You’ve undoubtedly already read about the Rude Trude and about our “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest in our previous Fly Zone posts. Perhaps you’ve even picked up your FREE DOZEN FLIES from us here at Sweetwater Fly Shop (if you haven’t yet, you’d better come in […]
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The Yellowstone River continues to fish very well with hoppers, Chubbys, other attractor dries, and smaller terrestrials (and nymph droppers, if you don’t want to go “dry or die”). When the conditions are just right (warm, a bit breezy), you will still find trout stacked up […]
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So says a text from Sweetwater Fly Shop guide Jan Axtell, who is out with clients this morning on the Yellowstone River in the Paradise Valley. Don’t let them have all the fun to themselves today. Get out there while the getting is good! Thanks, Jan, […]
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Update: The “Rudie Can’t Fail” photo contest details and rules are now posted! Read about the Rude Trude below, then click here to learn how you could win glory and prizes just by catching a fish on a Rude Trude (perhaps easier said than done), taking […]
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The dry fly fishing on the Yellowstone River has been exceptional the last few days, with lots of trout eating grasshopper patterns and attractor dries all over the river. Whether you want to float or wade above Yankee Jim Canyon, in the Paradise Valley, or downstream […]
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The Yellowstone River continues to fish well, both in the Paradise Valley and downstream of Livingston. There should be no clarity issues anywhere on the river this weekend (yippee, no “where’s the mud” calls today). There’s just a touch of green, and on the Yellowstone, “green […]
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It’s getting good out there! We’ve been getting positive reports from yesterday’s and today’s fishing on the Yellowstone River. The bite has been especially good downstream of Livingston, but plenty of fish are also eating in the Paradise Valley. And the trout are looking up as […]
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We’re pretty darn excited about how good the fly fishing on the Yellowstone River is likely to be this August! As of mid-July, the Yellowstone is still relatively high and is just now coming into shape for really good fishing, particularly with dry flies. Those good […]
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Flows are looking strong on the Yellowstone river (currently at 8,050 cfs), and will continue to drop steadily through the summer. It’s still a little off color, and seems to be taking it’s time kicking off the most recent mud plug, however, if thunderstorms abide the […]
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Salmon Flies have arrived on the Yellowstone! We received a few reports yesterday of some bugs kicking around, and this morning we heard they were out in bigger numbers. One customer mentioned he grabbed a few and tossed them in the river and a fish came […]
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