Yesterday’s sunrise marked what for many is a most hallowed time of year: the Opening Day of the Fly Fishing Season in Yellowstone. Work duties and the need to postpose travel awaiting the arrival of our grandchild in Livingston (just a another few weeks – or less) kept us away this year, though looking at […]
River – YNP – Firehole
This will be the first late October and / or early November that we haven’t make a pilgrimage to the banks of the Firehole for one last outing before (most of) Yellowstone closes to vehicular traffic during the winter season. It’s of minor consolation to remember the Firehole is often shut down by this time […]
It simple seems impossible that this will be our last report on the Firehole for this season. I’ll be damned if it seems like just yesterday we had driven into the Park back in April to say hello to an old friend. There is a lot of water around the region that is fishing […]
With just under a couple of weeks left in the Park’s fishing season, yesterday Jake and I were able to break away from our respective families and work duties to hit the Park with the intent of fishing three different waters. Two were ‘drive-by’ fisheries that attract a lot of attention and to be honest […]
Twenty days of YNP fishing are remaining in this season. Twenty days. I’ll be damned if it doesn’t seem like just yesterday we were gearing up in May and early June for the Firehole’s spring mayfly run. The Firehole is a most interesting river this time of year; despite the chilly air temps the Firehole’s […]
I’m not sure about conditions on Park roads this morning; obviously there’s some snow down in West Yellowstone and on into the Park. It is 27 this morning in West (0730) according to The Weather Underground with snow ‘ankle deep’ according to Yellowstoner. Have another cup of coffee this morning. Have two. Mid to late […]
Wednesday will likely be one of those days Firehole fans been looking for – a long awaited cool, cloudy and rainy day. The Firehole has been quite fishable given the smattering of Baetis coming off and fairly robust White Miller Caddis hatches coming off on the sunny warm days that have graced the neighborhood for […]
To be brutally honest I haven’t been in the main body of the Park for a week, and in particular haven’t spent any time on one of my favorite fall season rivers – The Firehole. One reason is that life has been a bit busy of late; one reason is that last week was much […]
Bright sunshine has been keeping the afternoon water temps on the lower river ‘toasty’ despite the cool mornings, as you can see from the temp chart (from near the Madison confluence) water temps have still been pushing 72 (save for yesterday). Caddis are still rolling off in the afternoons, best above Midway, though when we […]
Nice thought, but I doubt it. Friend and foes in the neighborhood were debating at a gathering yesterday evening whether or not this week’s weather will mark the turn into the genuine fall season; more than one of us present tend to think first of the Firehole when discussion of fall fishing in the neighborhood […]
Frankly there are a lot of places in and around the Park that offer much better fishing right (consider the Gallatin for example my friends), though we seem to get inquiries about the Firehole endlessly during the season. Morning water temps even on the lower Firehole have been looking better; this past week temps have […]
It’s clearly still August, albeit late August – in a ‘typical’ Yellowstone year that means it’s still summer but evidence the arrival of Fall is accumulating in the hills and along the river. The lower Firehole has even been teasing its followers a bit of late – water temperatures have been cooling somewhat and there […]
Scanning data on the computer this morning it’s a chilly 39 here in Bozeman and 29 in Island Park. I was talking with a friend in Austin yesterday who said it was a balmy 100 down there in the Lone Star State yesterday afternoon. What a contrast in temperatures and geography. Weather in the neighborhood […]
The Firehole River that most of us think of still needs a rest during these warmer days – think of it as siesta time for the Firehole. Fair game to wander onto the upper river above Old Faithful – though not many head that way this time of year (hint, hint).
