Yellowstone Fly Fishing Reports

June 20, 2006 View entire report history
Big Hole River: Big Hole River
By Brian from Waters Edge Outfitting
This is Brian OConnor coming to you with a great fishing report on the Big Hole River. Yesterday was an excellent day for fishing. All of our guides caught over 50 trout per boat with...
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March 3, 2009 View entire report history
Bighorn River: Bighorn River
By Mike from The Humble Fly
Low water with good visibility!!!! Thermopolis wyoming is home to one of the great tailwaters on this continent, unknown and under appreciated. Streamers, scuds and sowbugs fished deep are always deadly and dont forget midges...
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June 19, 2009 View entire report history
Firehole River: Firehole River
By Howard from High Country Flies

Yellowstone National Park 6-19-2009

It’s incredibly refreshing to finally find ourselves under blue skies. While three weeks to the day of rain in the Greater Yellowstone Area has been exactly what the doctor ordered, I...
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October 8, 2008 View entire report history
Gallatin River - North of Yellowstone: Gallatin River - North of Yellowstone
By Mike from Madison River Outfitters
The Gallatin has continued to fish well. Baetis hatches are still going strong and streamer fishing has been pretty good when subsurface fishing without a bobber is what the mood calls for. Of course,...
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April 21, 2006 View entire report history
Gallatin River - Overview: Gallatin River - Overview
By Steve from Gallatin River Lodge
The Gallatin went off color on Easter but is coming down nicely now and is fishing well. Visibility today was a few feet and the fish were taking larger stonefly nymphs with small pheasant...
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October 28, 2008 View entire report history
Gibbon River: Gibbon River - Entire Waterway
By Mike from Madison River Outfitters
Any of the deeper pockets and pools in the Gibbon below Gibbon Falls will have some larger Hebgen Lake fish in them this time of year. Anglers have the best success chasing these large fish...
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August 7, 2008 View entire report history
Hebgen Lake: Hebgen Lake - Entire Waterway
By Mike from Madison River Outfitters
Callibaeitis and Trico hatches are ever so slowly increasing in density in what has been a strange year to time Hebgen's hatches. Subsurface fishing with leeches, buggers and nymphs has been pretty good, but there...
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November 10, 2008 View entire report history
Jackson Lake: Jackson Lake - Entire Waterway
By Bruce from Jack Dennis Sports
Jackson Lake is once again open for fishing and will remain open for the rest of the year. As time goes on the lake will freeze over so you will need to get out there...
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October 8, 2008 View entire report history
Lamar River: Lamar River - Entire Waterway
By Mike from Madison River Outfitters
The Lamar and the lower end of Soda Butte are still fishing pretty well. Many of the fish that were higher up in Soda Butte seem to have moved downriver in preparation for the...
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November 10, 2008 View entire report history
Lewis Lake: Lewis Lake - Entire Waterway
By Bruce from Jack Dennis Sports
Lewis Lake is closed until Memorial Day weekend 2009....
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October 28, 2008 View entire report history
Madison River - Yellowstone Park Section: Madison River - Yellowstone Park Section
By Mike from Madison River Outfitters
This is the last weekend to fish in Yellowstone. There are plenty of lake run browns and rainbows in the Park on the Madison, yet our warm bright days have made the fishing tough. Mornings...
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May 26, 2007 View entire report history
Quake Lake: Quake Lake - Entire Waterway
By Mike from Madison River Outfitters
Quake is pretty darn clear and has been kicking out the midges. Weary anglers driving past Quake in the evenings are often astounded by the number of rising fish, provided the lake is not swept...
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October 8, 2008 View entire report history
Slough Creek: Slough Creek - Entire Waterway
By Mike from Madison River Outfitters
Slough is getting good hatches of Drakes and Baetis, with the Baetis far outnumbering the Drakes. Cold weather is on the way however and fishing on Slough will slow down as the temps plummet....
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January 11, 2010 View entire report history
Snake River - Henry's Fork: Snake River - Henry's Fork
By Howard from High Country Flies

For the last couple of summers, fishing on the South Fork and Henry’s Fork has been very good, particularly on the South Fork. I’m fairly confident that one reason for the good fishing has been...
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November 10, 2008 View entire report history
Yellowstone Lake: Yellowstone Lake - Entire Waterway
By Bruce from Jack Dennis Sports
Yellowstone Lake is closed until June 15, 2009....
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November 10, 2008 View entire report history
Yellowstone River: Yellowstone River
By Bruce from Jack Dennis Sports
The Yellowstone River in Yellowstone Park is closed until Memorial Day weekend 2009. Check your regulations for specific stretches....
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April 2, 2009 View entire report history
Yellowstone River - Clark's Fork: Yellowstone River - Clark's Fork
By Mike from The Humble Fly
THE CLARKSFORK OF THE YELLOWSTONE:
The upper Clarksfork: The ice is off and fishing has started!!!! This piece of water is extremely scenic, Ernest hemmingway used to fish this section back in his day and...
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April 12, 2007 View entire report history
Yellowstone River - Gardiner to Livingston: Yellowstone River - Gardiner to Livingston
By JB from Dome Mountain Ranch
How's the Trout Fishing ?The Rainbows seem to a bit ahead of the cuts in lining up for the spring spawn. All the tributaries are closed at this time of year in our...
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July 19, 2007 View entire report history
Yellowstone River - Inside the Park: Yellowstone River - Inside the Park
By Admin from Westbank Anglers
The voluntary closures from noon to 6:00PM have now been made mandatory. The warm water temps have prompted the Park Service to issue mandatory closures on many of the popular rivers from 2:00 PM...
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August 14, 2009 View entire report history
Yellowstone River - Overview: Yellowstone River - Overview
By Howard from High Country Flies

It has been a good fishing season so far for Yellowstone National Park. Currently the Gibbon, Yellowstone, and Lamar Valley have been the Park’s work-horse rivers, but one shouldn’t over look the lakes and smaller...
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