Yellowstone Park, September 21st, 2024

Storms earlier this week are helping push Hebgen Lake browns and rainbows into the Park portion of the Madison River. Streamer and large soft hackle patterns fished deep will be active here for several weeks to come. Crowds will increase along the river as word of good numbers of migrating trout becomes public. Those storms persisted for days in the northeast corner of the Park making Slough and Soda butte creeks and the Lamar River quite discolored. The Firehole River, however, is offering great late season fishing with BWO and caddis activity peaking. Swinging soft haclle patterns this time of the seson is always effective. Discolor in Fall River Basin streams is receding significantly and terrestrial inesct populations are active again. Long drag free floats produce best for those fly fishers cautious enough to avoid close ventures to stream banks