Yellowstone Park, August 17th, 2024

Beula Lake

Are you still looking for good to great still water fishing? If you have a Park fishing license and follow the trail ( begins at east end of Grassy Lake Reservoir on the Ashton-Flagg road) to Beula Lake, you will certainly find it. Only Yellowstone cutthroat ranging to trophy size inhabit Beula, and now they are foraging on speckled dun mayfly, damsel fly and cinnamon caddis activities. Yes it is a 2.5 mile walk, but the reward is certain responses to your life cycle patterns for these insects. For best action, pack in a flotation device, waders and fins to get out on the lake. But toting in this gear is not necessary because. fishing from shore around the southeast corner inlet and wading along the north shore works.

If walking this far is not to your liking, very similar activity can be had by walking to Riddle Lake and wading the north shoreline. Riddle is a bit more that a mile walk from its trailhead a few miles south of West Thumb Junction off the South Entrance Road. Riddle Lake cutties range smaller than those in Beula, but they are just as active.