The big question for this fishery today is how many runners have started to move into the Gardner from the Yellowstone despite the sunny, warm weather?  We’re hearing somewhat differing reports – though clearly there are some fish moving up.  Terrestrials are still in play for river natives and runners, and evening Caddis while a bit patchy are still around too.  Attractors could certainly play a role here too. 

On the right kind of weather day baetis could draw some attention, though from the looks of things we won’t see significant cloud cover until the weekend, and it’s tough to tell how cloud cover will be part of the picture even then. 

There are still some brookies below Sheepeater; the residents above have widely dispersed for the spawn already.

As noted last week - the Gardner’s July floods are old news, but the impact on the river remains. We still agree with the guys at Park’s in Gardiner that you really should leave the middle section of the river alone until next year and give the survivors a chance to recover.

Flows were 132 cfs at 1245 onthe 29th (most current reading this morning), with yesterday’s average 130 cfs.

Today’s pic is nice little Gardner rainbow.

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Flies to have in the box

Dries:  Caddis – EHC, X Caddis, Electric Caddis, EC Caddis, Spent Caddis – tan and olive; baetis - BWO, Blue Dun, Olive Sparkle Dun, Comparadun, Fall baetis Sparkle Dun, Para-Adams; Attractors – your secret weapon, Royal Wulff, Coachman Trude;

Nymphs:  PT; BHPT; BH Hares Ear, Copper John, olive; BH Prince; Lightning bugs, gold, silver, green/olive;  SJW for stained water after the rains

Streamers / Other: Woolly buggers, brown, yellow, olive, black; Sparkle buggers, same colors; Girdle bug;

Terrestrials: Hoppers, beetles, ants, bees

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