James Marsh

While most everyone that pursues trout on the fly, prefers to catch them on a dry fly, you shouldn’t totally rely on that. Actually, you should never rely on that. This doesn’t mean that you can’t catch trout on dry flies in June. It simply means you should stick solely with that approach. You should always base choosing the fly to use based on the… Read More »To Help You Plan Your next Yellowstone fly fishing trip – June Strategies, Hatches and Flies

Like I wrote in the last post, no one knows what the weather forecast will look like for the first day of the 2022 fishing season and that will be the biggest unknown factor especially at the first part of the month. As I also wrote, even so, there are many things you can count on. It is for certain that not all the streams… Read More »To Help You Plan Your next Yellowstone fly fishing trip – What is it usually like in June

No one knows what the weather forecast will look like for the first day of the 2022 fishing season. That will be the biggest unknown factor. Even so, there are many things you can count on. It is for certain that not all the streams in the park will be in good enough condition to have much opportunity of catching good numbers of trout. Many… Read More »What it is normally like on opening day fishing Yellowstone National Park

We have been getting good reports from customers fishing in the park. The Firehole, Madison and lower Gibbons have produced most of the good hatches and catches so far this season. The upper Gibbons, Gallatin, and a few other streams should start producing well. Runoff is about over for many streams other than those in the Northeast section of the park. Fly and Gear ordering… Read More »Fishing Report – National Park Streams-June 27, 2021

The fishing season begins the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend, or May 23rd, and extends through and includes the first Sunday in November. Exceptions to this are noted in each of the Regional Regulations sections within the Fishing Regulations handbook issued by the National Park Service. Also, note that there are areas within the park that are permanently closed to human entry and disturbance, have… Read More »2022 Fishing Season – National Park Streams

The park has been closed due to the corna virus problem but the Wyoming part of the National Park will open May 18th. The fishing season opens Saturday, May 23rd. This article from the park’s website explains this in detail. Be sure to see the map at the bottom of the page: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/news/20015.htm Streams Outside Yellowstone National Park: These still have open seasons in many sections… Read More »2020 Fishing Season – National Park Streams