June 14, 2009

This is the time of the year that the Firehole and Madison (in the Park) traditionally fish the best. This year is no different! The upper Firehole will fish best with a sz. 16 PMD or a sz. 14 white caddis. If the hatch slows a soft hackle in a green or yellow will work! The lower Firehole has Pteronarcys Californica (aka Salmon Flies) a sz. 4-6 Jacklins Salmon Fly will really bring them up to the top. A trick you can use is to hang an unweighted rubberleg (sz. 4-6) 12 inches off the back of the dry. The Park section of the Madison is fishing very similar to the Firehole. The section of river right below the bordwalk about 2 miles in is a good place to try.

If you are in this part of the Park but you want to try something else, a small attractor pattern in the Gibbon River will bring a bunch of fish up.

The Gallatin is fishing well above Big Sky, also with the big bugs. Also try Jacklins Rock Worm in a sz. 16 in this section of the river.

The Madison down below Quake Lake is really clearing up and the fishing is improving everyday. The banks should be your focus with a large stone fly nymph or try stripping a streamer.

Good Luck,
Rob Orsini Guide