“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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Every great trout water has three “signature hatches,” I’d argue. Applied to the Yellowstone River, you’ve got the Mother’s Day Caddis, swarming over the river prior to runoff and the ‘hopper “hatch” in mid- to late-summer, as the Montana breezes blow chunky terrestrials into the trout’s […]
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Fishing on the Yellowstone River is getting really good, despite the lack of significant numbers of salmonfly adults so far! We’ve seen, and had reports of, a few big stoneflies in the air recently, salmonflies and goldenstones, but the best is yet to come. In the […]
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The guys have been having some great fishing lately on the Yellowstone River and they’re sharing their secrets in a fresh fishing report! The Yellowstone River is flowing at 11, 400 CFS in Livingston with at least two feet of visibility. This past weekend we saw […]
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Ready to fish? We’re ready to get you out on our hallowed waters! We’re tentatively planning to resume guided fishing trips beginning July 1st. The fishing is about to go off on the Yellowstone River and we’d like for you to experience the best she has […]
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It’s (almost) the time we all wait for, the annual salmonfly emergence on the Yellowstone River! Are you ready for big trout eating big bugs? The Yellowstone River is dropping, clearing, and warming, all good trends for the salmonfly “hatch,” which should get going any day […]
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