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Yellowstone Park 7-20-13

July 20, 2013
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Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

We offer much information about meadow streams such as in Fall River Basin, along upper Slough Creek, and Pelican Creek which is on the rebound.  Size of the fish, scenic beauty, and solitude make these places among the most enjoyable that can be visited. For many anglers seeking meadow streams, however, the problem is the long walks required to reach the best waters on these.  Let’s suggest some meadow streams that do not require hours of walking to and from.   The Lamar River above the canyon is fishing well now.  So are the Gibbon River in meadow reaches above the canyon, lower Slough Creek, and the Lewis River below the Falls and adjacent to the South Entrance highway.  Very large trout reside in each of these, and for each of these waters you need to be stealthy and knowledgeable with respect to approach. Terrestrial patterns, PMD life cycle, damselfly life cycle, patterns for diminishing brown drakes are  best for now, and in these warm, bright days the axiom “fish early, fish late” applies.  But being adjacent to major roads means that many anglers will accompany you on each of these. So we offer a meadow stream on which you cannot expect little or no company, is  in beautiful country, hosts a variety of very large trout, and requires a minimal walk.  Want to read more about this water? Go to our Articles page and read about Duck Creek in Yellowstone Park.

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Small Streams 7-20-13

July 20, 2013
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Fishing Reports, Small Streams

This time of year fishing small streams can be a “mixed bag.” With warm, bright days open reaches can be extremely difficult because of the lack of overhead cover making fish either extremely wary or avoiding such locations. Thus concentrate your efforts where there is overhanging brush, undercuts, sweepers, and just below in-stream structure. Several small streams are good fishing now.  This really applies to the South Fork and Palisades Reservoir tributaries; Palisades, Rainy, Big Elk, McCoy, and Bear Creeks.  Take your favorite ant, beetle, hopper, caddis and PMD patterns. Concentrate on the slower water having overhead cover, and each of these streams will have plenty of such. Look for flavs to begin emerging at a significant rate soon on most of these streams making for fabulous afternoon fishing.  Cutts in some of these streams rival those in the South Fork for size, and you will encounter a lot fewer anglers on these waters.  Another water type to concentrate on is beaver ponds, particularly those with deeper areas and cover in the form of willows and well vegetated banks.  Upper reaches of McCoy Creek, the Willow Creek, the Little Lost River drainages, and Idaho’s Salt River tributaries have numerous beaver ponds. For sure, leech patterns are the most effective to use, but submerged vegetation limits their use this time of year, so go with dry damselfly and terrestrial  patterns.  We have more  information that we can place here on the great variety of small waters in the region, so it might be best to come in and discuss with us ones to visit.

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South Fork 7-19-13

July 19, 2013
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South Fork

The South Fork is still fishing well, but it is changing. Fish in the riffles have been a little tougher lately so make sure you switch up your fly patterns, especially the profile of your fly. People have been doing very well fishing emergers (PMD Hunchback emerger size 18 and Bubble Back PMD Emerger size 16,18 have been best) dropped behind a dry fly. Fishing the big bugs like the CFO Yellow Ant size 8 and Blomquist’s Pink Ant size 8 has been producing earlier in the morning. Terrestrials are starting to fish well and people have been having success fishing ants like the CFO Copper/Black ant size 12 & 14 and the Honey CDC water wasp size 14 either fished by themselves or dropped behind a bigger chernobyl type pattern.
Give us a call at the shop for up to the minute reports on how the South Fork is fishing.

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Stillwater/Henry’s Lake 7-19-13

July 19, 2013
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Henry's Lake, Still Water

The fishing on area stillwaters is tough right now. Like has been mentioned in previous posts, the surface temperatures on the lakes to the south is over 70 degrees and has been for some time. Landing fish in this warm temperature can really stress fish out so make sure you revive the fish completely before releasing. If possible, head out to deeper water or a weed free area to release your fish. Damsels, Chironomids, and Callibaetis patterns are still your best bets for getting into fish.

The Sand Creek Ponds opened up this past week are fishing well. Dry Damsels and Callibaetis have been taking fish along with the nymphs of both species. Unfortunately, the water temperature is warmer then we were hoping for this early in the summer. Make sure you are reviving your fish completely before releasing them.

