If you’ve never seen a real Mother’s Day Caddis hatch on the Yellowstone let me try to describe it—though I’ll fail of course. Words rarely do it justice. Imagine a spring afternoon that smells like wet cottonwoods and melting snow the river moving...

We’ve brought in the new Grundéns waders and boots and boy are we excited! Sweetwater guide Matt Swan gives his review of the sweet new Grundéns stuff: “Sweetwater Fly Shop just brought in a new line of gear from Grundéns and it’s already becoming a...

Spring 2025 fishing continues to be great here in the Yellowstone Valley. Water levels on the Yellowstone continue to drop after last week’s precipitation.  Yellowstone River The river volume is dropping from last week’s rain and snow event and clea...

Spring 2025 continues to produce good fishing on the Yellowstone River and the Paradise Valley spring creeks.  Despite an increase in spring flows in the mainstem of the river fish have transitioned from the winter doldrums to early spring feeding p...

Written by Matthew Swan of Swan’s Fly Fishing and Montana Classic Boat Tours One of the greatest joys of fishing a wild freestone river is embracing its ever-changing nature. Unlike tailwaters which offer predictable conditions rivers like the Yello...