LOWER SHOSHONE – Flows are 1250 cfs and the clarity is getting better! Hoppers, yellow sallies, caddis, mayfly nymphs and dark streamers!
BIG HORN / WIND – Flows are 1400 and fishing has been really good! Yellow sallies, tricos, lightning bugs, sow bugs, scuds, hoppers, worms, leeches, crawdads, crane flies and streamers.
NORTH FORK – Water clarity is great all the way down to the reservoir and fishing has been good! Trout are starting to look up for hoppers, chubbies and caddis! Big heavy flies in the soft water like purple rubber legs, zirdles, yuk bugs, mega princes, purple twenty inchers, golden stones, and half backs have been producing. Lots of beadhead nymphs like Bloody Marys, Copper Johns, Duracells, two bit stones, possie buggers, prince nymphs and worms will work as well. Streamers such as jawbreakers, thin mints, rusty trombones, goldies and Swim Coaches. Go heavy on the tippet! 0x-3x!
SOUTH FORK – Clear and fishing well! Hoppers, chubbies and caddis on top. Drop rubber legs, twenty inchers, duracell jigs, jiggable caddis, and iron sallies. Stripping jawbreakers, thin mints, Platte river spiders, Swim Coaches, and sparkle minnows has been good as well.
CLARK’S FORK – Dropping and clear. Stoneflies, caddis, and hoppers on top. Drop big stonefly nymphs like rubber legs, twenty inchers and mega princes. Beadhead nymphs in sizes 12-16 should work as well. Don’t forget your streamers!
GREYBULL / WOOD – The Greybull and the Wood are clear. Smaller stonefly and mayfly nymphs plus general beadheads subsurface. Small chubbies, water walkers, hoppers, stimulators, caddis, yellow sallies as well as attractors on top.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – The opener on the Yellowstone River from the lake down to Chittenden Bridge was fantastic! Those big cutts were looking up for golden stones, salmon flies, pmd’s and caddis. Grey and green drakes should be hatching soon. Yellowstone Lake has been fishing great as well with callibaetis, leeches and streamers. Slough and Soda Butte Creeks, as well as the Lamar River have hatches of PMD’s, caddis, and green & grey drakes. Prime season in the NE Corner is upon us with great water clarity and flows!
NEWTON LAKES – Both lakes are incredibly full. Midges, scuds, damsels and leeches.
LUCE / HOGAN RESERVOIRS – Scuds, damsels, leeches, midges, hoppers, ants, and beetles.
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