If you’re like us and enjoy Montana fly fishing duh?!, this will be the best 10 minutes you spend all day. We guarrantee it!
This video is a first hand look at the water and trout in their natural setting and was first brought to our attention by the boys at Sweaty Waders. Along with some insight into some major threats to the Yellowstone Cutthroat’s survival.
Make sure to hang in there until Mike Kasic starts swimming with the Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout in the Yellowstone River and throughout Yellowstone National Park.
No wonder so many of us guides, anglers and outdoor enthusiasts live right here – simply AWESOME.
The Yellowstone River has been a tricky one to figure out this spring, with cooler than normal temperatures we are still about a week or two behind our normal schedule. The March Browns and Mother’s Day Caddis hatches are still yet to pop, but this week we’ve seen some good action on streamers as you can see on our latest video.
Our Prediction:
We are still guessing that by this weekend we’ll start seeing some significant hatches of both Caddis and March Browns so if you’re in the area get out there. The weather looks fairly warm and as soon as those water temperatures hit 52 to 54 degrees it’s going to go off! We’d also predict that the Yellowstone River won’t blow out until at least early next week, so get some fishing while you can.
The Highlights:
Yellowstone River:
Streamers have been our best ticket in yellow and black fished slow against the banks and in the slower water. The other good option is a shallow bead rig 2′-4′ below a small indicator in the foam holes with 14-18 Pheasant Tails & Midge pupa.
Spring Creeks (Armstrong, DePuy, Nelson):
Midges and baetis have been very good on the cloudy days especially when the breeze is light. Take advantage while you can with the early season discounted rates until June 14th.
Madison River:
The Lower Madison River is off color from Ennis Lake and Cherry Creek spilling in off colored water. There are baetis, midges and caddis are right around the corner. The trout aren’t consistently keying on the dry flies so it’s a nymphing and stream thing right now. The streamer fishing, dragging a Bow River Buggers and small baetis nymphs dropped below are the best ticket right now. Look for the fishing to pick up with the increased hatch activity. The Upper Madison has been a bit trickier so be warned.
Missouri River:
The Missouri is getting much more consistant with nymphing and occasional dry fly action. The nymphing from our reports is best with sow bugs and bright flies or baetis and midges. The streamer fishing is still hit and miss mostly due to the higher flows for this time of the season.
Got any good fishing reports from the area? Then make sure to leave a comment and let us know.
http://www.montanaflyfishingguides.com/Movies/MontanaFlyFishingTrips2Web.flvIt’s been a lamb of a start to March so far in Montana so we’ve already started hitting the water. Our most recent fishing expedition was a dual mission. Most obvious with the overcast weather, good fishing reports and mostly light wind we wanted to get up to the Missouri and visit our friends at Headhunters trout shop and do some fishing. Eric Adams and Tony V. did a mid day float from Wolf Creek to Craig. We fished a variety of nymphs and midge pupa under the surface, but we really wanted to get a few fish on the dry fly – so looking for rising trout was the goal. About 3:30pm the winds were light and the midges started hatching. We found a nice long flat where the heads started rising with some consistency and were able to pick off a few fish on the black posted Griffith’s Gnat and a couple on the bead headed Zebra midge. Not a stellar day on the mighty Missouri River, but dry fly fishing in March in Montana is something special.
Our second mission was to row a new drift boat by Adipose Boat Works. We’ve been talking with these boys about a modified skiff for a couple years now and we are getting excited to get into the full production model this spring. We’ll keep you updated on the progress and features and we can’t wait for our fishing guest to see how functional and comfortable this boat is.
If feel like you’re hearing a foreign language when your fly fishing buddies get together and talk then maybe this video seems familiar. While we are not ‘Rockwell Retro Encabulator’ engineers we gotta wonder if most of those words are even real. It starts getting really good at about 50 seconds. Enjoy!
If you need any fly fishing jargon diluted please let us know and we’ll help you out – we promise to explain it better than the Rockwell Retro Encabulator spokesman.
