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PMDs on the Spring Creeks!
Pale Morning Dun mayflies are beginning to hatch on the Paradise Valley Spring Creeks. There was a good hatch on DePuy’s today from about 11:00 until 1:00 or 1:30 in the afternoon. Fish were taking a CDC Thorax PMD with abandon. Get out there while the getting’s good. And stop by Sweetwater Fly Shop on [...]
Be Safe!
It almost goes without saying (but we will) that the Yellowstone River can be dangerous at the current levels. Don’t float it yet if you’re not pretty darn competent on the oars. And if you’re wading, use extreme caution. Be especially careful about walking on undercut banks. They can easily collapse and dump you in [...]
Get Ready?
It seems hard to believe right now, with the Yellowstone River roaring and muddy, but the hydrologists at NOAA forecast that the level will peak tomorrow and then come down rapidly. They’re predicting that the river will be back down below 10,000 cfs at Carter’s Bridge by this Saturday. I’ll believe it when I see [...]
The Waiting Game Begins
The Yellowstone River is back up over 10,000 cfs at both Corwin Springs and Carter’s Bridge. And it’s muddy. The question now is how quickly it’ll come back down to fishable levels. And, in particular, will it be fishable again before the Salmonflies pop? My guess is that this latest spike won’t last long, but [...]
Lower Madison 6/7/13
Sometimes rumors are just that. If there are any salmonflies on the Lower Madison, they weren’t where I was. Which was downstream of Black’s Ford. No adults in the air or the bushes. No shucks. And the trout weren’t greedily smashing the nymphs, either. What action there was was on a black Copper John. There [...]