09-26-2004, 04:28 PM
Gallatin River - September 19th, 2004
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FISHING: Good
Steam Flow Information [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=flow&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Gallatin&format=html_table"]click here[/url]]
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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 463 C.F.S. Fishing has been very good on the Gallatin over the past two weeks. Times are changing a bit on the Gallatin as the hatch activity moves back to water born insects and away from the land born terrestrial insects. Look for hatches of Baetis and a large olive mayfly that is very similiar to a green drake. The best days for finding hatches are the rainy overcast days. Bright sunshine will provide some late season terrestrial fishing along with a smaller hatch of baetis and psuedocleons that last for only a short period during the middle of the day. You will also still see a few caddis hatching in the late afternoon hours and the fish are still interested in comming up to a stimulator or trude pattern. If you are looking for a large brown trout and are willing to put in the time and lack of numbers of fish try fishing the lower portions of the river with large streamer patterns fished deep with sinking tip lines or shooting heads. The fall is the time to catch the large browns but you do have make some sacrafice in trying to obtain that fish of a lifetime.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Parachute Adams #14-18, BWO Thorax #14-18, BWO Parachute #16-18, Comparadun #14-18, Sparkle Dun #14-18, Royal Wulff #14-16, Hatch Master #16-18, Downy Dun #14-16, Royal Trude #12-16, Elk Hair Caddis #12-14, BH Pheasant Tail #12-16, Red Copper John #14-18, Masterbaetis #14-16, Pearl Spitfire #14-16, Lightning Bug #14-16, Hotwire Mayfly #14-16, Idlywilde Parachute Hopper #6-8, BC Hopper #6-8, Kingfisher Hopper #6-8, Parachute Ant #14-16, Flying Beetle #12-14, Orange Blossom Special #4-6, BHRL Flashabugger #4-6.
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FISHING: Good
Steam Flow Information [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/mt/nwis/current?type=flow&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Gallatin&format=html_table"]click here[/url]]
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 463 C.F.S. Fishing has been very good on the Gallatin over the past two weeks. Times are changing a bit on the Gallatin as the hatch activity moves back to water born insects and away from the land born terrestrial insects. Look for hatches of Baetis and a large olive mayfly that is very similiar to a green drake. The best days for finding hatches are the rainy overcast days. Bright sunshine will provide some late season terrestrial fishing along with a smaller hatch of baetis and psuedocleons that last for only a short period during the middle of the day. You will also still see a few caddis hatching in the late afternoon hours and the fish are still interested in comming up to a stimulator or trude pattern. If you are looking for a large brown trout and are willing to put in the time and lack of numbers of fish try fishing the lower portions of the river with large streamer patterns fished deep with sinking tip lines or shooting heads. The fall is the time to catch the large browns but you do have make some sacrafice in trying to obtain that fish of a lifetime.
Fly Pattern Suggestions: Parachute Adams #14-18, BWO Thorax #14-18, BWO Parachute #16-18, Comparadun #14-18, Sparkle Dun #14-18, Royal Wulff #14-16, Hatch Master #16-18, Downy Dun #14-16, Royal Trude #12-16, Elk Hair Caddis #12-14, BH Pheasant Tail #12-16, Red Copper John #14-18, Masterbaetis #14-16, Pearl Spitfire #14-16, Lightning Bug #14-16, Hotwire Mayfly #14-16, Idlywilde Parachute Hopper #6-8, BC Hopper #6-8, Kingfisher Hopper #6-8, Parachute Ant #14-16, Flying Beetle #12-14, Orange Blossom Special #4-6, BHRL Flashabugger #4-6.