Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park

Native Cutthroat Trout
In our opinion, native Cutthroat
trout are the main attraction of
Yellowstone National Park.
They are the only native trout
found in the park.

Wild Brown Trout
Brown trout can be found in
many of the park's streams.
They are considered the most
difficult to catch trout of the
four species.

Added Attractions::
Yellowstone is a
premier viewing
area for bears as
well as many other
species of wildlife..
During your
fly-fishing trip it is
possible to see
bear, deer, elk, fox,
hawks, eagles,
wolves, and all
types of small
animals.

Your Complete Guide to Fly Fishing Yellowstone

.............................Fly Fishing Yellowstone National Park

Welcome to fly fishing the Yellowstone National Park
This website provides you with all the information
you need for fly fishing the many trout streams in the
Yellowstone National Park.
A lifetime would not allow a person enough time to
fish all of the water of Yellowstone National Park. It is
that huge, over 2.2 Million acres. There are over
2600 miles of streams. The park offers the most
water in any one area of the United States and
maybe the world that is open to the public to fly fish.
The fly-fishing opportunities are diverse and
unlimited.
You can drive in any of the entrances, at Gardner,
West Yellowstone, Cooke City, the East Entrance or
the South Entrance and any of the other smaller
entrances to the park, pull off the side of the road,
walk a few yards and start catching trout on the fly.
Or, you can hike into (or go by horseback if it is
permitted) to some sections of streams inside the
park that are over 30 miles from the nearest vehicle
access and catch trout.
Between these two extremes, immediate access or
remote, isolated locations, you can choose from
hundreds of other locations to fish. Miles and miles
of Yellowstone streams will never even be cast too
by an angler. Yellowstone is that big and has that
much water.

The Best Places To Catch Trout In Yellowstone:
Yellowstone fly-fishing is fly-fishing at its best. Our s tream directory shows not just
the large number of different rivers and streams but that they are all unique small,
medium and large stream native and wild trout fisheries.
Probably the first question a visiting angler asks when they arrive at the Yellowstone
is "where do I fish"? Any angler could spill off a list of streams but the list would vary
from angler to another. Consider this fact one more time. The Yellowstone National
Park is over 2.2 million acres. There are over two thousand six hundred miles of
streams that supports trout. There are about a thousand streams.
You also must consider that stream conditions are subject to change with time.
Streams that have a high population of trout one year may not the next. Mother nature
can drastically change the trout's environment and can do so very quickly. A drought
condition, lack of snowfall or a flood can change the trout population of a stream in a
very short time. Also consider that when the trout population in a given stream
becomes low, the average size of the fish in the stream usually increases.

Yellowstone's Trout:
In our opinion, the Yellowstone National Park's main
fly fishing attraction is its native Yellowstone Cutthroat
Trout. This is the only native species of trout in the
park. Wild, stream-bred rainbow, brown and brook
trout also thrive in the park's numerous streams.
The typical trout in Yellowstone headwater streams
are comparatively small. Some may think that the
small size is a product of the park but if they have
taken the time to fish other freestone streams in the
Western United States where there are no stocked
trout, only wild or native fish, then they found that
small trout are typical of any headwater mountain
stream. One reason is the PH of the water.

The Best Time To Fish Yellowstone:
The fishing season at Yellowstone National Park
runs from the last Saturday of May through and
including the first Sunday of November. There are
specific area exceptions. There is no best time during
this season. Trout can be taken throughout the
season.
To often, fly-fishing in the park (and everywhere else
for that matter) is characterized as poor, good or
excellent when it should be characterized as difficult,
average or easy. Those anglers who are only
interested in fishing during the times catching fish is
easy are just admitting that they really don't know
what they are doing. Being able to catch trout during
the tough times should be just as, or even more
rewarding as catching them when it is very easy to do
so.

Wild Rainbow Trout
The rainbow trout is a common
trout in the park. They prefer the
cool, fast flowing water that is
found in almost all of the parks
freestone streams.

Typical Yellowstone Trout
Stream? There is no such thing.
Each and every part of every
stream is different.. You never
see exactly the same thing twice.

Wild Brook Trout are found in
many of the park's streams.
They are fun and easy to catch.

Bears, both black and grizzly,
are found in the park. Anglers
should be aware of them but
not afraid to fish the streams.

How To Catch Yellowstone Trout):
Dry fishing is at its best at Yellowstone. It's much more rewarding and certainly
requires more skill to catch a rising trout feeding on emerging aquatic insects than it
does to try to fool a fish you cannot see beneath the surface. We use the nymphing
method of fly-fishing, but not when the fish are rising to emerging insects or
terrestrial insects that have fallen in the water. Understanding the insects that the
trout rely on for food is the key to this kind of quality fly-fishing. That's where the
information and instructions provided in our forthcoming fly-fishing video - "Fly
Fishing Yellowstone National Park" is invaluable. The video provides specific
information on all the major streams, fishing methods, strategies and techniques.

Wildlife in the Yellowstone Park is Incredible.

Yellowstone River's Grand Canyon

Fly Fishing Yellowstone
National Park:
This new DVD (2 Disc Set)
provides over 4 hours of
information and instructions on
fishing for trout in the park.
$49.95

Available
Now!

Angie and James
Marsh stand above
the Firehole River
Falls that tunnels
this strange stream
into a short canyon
and along with the
Gibbon River, form
yet another famous
stream a short
distance away, the
Madison River. Both
dearly love the park
and its numerous
and varied fly-fishing
opportunities.

The best scenery for fishing

Heptagenia mayflies are just
one of the many species that
exist in Yellowstone's vast
network of streams. Stoneflies,
caddisflies and other aquatic
insects are also present.

Angie Measures a Rainbow

Gibbon Meadows

Elk Park

Fishing the Firehole River

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Western Green Drake

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