08-26-2004, 12:45 AM
Yellowstone National Park Rivers - August 21st, 2004
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FISHING: Good
The park waters are in prime shape and the fishing is really heating up. The Northeast corner of the park is the place to be right now if you are heading into the park. Slough Creek, Soda Butte and the Lamar are all clear and fishing has been very good. Terrestrial fishing has been the main game, but you will also see some nice hatches of PMD's, Caddis and possibly a few different species of Drakes. Hoppers, ants and beetles are what draw many anglers to this part of the park. We have also had some good reports comming from the Black Canyon area on the Yellowstone river. If you want to hike into the canyon you can have some great fishing with attractor dry flies and hoppers. The hike back out can be tough so bring along plenty of water. There are also a lot of winter killed animals in the canyon so be aware that you have a chance to run into bears. The Western portion of the park is starting to fish with good reports from the Gibbon and a few decent days on the Madison in the park. Hoppers are the main game on the madison with attractor dry flies and caddis patterns on the Gibbon. The Gallatin in the park is one of my favorite streams to fish and you can run into some nice size fish on the Gallatin. The fish are larger in the park than they are in the river outside of the park. Good luck and enjoy, it is prime time to head to Yellowstone.
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=86,re"]Montana Troutfitters[/url]
FISHING: Good
The park waters are in prime shape and the fishing is really heating up. The Northeast corner of the park is the place to be right now if you are heading into the park. Slough Creek, Soda Butte and the Lamar are all clear and fishing has been very good. Terrestrial fishing has been the main game, but you will also see some nice hatches of PMD's, Caddis and possibly a few different species of Drakes. Hoppers, ants and beetles are what draw many anglers to this part of the park. We have also had some good reports comming from the Black Canyon area on the Yellowstone river. If you want to hike into the canyon you can have some great fishing with attractor dry flies and hoppers. The hike back out can be tough so bring along plenty of water. There are also a lot of winter killed animals in the canyon so be aware that you have a chance to run into bears. The Western portion of the park is starting to fish with good reports from the Gibbon and a few decent days on the Madison in the park. Hoppers are the main game on the madison with attractor dry flies and caddis patterns on the Gibbon. The Gallatin in the park is one of my favorite streams to fish and you can run into some nice size fish on the Gallatin. The fish are larger in the park than they are in the river outside of the park. Good luck and enjoy, it is prime time to head to Yellowstone.