Summer on the Beaverhead is usually pretty good, and this year is no exception. Flows are holding steady at just over 700 cfs, meaning the fish are spread all over the river, not just holed up in the deeper runs and holes. It is going to get pretty damn hot over here this week, so […]
Jake McGlothlin
Wow, it seems hard to believe that August is already here. Time flies when you’re having fun. Anyway, things are beginning to slow down a little bit on the Yellowstone in the park. Flows have been coming down, but they are still higher than normal for this time of year. The fish right below […]
Flows on the Bighorn are being lowered again, down to 3,500 cfs at some point in the next few days. This means already good fishing conditions are going to stay that way! Hoppers are the big news over here, as on most rivers right now. With the lower flows and warmer temps, the bugs […]
Hopper season has hit the Lamar full force. Summer weather has finally settled in, and the terrestrials are out. As you can see from the chart, flows on the Lamar has been up and down over the past week, and are even now still above the median average for this time of year. The […]
Not too much has changed on the Madison in the past week. The summer pattern is here, and is likely to be here for some time. The Lower is still out of it. Hit it early if you have to fish it at all. Should be getting better this fall. Damn tubers. The Upper […]
It seems like the Gallatin has been pretty hit or miss for a long time. All the rain we got a while back was not the best thing for water clarity. But, things have started to get more consistently good over here. Flows have stabilized, although they are coming up a bit from levels […]
The Gardner has been holding its own these past few days. Flows have come down slightly since the start of the week, but are still above median levels. Clarity is excellent, and water temp is coming up. There have been a fair number of caddis in the river lately. This hatch occurs in […]
The Beaverhead is in its summer stride. Flows out of the dam have come up in the past several days, up to over 870 cfs at Barrets as of this morning. This means that the fish are all over the river, not just holding in the deeper runs and pools. Summer hatches of PMDs […]
Soda Butte is coming into its prime. Flows are coming down, water is clearing up, and there are lots of bugs hatching with abandon. Not much as changed hatch-wise since last week. PMDs and drakes are key hatches, with evening caddis being pretty prolific. Terrestrials are becoming an ever more important part of the […]
As always, Slough Creek is one of the hot waters in the park. Flows have been slowly dropping to almost perfect levels, and clarity is just getting better and better. There are a fair number of folks on the water these days, so be prepared to hike a bit to find some solitude. PMDs […]
This stretch of river is still fishing well. Flows out of the lake continue to drop, but remain quite high for this time of year. Water clarity is good, with several feet or more of visibility. Drakes and PMDs seem to be the dominant hatches above the canyons. Morning to early afternoon is the […]
Flows have come down quite a bit on the Bighorn in the past week: down to just over 4,000 cfs at St. Xavier this morning. This means that it is now possible (and safe) to wade the river! It also means dry fly fishing is picking up. The fish have really been going after […]
The big news over on the Lamar is a small lightning strike started fire on Druid Peak. When the official press release came out yesterday, officials said the fire was less than a half-acre in size, but is expected to grow slowly. Firefighters are keeping an eye on it. Just a heads up. From a […]
The Lower Madison is pretty much effectively shut off at this point. The combination of rising water temps and the damn tubers is killer. Look for this stretch to improve come fall. If you do feel compelled to fish the Lower, hit it in mornings before the legions of tubers awake from their drunken stupor. […]
Yesterday Mark and I drove through the Gallatin Canyon on the way to West Yellowstone to meet with John Juracek before his trip to England. The number of folks fishing the Gallatin was impressive – there were people on the water from the confluence with Fan Creek basically all the way down through the Canyon. […]
