Current Conditions As September settles in the Yellowstone River near Livingston is offering anglers good weather conditions and less pressure on the River. This year the Yellowstone has experienced some near historic low flows; However with the gra...

Ask me why I love fall fishing in Yellowstone Country. Is it big streamers for big browns tiny fall baetis mayflies on the Paradise Valley spring creeks solitude in Yellowstone National Park? Is it ‘hopper action without the crowds cooler weather co...

“Willow Flies” Are Crawling—And the Hatch Is Starting The Salmonflies have begun their crawl up the banks and into the willows—exactly where the trout are looking. These insects don’t emerge midstream. They migrate to the edges climbing rocks grass...

Why I Choose Smith Optics and Suncloud for Fishing Around Livingston by Max Smith and Matt Swan Fishing around Livingston means dealing with a variety of water conditions—from the gin-clear spring creeks like DePuy’s and Armstrong’s to the bigger of...

Every great trout water has three “signature hatches ” I’d argue. Applied to the Yellowstone River you’ve got the Mother’s Day Caddis swarming over the river prior to runoff and the ‘hopper “hatch” in mid- to late-summer as the Montana breezes blow...