One of my favorite fishing memories was a drive-all-night trip to Yellowstone with some college buddies that landed us on the Yellowstone River in the park, fishing caddis dries to rising cutthroat. The fish and the water were beautiful and I remember thinking to myself that I must to come back this place again and […]
Yellowstone (YNP)
Ended up taking a business meeting on the road through Paradise Valley and then on into the Lamar Valley of YNP yesterday afternoon. Pre-storm temps were relatively toasty – pushing 50 leaving Livingston right after lunch, and 42 in Gardiner an hour later. On the way out a nifty sunset…. The Soda Butte / Lamar […]
We have had more summer weather in September than any other month of the year this year. It should be nice and cool this time of year, not as hot as it has been. Down in the Park it hasn’t been all that bad, just not as cool as it needs to be. Things should start […]
Things are still pretty tough over on the Yellowstone in the Park. Flows out of the lake are still up there; definitely not lacking water this year. I have heard reports of some impressive weed growth below the lake, so be ready to deal with that. The section below the lake is the toughest on […]
There is still a lot of water in the Yellowstone in the Park right now. Flows are much higher than they have been at this time of year, over 1,700 cfs below the lake as of this morning. All the water does make finding fish a bit more difficult, but it is certainly manageable. The […]
Talked to a friend who is on the water around the neighborhood at least four days a week – he spent an afternoon and evening on the Yellowstone on Wednesday. The good news: water looks good right now, flows are healthy, there are lots of fish being brought to hand. Terrestrials are still playing well, […]
The plug of mud pushed into the system from the Lamar finally rolled through the better part of the valley by yesterday, and the river has come back to fine form. The Yellowstone has been offering up some of the best dry fly and hopper fishing that we’ve seen in a few years. The game […]
Many thanks to reader Joshua C. who sent us this picture of a cutthroat he caught during a trip the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone in late July. Here is the story in his own words: I didn’t realize its size at first. It didn’t seem to know it was hooked. Then I felt its […]
Like most waters in the area, the summer doldrums are starting to creep up on the Yellowstone in the park. There is still great fishing to be had, don’t get me wrong, but you are going to have to work a little harder for it. Flows out of the lake continue to slowly decline. All […]
Reader Craig S. from Michigan was in the neighborhood recently and sent over some nice pics of the upper Gallatin and had this to say…. The Park section of the Gallatin tends to be a bit crowded right now so a friend and I hiked upstream via the Bighorn Pass trail last week to access […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
