Ask me why I love fall fishing in Yellowstone Country. Is it big streamers for big browns, tiny fall baetis mayflies on the Paradise Valley spring creeks, solitude in Yellowstone National Park? Is it ‘hopper action without the crowds, cooler weather, cooler water and re-energized fish? […]
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“Willow Flies” Are Crawling—And the Hatch Is Starting The Salmonflies have begun their crawl up the banks and into the willows—exactly where the trout are looking. These insects don’t emerge midstream. They migrate to the edges, climbing rocks, grass, and willows. That’s where you’ll find the […]
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Spring 2025 fishing in the Yellowstone Valley continues to produce great fishing, although the Yellowstone has teetered towards its annual cycle of spring runoff. Yellowstone River Up-and-down weather has bounced the Yellowstone River to muddy near-runoff levels, then way back down with a recent cool spell. […]
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The Yellowstone River is soon to be big and muddy, Throughout the state of Montana, and particularly in the Yellowstone watershed, we received a good amount of high-mountain snow this past winter. All of that snow needs to melt and make it through our rivers and […]
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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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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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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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