Rich’s Yellowstone River Fishing Report – 5/20/26
Sweetwater’s Rich Ridgeway has been fishing the Yellowstone River like crazy and here is his update for the Memorial Day weekend: The Yellowstone is shaping up nicely heading into the weekend, with flows around Livingston currently hovering near 5,800 CFS and expected to gradually rise through […]
Firehole and Gibbon River Opening Day – Rich Was There!
Yellowstone National Park opened fishing on the Firehole and Gibbon Rivers on May 1st for the first time in over a century and Sweetwater’s Rich Ridgeway was enjoying the great early season fishing in the Park! Check out his fishing report, then get you YNP fishing […]
Fishing Report – 4/10/26
The guys have been out fishing the last week, on the Yellowstone River, Mill Creek, and the spring creeks. The fish have been hungry everywhere! For what it’s worth, the warm spring weather and relatively high flows are making for the best spring fishing that I […]
Rich’s Yellowstone River Fishing Report – 3/27/26
Sweetwater’s Rich Ridgeway has been getting out fishing on the Yellowstone River and has some great tips for your next angling adventure, plus a special tip for getting the kids out and into some willing fish: The Yellowstone is currently flowing at 3,200 CFS with colored […]
Yellowstone River Fishing Report 3-5-26: Get Out There!
With the unseasonably warm (crazy) weather, the whole Sweetwater crew has been out on the Yellowstone River in the last week and the results have been positive! After a couple of days of winter, it should be a decent weekend to hit the river, though do […]
Rich’s Yellowstone River Winter Fishing Report – 2/24/26
Should you fish the Yellowstone River in February? Sweetwater’s Rich Ridgeway says, “Heck yes!” He got into some nice fish yesterday in the Paradise Valley (check out the colors and kype on that big rainbow) and this is his advice if you’re heading out this warm […]
Rich’s Yellowstone River Fishing Report – 2/4/26
Sweetwater’s Rich Ridgeway got out on the Yellowstone recently in the unseasonably warm weather. His advice follows. Gonna be a lovely spring weekend in February and you should get out while the gettin’s good! The Yellowstone is in full winter mode, but it’s fishing better than […]
Yellowstone River and Spring Creeks Fishing Report – 12/27/25
Paradise Valley Spring Creeks: by Jan Axtell Unseasonably warm day time temperatures and persistent low barometric pressure have made for an excellent week of fishing in Paradise Valley and beyond. If you aren’t fired up about skiing, you might as well go fishing. Our predicted weather […]
Yellowstone River & Spring Creek Fishing Report for the Holiday Week
A Fresh Fishing Report from Jan Axtell and Rich Ridgeway What a week we have had in Paradise Valley. High winds and no snow have us all a bit squirrelly. Despite our unique winter, fishing conditions remain very good; consistently producing fish throughout the day. If […]
Fishing Report for the Yellowstone & Spring Creeks – 12/11/25
By Rich Ridgeway and Jan Axtell Last week it appeared that winter had settled in on our Paradise Valley fisheries, but Montana weather being what it is, we’ve been given a warm spell reminiscent of the first days of spring. Warm temps, good cloud cover, dropping […]
