Welcome back, it’s been a while! If you’ve never done any fly fishing during the chilly months, get a few tips and techniques from this video I filmed on the Yellowstone River last week!
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What with all of the weird “spring” weather we’ve had, we’re hearing all kinds of speculation about the highly anticipated Mother’s Day Caddis hatch on the Yellowstone River. If you looked at the river this morning, its resemblance to green tea with a bit of milk […]
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Most of the new flies we see year to year are variations on a theme. Yes, some of those variations are pretty juicy, but it’s rare that we come across an exciting new “genre” of flies altogether. Recently, we’ve been seeing more and more jig-head nymphs […]
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Hoppers are the terrestrials that get most of the press these days. And to be sure, the trout on the Yellowstone River continue to eat a boatload (pun intended) of various hopper patterns, though perhaps not as greedily as they did a couple of weeks ago. […]
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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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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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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 hard copy version of Paul Weamer’s new book is now available for sale at Sweetwater Fly Shop. And Paul would be happy to autograph a copy for you. So stop by the shop, or place your order to get your copy.
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Want to be able to check the Yellowstone River fishing report on the road? That’s just the beginning, when it comes to our free mobile app. Here at Sweetwater Fly Shop, we’ve worked hard to make the app a useful tool for planning your trip to […]
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We’ve made some minor updates to our informative booklet – Fly Fishing in Paradise. If you haven’t read it yet, you should! It contains all kinds of great information about fly fishing and other activities in the Livingston, Montana area (and lots of color pictures). Whether […]
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