The Gardner is in great shape right now. Flows are holding steady just below 250 cfs at Mammoth, which is pretty good for this time of year. Water temps have been coming up; warming, but not hot yet. The lower river is fishing very well. There are still some Salmonflies and golden stones around the […]
Jake McGlothlin
Flows on the Beaverhead are coming up. They have risen over 100 cfs in the past few days. While the river is not at record levels by any means, the increased flows have made some fish a little more hesitant to feed on top. PMDs and caddis are still hatching like crazy. When you can […]
The Yellowstone in the park is fishing well. The section below the lake opened three days ago and reports from that area have been good. Flows are still above normal, but clarity is good and the fish are feeding. Anglers are finding good numbers of cutthroats below the lake. The main hatches in this […]
Flows are finally dropping over on the Bighorn. As of this morning, flows out of the dam are around 7,300 cfs. About time they were coming down. There is still a lot of water in the river, but conditions are much better. The fish remain hungry for nymphs, particularly worms, sow bugs, ray charles, […]
The Lamar has been shaping up nicely. Flows are coming down and the water is clearing up. There is over a foot of visibility right now. Expect the river to keep coming down, but the rains will muddy her up for a while. The water is still high and cold, but we are starting to […]
Yesterday I ran down to Slough Creek in Yellowstone with my buddies Mike and Tracy. We all work at the same store back in Bozeman and had been planning the trip for a few days. And so, with it pouring rain, we left town at 7:00 am. It rained all the way to the Tower […]
Ah summer. The time when one part of the Madison shuts down and one part hits its stride. Such is life. The Lower remains under siege from the armies of drunken tubers. The only time you can really fish this stretch right now is in the mornings, when water temps are cool and before the […]
Due to all the rain in recent days, the Gallatin has blown back out. Taylor Fork is pumping a lot of mud into the rivers, as are all of the feeder creeks and tribs. Flows have bumped back up almost to the 80th percentile. Clarity is gone, all of several inches right now. Before the […]
I’m leaving Bozeman this morning with friends at or before 7 to hit Slough Creek and maybe the Lamar or Pebble – if things work according to schedule we should be able to catch the Gray Drakes…. Mark will have the new camera on the Madison today, but I’ll try and get a bucket full of decent […]
One of the things that I really love about this area is the fact that most of the waters are on varying schedules. Right when a hatch, say stoneflies, starts to turn off on one river, they show up somewhere else. This is the case with the Gardner right now: the stoneflies are out. The […]
The Cascade Corner is starting to shape up. Flows have been dropping and the water is clearing up. While things are certainly better than they were last week, the river is only going to improve with time. Mayflies such as green and brown drakes and PMDs are beginning to show up in great numbers over […]
The Beaverhead is in good shape right now. Flows are well within acceptable limits, although they have been up and down a little bit lately. Clarity is great. Now is the time to be out on the Beaverhead. PMDs seem to be the predominant hatch at the moment. There have been lots of dries […]
The Yellowstone in the Park is very close to fishing well. The area below the Lake remains closed until the 15th of this month. Flows are starting to creep back down to manageable levels. Fishing in the Grand and Black Canyons seems to be the best bet. Last report I heard from a buddy […]
