By Brant on May 29, 2010
Unsettled weather has meant a mixed bag of fishing conditions on the spring creeks over the last couple of weeks. Windy days have been tough, and the dry fly fishing has been minimal on the brighter days. Nelson’s has been the exception–the Baetis hatches have been very fishable on Nelsons’s, even on most of the [...]
Posted in Paradise Valley Spring Creeks
By Dave on May 26, 2010
The Yellowstone has dropped all week and is now running at 4,200 cfs with about a foot of visibility. We floated yesterday and were surprised at how well it fished. There was no dry fly action to speak of but the nymph, streamer and junk fishing was pretty decent. If the Lamar continues to drop [...]
Posted in Yellowstone River | Tagged Nymphing, Spring Fishing, Yellowstone
By Dave on May 19, 2010
The Yellowstone has now begun it’s annual runoff and will probably be out of commission for at least a month. In the meantime consider fishing the Spring Creeks, small streams or Firehole, once Yellowstone National Park opens on May 29th.
Posted in Yellowstone River
By Sweetwater on May 13, 2010
It looks like we are finally in for some warmer weather with temps in the mid 60′s to low 70′s through the weekend. With that, we should get one last shot at the Mother’s Day Caddis hatch before run off begins. We expect to see heavy hatches throughout the valley in the next few days [...]
Posted in Yellowstone River | Tagged Caddis, Spring Fishing, Yellowstone
By Sweetwater on May 10, 2010
The Caddis came off in force this weekend with heavy hatches from Springdale to Mill Creek. From all reports it seems the heaviest activity is still between Mallard’s Rest and Livingston though the river fished very well throughout the Paradise Valley. With a continued forecast of cool nights and day time temps in the mid [...]
Posted in Yellowstone River | Tagged Caddis, Spring Fishing, Yellowstone