If you’ve never seen a real Mother’s Day Caddis hatch on the Yellowstone, let me try to describe it—though I’ll fail, of course. Words rarely do it justice. Imagine a spring afternoon that smells like wet cottonwoods and melting snow, the river moving fast but not […]
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Spring 2025 fishing continues to be great here in the Yellowstone Valley. Water levels on the Yellowstone continue to drop after last week’s precipitation. Yellowstone River The river volume is dropping from last week’s rain and snow event and clearing, very fishable though and we are […]
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Spring 2025 continues to produce good fishing on the Yellowstone River and the Paradise Valley spring creeks. Despite an increase in spring flows in the mainstem of the river fish have transitioned from the winter doldrums to early spring feeding patterns. Yellowstone River A bump in […]
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Written by Matthew Swan of Swan’s Fly Fishing and Montana Classic Boat Tours One of the greatest joys of fishing a wild freestone river is embracing its ever-changing nature. Unlike tailwaters, which offer predictable conditions, rivers like the Yellowstone shift with the seasons, challenging anglers while providing an […]
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The rites of spring are fully underway. Late March and April could be the most overlooked season of fishing of the year. While the weather can be a dice shake between wintery mix and delightful spring the fishing has been red hot. Rainbow trout have been […]
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For the dry fly angler on the Yellowstone River this time of year, the focus is on midges and baetis mayflies (blue-winged olive) mayflies, the little stuff. But if you’re hitting the river from now until runoff, you should be prepared for an emergence of the […]
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As winter transitions to spring, the snowpack is looking good and we expect plenty of water in the Yellowstone River through the summer. As always, other factors are in play, but we expect good fishing post-runoff, usually starting about mid-June. Fish and bug populations seem to […]
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Wow, what a week we have seen fishing and weather wise in Park County. Fishing has been great to very good over the last week in and around Livingston. Anglers have responded in kind and it really appears as if the Pre-runoff season has begun in […]
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Wow, that’s what I call Western weather. The last 3 weeks of February have been a heck of a ride – epic snow and cold followed by warming and hurricane force wind. Big shout out to the Crew at Park County works that have kept the […]
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Jan’s been fishing, and the fishing’s been good! Check out his latest report! We’ve enjoyed a few days of sunny warm weather that has unlocked parts of the Yellowstone and improved fishing conditions on the Paradise Valley Spring creeks. There is accessible and fishable water on […]
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