Weekly Fishing Report July 7

Welcome to this weeks fishing report. Some area waters continue to fish well as others are done until fall and some are just about ready to start fishing well. Here’s the breakdown.

Madison River – The Salmonflies have made it up all the way to the wade section. There has been consistent dry fly action as well using Caddis and various attractor patterns thoughout the day. Royal Wullffs, Trudes, Yellow / Orange Stimulator’s and Chubbie patterns have all been working.  Nymphing has also been productive this past week using stonefly nymphs and caddis pupa imitations. Get out and have a good time before the heat of August and the fishing slows down.

Henry’s Fork – The Ranch has been fishing great. Green and Brown Drakes, Flavs and Yellow Sallies are what the fish are looking for. The evening Caddis hatches have been good as well. The lower river is still fishing good with Green and Grey Drakes, Flavs and Caddis. Reports have been coming in daily of big fish being caught and fish numbers are up. 

Yellowstone National Park – The Firehole is done until fall. If you insist on fishing it, we would stay above Midway Geyser Basin where the water is cooler and be off the river by noon. We fished the Gallatin river this week and even though the water is still  high, it has cleared up and it fished. No need to get up early as the water is still cold and needs another week to warm up. We saw a few Salmon Flies around Big Sky. Dry dropper using a Salmonfly and rubberlegs worked well for us. Attractor’s such as Purple Haze, Trudes and Stimulators will work as well. We will be hitting the NE corner this week and will give you a full report next week. Time to start gearing up for the Yellowstone River opener on July 15th as well. 

Henry’s Lake – We had another good week on Henry’s with couple of days hitting double digits and a few larger fish. Red and black Semi seal leaches have been the best producers. Targhee creek, out from the cliffs and the outlet arm have been our go to spots. Its going to slow down soon, so fish it now till it’s time to move to other waters till fall.  

Hebgen Lake –  Hebgen has been better this week. We would stay along the Madison arm, Grayling arm or the South shore. The Callibaetis has been hit or miss depending on the weather and wind, but nymphing Callibaetis and chironomid nymphs have been working the best. If you dont like watching a bobber, stripping leeches in various colors has also been fun.

We look forward to seeing you all out there this week. If your looking for the friendliest, most knowledgeable guides in the area give us a call at 208-604-6968.

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