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Lower Shoshone Tailwater
March 20, 2025
CFS: 270
FLIES: Firebead sow bug, North fork Specials, Purple Prince, Jigged Prince, Walt’s Worm, Lucent prince, Prince, San Juan worm, Bloody Mary, Pheasant Tail, Midge pupa, Jigged Meathead, Drag Queen, Sculpzilla, Mini Dungeon, Slump Buster, Thin Mint, BWO’s, and midges
CONDITIONS: The Low Sho is a little off color due to snow melt and construction above the dam, but is plenty clear enough to fish. Nymphing and throwing streamers has been the most productive and there has been some heads up on BWO’s during the heat of the day. -
Bighorn \ Wind River
March 20, 2025
CFS: 724
FLIES: poxyback sow, yum-yum sow, Herford’s magic, Various worm patterns and colors, thin mints, Midges, Firebead sow, purple and pink lucent perdigon’s, black Spanish bullet, Ice cream cones, Sculpzilla, Rusty Tombone, Montana Mouthwash.
CONDITIONS: Most of the action on the Bighorn is sub-surface. Worm's, sow's, perdigon's, BWO nymphs, scuds, and midges. Fish are congregated in the deeper runs. As the temperatures warm, we should start seeing midges and bwo’s hatching during the heat of the day. -
North Fork Shoshone River
March 20, 2025
CFS: 170FLIES: North Fork Specials, Drag queens Pheasant Tail Optic Nerve, Trout Pupa, Orange Lucent Prince, Pats Rubber Legs, Lucent Tag Perdigons, Chubby cousins, streamers, caddis, and BWO's.
CONDITIONS: We’re starting so see some runoff from the recent warm weather and there has been a few migratory fish caught. I still wouldn’t have high expectations while fishing up there yet.
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South Fork of the Shoshone
March 20, 2025
CFS: Disabled (Valley School)
FLIES: North Fork Specials, Meat heads, Bloody Mary’s, Chubby cousins, Optic Nerves, Jigged prince, Lucent Prince, Walts Worm, Midges, BWO's, Streamers.
CONDITIONS: The South Fork is starting to fish well in the valley school section during the heat of the day. Nymphing has been the most productive method for catching fish.
The gauge in the Valley School section of the South Fork is broken and the USGS isn’t planning on fixing it. This will greatly limit all anglers, floaters, and hikers to access advanced knowledge about river conditions before heading up river. Please contact the USGS and ask them to fix this gauge.
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Lower Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone
March 20, 2025
CFS: 203 (near Belfry Montana)
FLIES, North Fork Specials, Princes, Pheasant Tail, Optic Nerve, Orange Lucent Prince, Lucent Tag prince, perrdigons, Walts worm, Sculpzilla,
CONDITIONS: The river is a little off color due to snow melt. Fish closer to the canyon mouth or near the hatchery for the best conditions. -
Beartooth Lakes
March 20, 2025
FLIES: Wooley Buggers, chironomids, hares ear, pheasant tail, scuds, analids, parachute adams, small attractors, terrestrials.
CONDITIONS: Frozen
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Upper Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone
March 20, 2025
FLIES: North fork specials, pheasant tails, prince nymphs, optic nerves, perdigons.
CONDITIONS: Snow and ice.
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Sunlight Creek
March 20, 2025
FLIES: Pheasant tails, Prince Nymphs, Hares ear, Small jigged nymphs, North Fork Specials, Zebra midges, Small buggers.
CONDITIONS: Snow and ice. -
Crandall Creek
March 20, 2025
FLIES: Pheasant tails, Prince Nymphs, Hares ear, Small jigged nymphs, North Fork Specials, Small buggers.
CONDITIONS: Snow and ice. -
Dead Indian Creek
March 20, 2025
FLIES: Pheasant tails, Prince Nymphs, Hares ear, Small jigged nymphs, North Fork Specials, Small buggers.
CONDITIONS: Snow and ice. -
East & West Newton Lakes
March 20, 2025
FLIES: Hares Ear, Pheasant Tails, Zebra midges, Ice cream cones, Balanced leeches, Thin mints, Slump busters, Callibaetis nymphs, Scuds, Soft hackled jigged nymphs, streamers.
CONDITIONS: The East lake is finally open. Fish are taking small streamers strip from the bank, suspended chironomids and balanced leeches, and slow stripped scuds and callibaetis nymphs.
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Luce & Hogan Lakes
March 20, 2025
FLIES: midge pupa, scuds, hares ear, pheasant tails, red analids, backswimmers and streamers
CONDITIONS: Starting to ice out on the edges. The colder nights are freezing it shut but we should see more and more open water as we move into spring.
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Upper & Lower Sunshine Reservoirs
March 20, 2025
FLIES: Wooley Buggers, ice cream cones, hares ears, pheasant tails, lightning bugs, scuds, trout pupa, jigged drag queens, optic nerves, streamers
CONDITIONS: Frozen
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Yellowstone National Park | Lamar, Slough, Soda Butte, Pebble
March 20, 2025
CFS (Lamar): Ice
FLIES:
CONDITIONS: Closed until Memorial Day weekend 2025
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Yellowstone National Park | Yellowstone Lake & River below Fishing Bridge
March 20, 2025
Yellowstone Lake
FLIES:
CONDITIONS: Closed until Memorial Day weekend 2025
Yellowstone River
CFS: (Lake outlet) ICE
FLIES:
CONDITION: Closed until July 1st 2025