We’re entering that transitional period between late summer and early fall on the Snake, which means shifting to smaller flies (well, smaller for us anyway…), and bigger fish coming up to eat them. Continue reading →

With cooling weather, fishing in Yellowstone National Park is picking up again. Terrestrial patterns continue to produce most reliably right now – hoppers, crickets, beetles and ants (particularly cinnamon-colored flying ants) are all working well… Continue reading →

With the flow on the Green down to almost 300 cfs. at Warren Bridge now, it’s getting a little tough to float the river without a fair bit of bumping and grinding… Continue reading →

Dropping water levels, crystal clear water and sunny days mean that fishing on the Snake just keeps getting better and better… Continue reading →

The Green has been dropping a fair bit, as is normal for this time of year. This, combined with warm temperatures and little precipitation over the last few weeks has meant that the best fishing has often been early and late in the day… Continue reading →

The Snake is approaching prime condition right now. Flows dropping below 5,000 mean that more and more larger fish are starting to look up… Continue reading →

  The hit TV show ‘Modern Family’ is currently filming in Jackson Hole, and cast members Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell took a few hours out of their busy schedules to fish the Snake with High Country Flies. Thanks for a fun afternoon, Ty and Julie!        

I don’t think we’d gone more than a few hundred yards from the put-in before Jim had a nice 14″ brown trout to the boat, and we proceeded to get strikes from a number of other larger fish… Continue reading →

Fishing on the Snake is improving daily. The river is clear and fish-locating features such as gravel bars and drop-offs are revealing themselves more and more as the river continues to drop. Not surprisingly, we have started to see nicer fish over the last week as well… Continue reading →

Hoppers are beginning to kick in, and along with other terrestrials, becoming more of the daily menu… Continue reading →