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Tough Day Tactics
February 9, 2016  By Dan Gigone 

Yesterday’s fly fishing on the Yellowstone River was not easy. I should have known that things would be tough when I hooked and lost a nice fish on my first cast. After that, nothing, for a long time. After a while, a couple of whitefish, but […]

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Dead-Drifted Streamers
February 6, 2016  By Dan Gigone 

First a short fishing update, then a bit about a simple, deadly technique that a lot of people don’t think to try. I got out for a couple of hours of fly fishing on the Yellowstone River yesterday. I headed up above Yankee Jim Canyon to […]

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Winter Fly Fishing – Back to Basics
January 29, 2016  By Dan Gigone 

Today would be a good day to get out and fish the Yellowstone River or the Paradise Valley spring creeks. Relatively warm, not too much wind…. If you can do it (pesky jobs!), head out today and get a little respite from cabin fever. A lot […]

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Last Week’s Fishing Report 1/26/16
January 26, 2016  By Sweetwater Staff 

The day began with a beautiful sunrise and the promise of some warmer air temperatures, maybe even 50 degrees.  It was breezy at our place in Paradise Valley, but when we got out of the car along the Yellowstone River above Yankee Jim Canyon, the air […]

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Preparing for Your Fishing Trip to the Yellowstone
January 19, 2016  By Sweetwater Staff 

So, you’re going fishing on the world famous Yellowstone River in Montana.  Maybe it’s later this week.  Maybe it’s not until late July.   Whenever it is, there is some research you should conduct before your trip.  In today’s modern world, most of the time, there’s […]

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First Fish of 2016
January 12, 2016  By Sweetwater Staff 

The three foot high ice chunks that currently border, and often cover, the Yellowstone River in Paradise Valley did not breed confidence as I sped my way south towards the Yankee Jim Canyon.  But Dan had fished upriver from the canyon earlier in the week, and […]

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2016’s First Float
January 11, 2016  By Sweetwater Staff 

The first week and a half of 2016 have been chilly in Livingston, MT–normal for this time of year.  And though I did get out last week for my first Yellowstone River fishing trip of the year (more on that in my next post), few of […]

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First Casts
January 5, 2016  By Dan Gigone 

I layered up yesterday afternoon and headed to the Yellowstone River to make my first casts of the brand new year. It was warm but somewhat windy in the Paradise Valley, so I drove up above Yankee Jim Canyon, where it was just mildly breezy and […]

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Fall is Streamer Time
October 9, 2015  By Dan Gigone 

The current season is probably the best time of year to hunt for truly trophy trout. And streamers are your best bet for hooking one of the Yellowstone River’s monsters. The following short article was written a few years back by former Sweetwater Fly Shop employee, […]

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Streamer (and Baetis) Weather
October 3, 2015  By Dan Gigone 

Cloudy, rainy, chilly, why would you fish on a day like today? Because the fishing could be really good, that’s why! It’s a day ready made for throwing streamers. And we’ve had good reports from anglers doing just that yesterday. And if that’s not enough to […]

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