Fly Fishing Report

August 21, 2008

Andrew Klatt and Conrad Steiner

The Madison River
The Madison River is still fishing excellent! It is the middle of August and the terrestrials are here. Caddis and mayflies are starting to taper off, but are still producing fish. Be sure to have some caddis, rusty spinner, and epeorus spinners if you are fishing in the evening! Mid-day look for flying ants, hoppers, beetles and Bees! The spruce moth is also tapering off but still fishing well in areas with pine trees. Look back to the basic flies and fish royal wolfs, trudes and adam parachutes.

The Gallatin River
The Gallatin River is fishing good, especially down low beyond Big Sky. Spruce moths are fishing extremely well, but get out their soon because it will not last much longer. In the park section fish terrestrial patterns and look for a few Pale Morning duns.

North East corner of the park
The Lamar, Slough creek and Soda Butte are fish very well right now. In the morning look for gray drakes, some days they are their and other days they are not. Fish a lot of ant patterns and small hoppers patterns to trick those big cutthroats.

Hebgen lake
Gulper fishing on the lake has been fishing great lately. Get out their early in the morning and fish to the rising fish. We are starting to see and good number of flying ants. There are also lots of tricos and callibaetis patterns. Fishing for gulpers is very difficult but very rewarding. If the wind cooperates you will have a great day targeting these big rising fishing.

Other water:
Yellowstone National park and the surrounding area is a big region that takes a lifetime to explore. Try something new and get away from the big rivers. Almost every little stream or trickle has fish in it, and they are just as rewarding to catch as a bigger fish. Standard attractor patters like adam parachutes and humpys will do the trick. So go get out away from the roads, put your bear spray on and go have some fun?