Yellowstone National Park
It is east side season. The west side has hoot owls and closures on most all the major streams. That said, the Lamar, soda butte, and slough creek have all been fishing well. The bugs have been out a bit, the PMD's, Sallies, and caddis have been keeping us busy in the mornings and evenings, and terrestrials have been ruling midday. Ants, Beetles, and hoppers have kicked on heavy. Grey Drakes will also be out all In the Lamar valley, fish have been eating them pretty aggressively Aswell. Don't be afraid to twitch those things for the cuttys. If you want to throw a dropper around, stick in the caddis realm in the afternoons and the mayflies in the morning. A pheasant tail and hares ear are good ones to have on you.
Park biologists are conducting a study to determine fish movement patterns and population sizes in Yellowstone Lake and several other park waters. Biologists have attached a Floy tag near the fish’s dorsal fin. The tags are typically orange or yellow in color and have a unique identification number.
If you catch a tagged cutthroat:
Dries:
PMD's size 16-20, X Caddis white (16), Firehole sparkle dun PMD (16) Royal Wolf 16, Elk Hair Caddis 14-16, Parachute Adams 14-16, PMD's 16-18. Chubby (10-14) Chubby Chernobyl (6-10), Elk Hair Caddis (12-16), Chubby Sally (10-12), CFO ant (12-16), Maddonna's Panty (16), Beetle Patterns (12-14), Drake patterns (14-10)
Nymphs:
Yellow, green and Orange soft hackles (16), Pheasant tails (14-16), Spanish Bullet ( 16-18), PMD Perdigons (16) Prince Nymph (16-18), (16-18) PMD Nymphs, Frenchie's (16-18) Stonefly Nymphs (4-10), Jig Prince (14-16),
Streamers:
Kreelux Minnow (8), Sparkle Minnow (8), Black/Olive woolly buggers, Sculpzilla Black (8)
