Yellowstone National Park, June 14th 2024

No change here: the Firehole River is the place to fish. Swinging soft hackle types, offering BWO, PMD and caddis life cycle patterns but as we move into warmer weather the river will do the same meaning lower levels of dissolved oxygen. So we should soon treat this river as a sanctuary for resident trout, and fish elsewhere. Here are a few candidates that have opened up: the relatively sparse green drake hatch on the Lewis River above and below Lewis Lake. Lewis. Shoshone and Yellowstone Lakes are now ice-free. From West Yellowstone, Shoshone lake is the easiest to reach if the fly fisher does not mind packing a flotation device and relevant gear three miles down the Delacey Creek trail to the lake. Get out on the lake, look for submerged weed beds. Pitch any fly that simulates a leech or a streamer using a full sink line and stout leader. You will enjoy catching many juvenile lake trout ranging from 17 to just over twenty inches and perhaps a trophy sized brown trout.