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Slough Creek
See you next season.
Like you probably are, we’re getting some conflicting reports about Slough these days. Some of the people that we know who are the most ardent Slough Creek fans, as well as the team from Park’s in Gardiner (who arguably from a shop / guide standpoint know Slough as well or better than any shop in […]
For the second week in a row most of our crew has been chained to the real world and not been able to make the trek to the northeast corner of the Park, even though it’s less than three hours away. Looks like today’s weather calls for hot and windy conditions ahead of one of […]
Slough is a little less crowded these days – though perhaps not for the reason you’d think. There aren’t quite as many elbows on Slough because it’s a much tougher go these days. Baetis and Drakes are beginning to show up and there are still days when terrestrials (not giant hoppers as a gentleman from […]
Being perfectly honest (which is of course very difficult for most fishermen to do) – I don’t know the details right now; most of my fishing comrades in arms have been shying away from the northeast corner due to the crowds, though that is soon to change for the better. We’ll do some fishing around […]
Pretty much ditto what you’ve just read about Soda. Hot damn.
Last week we joined the chorus of folks warning about the crowds on Slough and proffered the advice that you should head upstream for the best fishing. Even with the road closure there have been a fair number of fisher folk on the river (though several Slough die-hards) have suggested it wasn’t quite as crowded […]
While perhaps not as insanely crowded as Soda has been, Slough’s cutties have seen lots of boots pass by so far this season, and are getting picky about flies and presentation. Of course conditions are overall better the farther up the waterway you’d care to wander – you’ll see far fewer elbows and fine fish […]
Slough Creek continues to fish well and continues to be pounded by fisher folk this season. Local rains from the passing storms have flushed a bit of color in over the past few days, but from what we’ve heard she’s still been fishable. There’s an elk kill that is in the region of the VIP […]
As happens every year, the river residents of Slough Creek are getting rather educated to the ways of those pesky anglers. The river is still fishing pretty danged well, though fish have been pounded enough to be a bit more crafty and defensive up through the Second Meadow. There are still Drakes here too (both […]
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 […]
If you missed Jake’s report from this past Monday – click back a few posts and take a gander at the day he and his friends Tracy and Mike had on Slough. One of the guys that Jake was fishing with on Monday has spent years in the Park working as a concessioner; he has […]
