A pretty impressive mud plug has impacted fisher folk on the Yellowstone this week. A neighbor fished up high yesterday (above Yankee Jim) and said visibility was in the 2-3 foot range; they saw lots of hoppers in the bankside brush but not many in the water. He claims fish were all over small hoppers […]
River – Yellowstone
Flows on the Yellowstone continue to slowly drift downward, just dipping below 7000 cfs around midday yesterday at Livingston. A pretty big thunderstorm tracked across much of the Yellowstone’s headwaters yesterday afternoon and evening and may very well load a mud plug to come down river over the next several days. The upper river (say […]
The Yellowstone downstream of the Park is finally really coming into shape. As is somewhat typical for this time of year and flow situation the upper river is fishing a bit better for the dry fly fisherman than the lower half. Flows are still brisk at 8240 cfs this morning at Carter’s (mean for today […]
Good news – bad news today on the Yellowstone. The good news – Salmonflies are on the river and nearing Yankee Jim. There are some big Caddis (the big chocolate brown Caddis) and some Goldens around as well. Despite the high flows there have been some boats on the water and they’ve been boating some […]
Flows are coming down – slowly – and visibility is up to the 6 to 8 inch range, though the impressive storms that rolled out of the Gallatins and the Park yesterday will probably change that (for the worse) today. You can see from the CoolWorks webcam shot this morning north of Gardiner that there’s […]
A picture from the Cool Works webcam this morning and the flow chart says more than enough… I was over for dinner yesterday and the river has colored up with the recent rains again – look for her to fish somewhere between the 5th and the 10th at this rate……
Flows have tipped back up on the Yellowstone over the past few days, and with storms that rolled through here (Bozeman) and more importantly over the Yellowstone’s upper reaches yesterday evening and last night, flows will likely push a bit more. The shot above is from the Cool Works webcam below Gardiner this morning – […]
Drove over to Livingston last night with the one who must be obeyed and Jake for dinner – where? Mark’s In and Out, of course – and took a gander at the river just for the hell of it. The pic is the view south from the Carter’s bridge. The Good News: Flows are actually […]
The Good News: Cooler weather over the past few days has dropped flow volumes by almost 25% – pretty damned impressive. The Bad News: The river is still high and dirty and still several weeks away from genuine fishability. Stoneflies this year? Maybe.
Not a lot to say about the Yellowstone at this point in time – yesterday afternoon flows peaked up near 20,000 cfs at Carter’s. Warm temps due this week will likely push a lot of snow down, and she just might crest higher after a few days in the high 70s as forecast. If the […]
One of the quickest escalations of flows seen in the neighborhood in a while. The flow graph and gage height at Carter’s says it all. It’s hard to see but the red line on the gage height graph is the flood stage. Of note, we are due cooler temps for couple of days (60s) with […]
Three days ago it would have been safe money to bet that the Yellowstone had blown out for the duration of runoff; there was a fair amount of discussion around the neighborhood that it was a shame as the caddis had been fairly active. Runoff is one of those inevitabilities on western rivers; at least […]
From the heart of every fly fisherman does indeed spring eternal hope – hope that water will clear, hatches will pop, and fish will rise to the fly. Today and tomorrow might be some of those ‘hoped for’ late spring days on the Yellowstone. Are there genuine reasons to have hope today – yep, there […]
With yesterday’s first (for the most part) full day of sun in a thousand years or so, fly fisher folk were out in good numbers enjoying the much improved (though not perfect) flows and clarity on the Yellowstone. For your viewing pleasure this morning’s much improved flow graph and temperature chart – note the near […]
The Good News: More than one fly fisher folk have reported actual sightings of caddis on the Yellowstone. Mike (good friend, great fisherman, reasonably reliable reporter of river conditions) was over on Wednesday and saw and fished caddis; he promised pictures and has not delivered as of this morning. Pictures or not – hot damn. […]
