Ran back up the Gallatin this afternoon just to enjoy the superb early spring day - it’s 49 this afternoon in Bozeman, and was a balmy 40 on the river at the Deer Creek Trailhead bridge.  Working the pool / deep run upstream of the bridge today with an olive HE and Prince dropper beneath an indicator - this big boy hooked up and made a great show before sliding into the shallows.  This is the nicest fish I’ve brought to hand on the Gallatin in some time.  He’s back growing a little more for next time. 

There were quite a few folks out, and we noted guides out with clients on the river for the first time in quite a while.  Talking to buddies who’ve been on the water, almost any well presented nymph will produce, and we’ve been having great success with standard fare - BH Prince today, SJ worms, BH Hares Ears, and even some big, ugly, generic type stonefly nymphs. 

Here’s to the upcoming spring season - near 50 in town tomorrow will push more of the snow off the lower Gallatin, and we’d expect the Lower Madison and Yellowstone as well. 

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