The Gardner continues to fish well, and the browns’ fall movement should pick up a bit with the cooler weather coming.

Flows remain quite low; flows this morning on the lower river near Mammoth  at 0330 are 92 cfs  with today’s average 136 cfs; today’s record low is 92 cfs (1988). 

On sunnier days, your best approach will still most likely be to throw your favorite attractor dries with attractor nymphs;  you could also use hopper - terrestrial /dropper rigs once the water warms up in the late mornings, particularly if its breezy.  Consider a small streamer with a nymph trailer on the cooler mornings and evenings.

BWOs are a bit more evident even on the sunnier afternoons; the cooler, overcast, rainy weather forecast for midweek might really get them rolling. 

The water above Osprey Falls and below Sheepeater Cascade is still producing small brook and rainbow trout - it can make for a very entertaining day.   Be prepared to hike if you’re headed above Sheepeater - the brookies have run to the hills to spawn and are pretty spread out.

The Gardner is one Yellowstone’s best fall fisheries - the browns haven’t really started rolling through yet but it shouldn’t be long. 

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Flies to have in the box:

Dries:  baetis - BWO, Blue Dun, Olive Sparkle Dun, Para-adams; your attractor package including Trudes and Wulffs

Nymphs: Copper John, red, blue; Rubberlegs, olive and brown; Hares Ear; San Juan worm, red, brown; BHFBPT; Lightning bug, gold, silver, green /olive;

Terrestials: Hoppers - Grand (tan), Whit, Dave’s, Carnage, Kicking, Hoppinator; Beetles- Fire, Foam, HiVis, Sam’s;  Ants - Chernobyl, ParaAnt, black and cinnamon, CDC Flying ant, black, brown, cinnamon; Epoxy, same colors

Streamers / Other: Woolly buggers, olive, brown, black; Girdle bug; Sparkle Buggers, olive, brown, black; smaller sizes

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