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  • The Lower Shoshone Tailwater at Willwood Dam in Wyoming

    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.

  • Guided Fly Fishing Trip on the Big Horn River in Thermopolis Wyoming

    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.

  • Guided Fly fishing area on the North Fork of the Shoshone River near the East gate of Yellowstone National Park

    North Fork Shoshone River

    March 20, 2025

    CFS: 170

    FLIES: 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.

  • The clear fishable water of the South Fork of the Shoshone River in Wyoming

    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.

  • 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.

  • Walk and Wade Fly fishing in the lakes of the Beartooth mountains in Wyoming

    Beartooth Lakes

    March 20, 2025

    FLIES: Wooley Buggers, chironomids, hares ear, pheasant tail, scuds, analids, parachute adams, small attractors, terrestrials.

    CONDITIONS: Frozen

  • Upper Clarks Fork of the Yellowstone

    March 20, 2025

    FLIES: North fork specials, pheasant tails, prince nymphs, optic nerves, perdigons.

    CONDITIONS: Snow and ice.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Great Lake trout fishing on the Sunshine Reservoirs outside of Meeteetse Wyoming

    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

  • Yellowstone National Park | Lamar, Slough, Soda Butte, Pebble

    March 20, 2025

    CFS (Lamar): Ice

    FLIES:

    CONDITIONS: Closed until Memorial Day weekend 2025

  • 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

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