08-19-2004, 02:53 PM
Gallatin River - August 14th, 2004
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FISHING: Great
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Flows at Gallatin Gateway are 415 C.F.S. The Gallatin continues to be one of the hot spots in the area for fishing. Hatch activity is fair with some sparse hatches of Caddis, Trico's, and flying ants. Hatch activity has been very inconsitent and none of the hatches are huge right now. You could see some other mayfly species as well as some moth like caddis which are non important to the trouts diet. General attractor patterns such as trude, stimulators and wulffs are more productive than trying to match any of the hatch activity with more realistic imitations. Hoppers and ants are fishing well in the meadow areas here in the Valley or on the upper reaches of the river above Big Sky. You can have some success with hoppers in the canyon but the better hopper fishing has been in the areas where you have fields of grass or hay. There have been a few flying ants out on in the canyon and look for the ants to become more important to the trout over the next few weeks. Dry dropper rigs have been the most productive approach to fishing the Gallatin lately, especially through the middle of the day. Basic bead head nymph patterns will do the trick. The fish in the Gallatin love the good ole tried and true fly patterns, you don't have to get technical with the fish in the Gallatin.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Royal Trude #8-12, Royal Stimulator #8-12, Peacock Trude #8-12, Bloom's Parachute Caddis #12-14, Parachute Adams #12-16, Yellow Stimulator #12-14, Elk Hair Caddis #12-14, Royal Wulff #12-14, X-Caddis #14-16, Black Slow Water Caddis #14-16, Peacock Anatomay #10-12, Hot Wire Caddis #10-12, King Prince #12-14, Turk's Tarantula #8-10, Parachute Hopper #8-10, Flying Ant #12-14.
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FISHING: Great
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Gallatin River Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/q_Gallatin_River__1114924459385_0_97.1900024414063.aspx"]click here[/url]]
East Gallatin River Montana FWP Guide [[url "http://www.fwp.state.mt.us/fishing/guide/q_East_Gallatin_River__1113345458915_0_42.1290016174316.aspx"]click here[/url]]
Flows at Gallatin Gateway are 415 C.F.S. The Gallatin continues to be one of the hot spots in the area for fishing. Hatch activity is fair with some sparse hatches of Caddis, Trico's, and flying ants. Hatch activity has been very inconsitent and none of the hatches are huge right now. You could see some other mayfly species as well as some moth like caddis which are non important to the trouts diet. General attractor patterns such as trude, stimulators and wulffs are more productive than trying to match any of the hatch activity with more realistic imitations. Hoppers and ants are fishing well in the meadow areas here in the Valley or on the upper reaches of the river above Big Sky. You can have some success with hoppers in the canyon but the better hopper fishing has been in the areas where you have fields of grass or hay. There have been a few flying ants out on in the canyon and look for the ants to become more important to the trout over the next few weeks. Dry dropper rigs have been the most productive approach to fishing the Gallatin lately, especially through the middle of the day. Basic bead head nymph patterns will do the trick. The fish in the Gallatin love the good ole tried and true fly patterns, you don't have to get technical with the fish in the Gallatin.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Royal Trude #8-12, Royal Stimulator #8-12, Peacock Trude #8-12, Bloom's Parachute Caddis #12-14, Parachute Adams #12-16, Yellow Stimulator #12-14, Elk Hair Caddis #12-14, Royal Wulff #12-14, X-Caddis #14-16, Black Slow Water Caddis #14-16, Peacock Anatomay #10-12, Hot Wire Caddis #10-12, King Prince #12-14, Turk's Tarantula #8-10, Parachute Hopper #8-10, Flying Ant #12-14.