Henry’s Lake is one lake in this area with water temperatures under 70 degrees. Targhee and Duck creek have been fishing very well. Both areas can be crowded, especially Targhee Creek so make sure you get out there early to stake out a spot. The Peacock AH, Henry’s Lake Scud, and the Henry’s Lake Pheasant Tail would be great patterns to have on you. Fish shallow early and as the day progresses gradually move out to deeper water.

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Today at Jimmy’s 7-13-13

July 13, 2013
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Today at Jimmy's

We have a great deal on an Outcast Pontoon boat in the store right now. The boat is an Outcast Discovery 9 IR and is perfect for area lakes and rivers. This boat retails for $899.00 and we have it on sale right now for $650.00. If your interested in this boat, get in touch with us quickly, it won’t last long!

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Yellowstone Park 7-13-13

July 13, 2013
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Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Bechler Meadows opens to horse traffic on July 15th.   With the river dropping and ultra-clear, successful fishing will be tougher than any place around.  So if you want to test your dry fly skills, this is the place. If you are in the meadows and want action for sure, try Boundary Creek. The fish are smaller to be sure, but there are some large enough to be a credit anywhere and surprise you.  Start relying on your favorite small (#18) PMD patterns.  Hoppers are several days away in the meadows, but ant, beetle, and deer or horsefly (try the “out of style” humpy in size12) patterns, gently and precisely placed, will work.

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Henry’s Lake 7-13-13

July 13, 2013
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Henry's Lake

Fishing at Henry’s Lake has been very good recently. Fishing off Targhee Creek has been best with some bigger fish finally showing up. To fish the Targhee Creek area successfully you need to be there early, really early. Start shallow in the morning and gradually work your way out to deeper water as the sun gets higher in the sky. On the same note, fish larger, darker flies (Black CB, Brown CB, Lt Olive Crystal, California leech) early and change out to the smaller patterns (Mighty Mouse, Peacock Ah, HL Scud, HL Pheasant tail) as the day goes on. If you see people up there catching fish while you are not, stop fishing and watch them for a bit. Often you can pick up how and what others are using/doing just by slowing down and watching for a bit.

Other areas of the lake are fishing well too like Howard Creek, The Cliffs, and around Duck Creek. Use the same methods mentioned above on all these locations.

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Stillwater 7-13-13

July 13, 2013
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Still Water

The summer doldrums have hit our favorite lakes to the south. Surface temperatures are now over 70 degrees on most, if not all, of the lakes down south. Hooking, landing, and releasing fish in water over 70 degrees is very tough on fish. If you do decide to fish, make sure you take the extra time to revive the fish and land them as quickly as possible on the heaviest line possible. Fish are going to be cruising weedbeds and hanging out in deeper water this time of year. Damsel nymphs and Chironomids would be your best bets right now.

To the North, the Sand Creek Ponds open up to float tubes and motor-less boats this coming week. Fishing should be excellent on adult Damsel flies and Callibaetis. I had great success on the shops parachute foam damsel size #12 last year up at the ponds. If the fish aren’t on the surface feeding or the wind is blowing, fish a damsel nymph like our Olive and Lt. Olive Mrabou Damsel nymph size #12 under an adult damsel or indicator. There are always some very nice fish caught up there in the first couple weeks so if you missed the dry fly fishing down south on the lakes this year, the Sand Creek Ponds are your best bet.

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7-11-13 South Fork

July 11, 2013
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South Fork

Well the big Salmon Flies are almost finished up on the upper South Fork near the dam, but the fishing has still be excellent with a golden stone. On both the upper and lower stretch John’s CFO Yellow ant size 8 and Berrett’s Golden Stone barred legs size 8 have worked along the banks as a golden stone imitation. The riffles have also been good with a Pink Comparadun size 20 and 18 as PMD’s  (Pale Morning Duns)and spinners along with Yellow Sally (Kyle’s Yellow Sally size 12) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. all throughout the South Fork. Also if you get an overcast day on the South Fork, I would try a streamer such as a Gallop Peanut Envy Olive size 2 or a Black Prince Bugger size 4 along the banks. Lastly, a Brown Rubber Leg size 6 and a Red Copper John size 16 can work as a nymph rig.

 

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