a moment today, remove their hats and stand for a full minute of reverent salute – the Yellowstone National Park fishing season opened this morning at sunrise.
[I know a lot of folks will roll their eyes at another mention of the Firehole. Well, roll away my friends. Catching it during decent water conditions early in the season (this week and into June pending the year) can be a life changing experience. Plan to hit it at some point.]
SWMBO and I were fortunate enough to spend much of Wednesday on the banks of the Firehole filming a little project with Fire Girl Jess and watch fish rising to PMDs, BWOs and at least three different caddis through the day (Blue Ribbon flies says to expect four different caddis species…). That video project is still in editing, though I found myself combing through the A and B rolls yesterday looking for rising fish…
Flows are down and the rivers are still cool – if we were still in the neighborhood we’d be in the Park today. (Dammit.)
May the waters of the Park live long and prosper.
