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Yellowstone River, 6/25/2012
On Monday we decided to brave the mighty winds and got a boat out on the Bird Float (Grey Owl to Mallards Rest). The river was running 9,700 c.f.s at Corwin Springs, and the water was 57 degrees when we put on at noon. Water clarity was not the best, probably 1.5 to 2 feet, [...]
Salmonfly Time!
Salmonflies were out in force were out in full force yesterday on the Bird Float (Grey Owl to Mallard’s Rest). Water clarity isn’t great, but there should still be enough visibility for the fish to see the big bugs. The river hasn’t come up much, even with the heat of the last couple of days. [...]
Prime Spring Creek Day Available – July 8th
The Paradise Valley spring creeks are fishing well, with PMDs hatching and fish being taken on dry flies. Be sure to bring a variety of sparsely tied dun and emerger patterns (and maybe some cripples) to up your chances of getting into some fish. So far, the bugs have been on the small side, but [...]
PMD Time
Pale Morning Dun mayflies are beginning their emergence on the Paradise Valley spring creeks. I was at Armstrong’s Spring Creek on Friday and fish were rising sporadically. There were PMDs in the air and on the water and I saw a few duns disappear into rise forms. Not exactly a blanket hatch as of yet, [...]
Spring Creek Fieldtrip
The Sweetwater Fly Shop gang hit Depuy’s on Monday for an instructive and fun day of spring creek fishing under the tutelage of spring creek expert Brant Oswald. In addition to learning a lot, we all got into some fish. The fishing was good, if not spectacular. Some fish were rising, though we struggled to [...]