Continued from Waters We Fish

Firehole River

...in this meadow stream demand careful presentations and imitative flies. These trout see a lot of fishing pressure, and get very selective. Like the spring creeks, small tippet sizes are the rule. Matching the hatch is usually a key to success. The warm water springs along the Firehole raise the water temperatures enough that fishing quality falls off in July and August, but as soon as the water cools off again in the fall, trout move back into the Firehole from the cooler tributary streams and the fishing picks up once again. The Baetis hatches in late September through October make for some very pleasant dry fly fishing if you can brave the weather.

George Anderson with nice brown from the Firehole River

This is much higher country than Livingston, and can be much colder. Some of the best hatches come off on those snowy days though, and most of the tourist anglers have departed. The practical end of the fishing season is when snow closes the roads (usually well before the legal end of the season in early November).

    Horseshoe Bend is a great spot

           to stop and wet a line

           A brown caught at the

               Horseshoe Bend