Spring baetis (Blue-Winged Olive) mayfly season is starting up on the Paradise Valley spring creeks, just up the road from Sweetwater Fly Shop. It’s one of my favorite times of year to fish the spring creeks. If you’ve never fished any of the spring creeks (or […]
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Paradise Valley was beautiful last week–it’s always beautiful, but mid 50’s air temps in February made it feel even nicer than usual. Yes, there was some wind; there’s always wind as spring struggles to overtake winter along the Rocky […]
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A couple weeks ago, I proclaimed winter’s half way point. Today I’m officially declaring the opening of Western Montana’s 2017’s trout fishing season. Warmer weather has eroded much of the ice that encased the Yellowstone for the last two months. On Sunday, we had customers in […]
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Yesterday, Dan and I attended the “Rally for Public Lands” at the Montana State Capitol building in Helena. We rode in one of the two buses that left Bozeman carrying anglers, fishermen, hunters, and hikers who wanted to show their support for keeping public lands in […]
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I should begin by saying that the title of this post is a bit untrue. The first day of winter was Wednesday, December 21, 2016. The first day of spring isn’t until Monday, March 20, 2017. So technically, when you work the math, mid-winter will be […]
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Just wanted to post a quick reminder that this coming Sunday, November 6, is the last day of the 2016 fishing season up in Yellowstone National Park. If you’ve been planning to do a bit of fall fishing in the park but haven’t made it up […]
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You don’t have to fish streamers if you head out to the Yellowstone River this weekend, but you might as well. There’s no better time of year to catch trout on streamers, and there’s always that chance that you’ll hook into one of the river’s monsters. […]
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The Yellowstone River still has a good deal of color from the recent rains (and snow!), but there’s enough clarity now to catch some trout, if you’re willing to give it a try. There is at least 8″ of visibility this morning at Carter’s Bridge, which […]
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The Yellowstone River is now open to all forms of water-based recreation, including floating and fishing, from Gardiner down to Emigrant and from the Pine Creek Bridge downstream. The only section that remains closed (to all recreation) is from Emigrant down to the Pine Creek Bridge. […]
0 Read MoreAs of about an hour ago, the Yellowstone River is now open for all forms of recreation, including fishing, downstream of the Highway 89 N Bridge (a few miles east of Livingston). Tributaries of the Yellowstone, including the Paradise Valley spring creeks, but excluding the Shields […]
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