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Current Fishing Conditions:

Grey Drake Spinners!
Bring your A game for low water fishing!
The Lower
Shoshone.. Reservoir is
full and the flows down. Clarity is about 1' of visibility below the dam.
Below Sulpher creek it can be less depending on irrigation return. Starting
to look better. I would say it is fishable but with all the clear water else
where, give it a couple more weeks.
The Shoshone Canyon Fishable. Dry
droppers on the edges are working great!
The Corbett section Off
color.
Willwood Off color.
North Fork of the Shoshone. River is
clear. Water is finally coming down. Fish can be caught almost any place the water slows the
length of the river. The upper river flows are starting to look good. . Fish
average 16" to 20". Deeper slower pools and edges. Can be good
mayfly action in the evenings.Put your flies on the
bottom and you will catch fish. Lower river is now much more manageable.
Starting to get some big dry action on the edges. Should get better as the
water comes down. You
can now slow down and eddy out and actually fish a bit. Below 1000cfs is
what we're looking for. It could be very crowded from now on, especially on
the weekends!
Clarks Fork Caddis and mayflies are about. A few golden
stones. Report from the 20th is that the fishing is not to bad. Some 14"ers
were caught, a couple of 16"ers and even an 18"er. Stimulators and hoppers
are taking fish. Run a dropper for more action. Fish while the water is up
there as it will get hot out there quickly when the water drops. Good to see
a few decent fish! Canyon Time is here! Bring the bug dope!
Greybull is clearing and coming down but
still moving. Stone
flies, Caddis and Green drakes.
North Tongue Low water make presentation
very important. No mend, no bend!. Midges in the morning. A few mayflies ( PMD's)
in the afternoon with caddis starting in the evenings. Dry fly action is
available all day. We fished on the 15th and murdered them with beetles and
ants.. Beware of moose!
Cows are up so flies and mosquitoes are present!
Newton Newton is now filled with water and
fishing is fair in the morning and evening. Water temps are warming quickly
with the hot weather. Make sure to revive the fish properly. Fishing is tough from the banks with the lake being so
full. Wandering caddis at sundown are fun! We got fish on callibaetis spinners in the morning and
damsel dries and nymphs in the afternoon. West Newton
has a pretty darn good callibaetis hatch lately. A couple hours of good dry
fly 10 till 2. The fish are small.
Luce and Hogan Luce and Hogan
are both fishing good right now. Morning and evening is the best time.
Getting very hot in the afternoon. Deer flies are out in force so bring
your bug spray! Both lakes have been recently restocked
with a bunch of little guys. Biggest fish in Luce are full of the small
rainbows. We fished on the 15th and did pretty well
on Luce. Got most of the fish on a dry damsel. Beetles, hoppers, and ants
are effective and got several picky fish on a callibaetis emerger. Damsels
are really coming on now. Sight fishing
the edges with a zebra, scud or damsel is good. Cutts are feeding at Hogan.
They are off the spawn and spread out in the lake. Starting to get some dry action on the calm cloudy days. A 16#
tan parachute sparkle dun or a dry damsel is all you need.
Sunshine Reservoir Fishing continues to be
good. Nymphs and streamers stripped slowly on the bottom works well. Sinking
lines seem to be a big advantage but aren't necessary if you count your line
down for 45 seconds or so or if you are fishing from the banks Very
beautiful out there with all the moisture we've had lately. We fished on the
13th and it was good. 30 mph wind though!
Wind River, Bighorn River, and Canyon
Flows are finally down to about normal levels. I haven't fished over
here all summer so it will be interesting to see how thing are doing after
such high flows. I'll bet the fish are in great shape! Edges and eddies.
Get it down deep in the riffels. Warmer temps will start slowing the fish in the canyon mid
day. Show up at sun up for the trico's.
Spinner fall is over by 12:30. Hoppers should start picking up fish any
time. Last hours of sunlight are good for big
browns in the canyon.
Bighorn River Fort Smith Flows are
finally down. Dry fly fishing is good. Hoppers, PMD's and caddis. Lots
of people.
Yellowstone Park Flows are coming down.
Fishing with big bugs is good on the Yellowstone below the falls. Hoppers,
PMD's, and Grey Drakes are taking fish.
Take a hike and catch a bunch of fish! Firehole, Madison is about done for a while with water
temps in the 70's. Lamar valley is
in perfect shape.
Black flies are thick especially around the buffalo! The Lamar is
down clear and fishing great as is Soda Butte. Very crowded lately. We fished on the 20th and did
really well. We had to use various methods but caught fish in the Lamar and
Soda Butte all day. There was a very sparse PMD hatch and a few black stones
coming off. Beetles and ants are the deal in the middle of the day. Slough creek is fishing real
well! Fish are getting picky with the lower water and fishing pressure.
Big mayflies are around. Yellowstone lake reports good fishing for both cutts and lakers.
Yellowstone river is open down to Hayden valley. PMD's and Grey Drakes, and
caddis are the hatches. Always seems to be a few stones flying. Hoppers,
beetles and ants. Fish are picky but they are in there!

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