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Spring Creek Afternoon
I played hookie from the shop yesterday afternoon to fish for a couple of hours on Depuy’s Spring Creek. While it wasn’t exactly non-stop action, I did bring some fish to the net. Naturally, the two biggest fish were long-line releases. It was all nymphing; I didn’t see any fish up on midges. Probably the [...]
Fight Cabin Fever – Go Fishing!
Our unusually warm winter has had an upside – little or no shelf ice on the Yellowstone. Which means you can wade fish the river pretty much wherever you please. Look for slower, deeper water, particularly where a riffle dumps into a deeper pool. You’ll most likely be watching an indicator. Try a two-nymph rig [...]
Anyone out there doing any fishing?
We’re not. Too much paper to push at the shop. Too many animals to hunt. Too much cold and wind. Too darn lazy. What about you? Hit one of the spring creeks? Drifted some nymphs through the deep and slow? We’d love to hear about it. Make us envious of your exploits. Leave us a [...]
Armstrong’s Saturday
I woke up to a beautiful day on Saturday and decide to go hit the river. Broke out the six weight and prepared for a day of double nymph rigs and Thingamabobbers. As I headed for the shop to pick up a few things, I thought it would be best to check the river out [...]
With temps warming of late and the wind giving us a break here and there, floating the Yellowstone is becoming a viable option. We floated Pine Creek to Carters on Thursday after learning this was an ice free float with no dangerous jams to clog up the river. We took a raft which turned out to [...]