The Yellowstone in the Park is such a powerful symbol of the majesty of the waters here; most of us love the water even though fishing the river has changed a great deal in the past decade or more.  There’s still great fishing to be done on the Yellowstone, it just takes a bit more effort to get to the really good stuff; that effort is almost always well rewarded.  Today’s pic by the way is from the YNP site, what a great aerial view of the river. 

Below the Lake / Above the Canyon – As we said last week, the Yellowstone in the Park is not the best of fishing.  If you must fish this water, plan to sight fish and be ready to cast to any rises you see.  The best plan would be to let this water rest for the remainder of the year and plan to come back next July 15th. 

Canyons of the Yellowstone – Streamers seem to be the way to go if you are fishing the Canyons from what we’ve heard of late.  If you happen to be out on a warm, sunny fall day be sure to have some Terrestrials in your box – the trout are still looking up for Hoppers and Beetles.  Attractors are another good idea for sunny days.  There are some nice trout in these waters; the fishing is well worth the hike.  Could in theory still see a rare PMD.

Near Gardiner and beyond– Below the Park the river has been providing some wonderful, classic fishing.  Baetis are starting to show on the cool, rainy days and the trout love it. Could in theory still see a rare PMD.  Terrestrials are still around on the sunny days, and with the temperatures we have approaching in the next week (mid 80’s), they are still an excellent choice.  I have talked to several guys at work who have been out the past few days and have had excellent luck with Attractors.  Twenty inch Cutthroat, anyone?

Flows are still higher than average today (0600), reading 1400 cfs, with the historic average 1120 cfs.  These flows are measured on the Yellowstone Lake Outlet gage.

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Flies to Have in the Box

Dries:  PMDs - parachute, sparkle dun, sprout, cripple, CDC Emerger, PMX - yellow, peacock, royal; Drakes - Paradrake, gray, green, olive, life cycle; Parachute Adams; Caddis – EHC, X Caddis, Electric Caddis, EC Caddis, Spent Caddis – tan and olive; Golden Stone

Nymphs:  Bubbleback PMD; BH & FB PT; Copper John, green, red, chartreuse; Shop Vac; Flashback soft hackle, yellow

Streamers / Others:  Woolly Buggers, brown, black, olive, blue; Sparkle Buggers, same - note overall they should be on the smaller side

Terrestrials:  Hoppers, Ants, Beetles, bees

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