Current Conditions: River is dropping fast and clearing on the edges. Probably a foot-plus of visibility and getting better each day. However, rain is forecast but it might be cold enough for the rain to be snow. If the rain stays as showers and not heavy rain, there will be a window of fishability on the Yellowstone indeed for the next few days.
What to Watch For:
Cooler weather all week means by mid-week the Yellowstone will come into play for a brief late May window!
Some of our fav patterns when the river returns back to fishable flows and water clarity.
Salmonflies will most likely be the first hatch when the rivers comes back into shape!
The Month Ahead:
Hard to say what the next month will look like on the Yellowstone River--but that is one the reasons that we love this larger freestone river. Because the Yellowstone River is undammed and drains the high country of Yellowstone National Park, it has the longest period of snowmelt runoff of the waters that we fish. For the next six weeks or more on the Yellowstone River it is crucial to check our reports and check flows. It doesn't take much for the Yellowstone River to get high and muddy or for it to drop and clear into fishable conditions. But, it does take knowledge...and we have that knowledge.