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Yellowstone Park 9-11-12

September 11, 2012

If you are a Firehole River fan the cooling temperatures are just the ticket. Look for BWOs there to begin emerging in good numbers, and with cooler water fish will respond. Streamer fishing will also pick up all through the Park, especially where browns are moving. Terrestrial insects remain in good numbers, but with hard frosts not far away their importance will soon diminish. So enjoy the last few weeks of big trout exploding on your hopper, beetle and ant patterns.

Yellowstone Park 9-8-12

September 8, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Browns have begun their migration out of Hebgen Lake into the Madison River and on up to spawning grounds in the Gibbon and lower Firehole rivers. The same will soon begin on Lewis River Channel and the Yellowstone River. So break out the streamer patterns. Cooling weather is beginning to improve fishing success on the Firehole River. Trico activity is making for good fishing along the Madison River and in Fall River Basin. So keep those trico patterns handy for a while.

Yellowstone Park 9-4-12

September 4, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Word has it that Hebgen Lake browns are coming into the Madison River above. Now that it and other rivers in the drainage above are open, look for good fishing in the AM with trico spinners and egg layers followed by fishing with terrestrial patterns. The Gibbon River will likely be better fishing than the Firehole River until further cooling takes place. Tricos in the AM, terrestrial patterns later in the day and an increasing use of streamers is a good general strategy for fishing the Park this time of the season.

Yellowstone Park 9-1-12

September 1, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Big news here is that the Park has lifted fishing restrictions on the Firehole and Gibbon rivers below their falls and on the Madison River. With days shortening and cooling, water temps have come down to levels better for hosting salmonids. You can now enjoy trout feeding during AM trico hatches and spinner falls as well as presenting terrestrial patterns during day time on these waters previously closed most of the day.

Yellowstone Park 8-28-12

August 28, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Terrestrials and tricos are bringing action on many Park streams. One of the best trico emergences anywhere is in the lower Bechler Meadows around the Boundary Creek confluence. You will need to start walking in at first light or camp nearby to enjoy it until around noon. When the emergence is is over, take out the terrestrial patterns and go into the meadow above to see if your fly fishing abilities are up to par.

Yellowstone Park 8-25-12

August 25, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Thundershowers are predicted for this weekend. If they happen, look for fishing on most streams to pick up. Only “fly in the ointment” would be a shower with a direct hit on stream side formations with a tendency to erode and slough into the stream. This happens on the Lamar and Snake rivers frequently during big showers. Go with tricos for early morning action, and switch to terrestrial patterns around mid day for most streams.

Yellowstone Park 8-21-12

August 21, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Trico emergences are making for good early in the day fishing on the Madison River and on Fall River Basin streams. It all ends before noon. After that, switch to terrestrial patterns and hope for a cumulus build-up. The Gallatin River along Highway 191 is fishing very well if you can find a spot in a pull-out. Early AM trico activity is good. Afterwards a switch to terrestrial and traditional attractor patterns works. Later in the day, switch over to dry caddis patterns. The same will work on nearby Grayling Creek, and fewer folks will be fishing there.

Yellowstone Park 8-18-12

August 18, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Tricos are beginning to show in good numbers on many waters making for early AM action. But presenting terrestrial patterns during daytime remains the best way to get action. Days with cumulus build-up will offer best chances. So will fishing around overhead cover and near well vegetated banks.

Yellowstone Park 8-14-12

August 14, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Fastest still water fishing in the Park is, you guessed it, Beula Lake. Riddle Lake is not far behind. Both can be fished from shore, but getting out in a float tube results in best fishing. Beula is a longer walk at 2.75 miles, whereas Riddle is just under two miles over easier terrain. No complicated flies or strategy are needed for both these small lakes well populated with Yellowstone cutts. Your favorite bead head nymphs, small leech patterns, speckled dun life cycle, and damselfly life cycle patterns will produce.

Yellowstone Park 8-11-12

August 11, 2012

Fishing Reports, Yellowstone Park

Days with thundershower potential will be your best bet for action. Timbered reaches provide an all-important background during bright days. Meadow reaches are so much fun to fish on such as Boundary, Mountain Ash, and Slough Creeks; Bechler, Fall, Gibbon, and Lamar River. But during these bright days, consider spending more time on their timbered reaches. Use the same patterns you would have for water in the meadows. This time of year be sure to have spruce moth patterns available. And think about getting out of the sack earlier to enjoy the morning trico emergence on most of these streams. It is over by late morning when heat of the day begins setting in. Beula Lake still offers some of the fastest fishing in the Park.

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