[Video] Fly Fishing the Trico Hatch on Hebgen Lake
Hebgen Lake is known as one of the world’s best dry fly lakes due to it’s prolific callibaetis and trico mayfly spinners. Hebgen’s large trout key in on these spinners every sunny day from late spring through early fall. Often overlooked but just as important are the Trico spinners unique to Hebgen lake. The spinners will condition the trout to consistently track into a feeding rhythm on the surface creating a dry fly anglers addiction. If this video doesn’t make you want to jump in the truck or hop on a plane and head out to fly fish Hebgen Lake [...]
Categories: Destinations, Montana Tags: Callibaetis, fly fishing, Hebgen Lake, trico hatch, Yellowstone National Park
[Video] Hebgen Lake Callibaetis Spinner
Craig Mathews of Blue Ribbon Flies demonstrates how to tie a Callibaetis Deer Hair Spinner that is killer on Hebgen Lake outside of Yellowstone National Park. I bet it’ll work pretty good in your neighborhood too. Material List Hook: TMC 100, size #14 – #16 Thread:Danville 6/0 Body: Callibaetis Superfine dubbing Wing:Compardun Deer Hair Tail: Grizzly Hackle Enjoy! Need fly tying material? Check out the FFR Fly Shop. With over 65,000 items in stock, we’ve got what you need.
Categories: Dry Flies, Fly Tying Tags: Callibaetis, Craig Mathews, fly tying video, Hebgen Lake, Yellowstone National Park
[Video] Pale Morning Dun Patterns
With summer upon us and my thoughts out west, I thought it fitting to dedicate the next series of Friday Night Fly Tying videos to Pale Morning Dun patterns. Pale Morning Dun Patterns One the more famous hatches of the year in the Greater Yellowstone area, including the fabled waters of Yellowstone National Park and southern Montana is the Pale Morning Dun or PMD hatch. As George Anderson put’s it, This is THE hatch of the year on the famous spring creeks of Paradise Valley, like Armstrong’s, DePuy’s and Nelson’s. Anglers in the know book early to secure a space [...]
Categories: Emergers, Fly Tying Tags: Pale Morning Dun, Pale Morning Dun Patterns, PMD, Yellowstone National Park
[Video] Tying Bob Jacklin’s Green Drake
Bob Jacklin, author of numerous books on fly fishing Yellowstone National Park, shows us how to tie his favorite Western Green Drake in our Friday Night Fly Tying Video brought to us by The Weekly Fly. Yellowstone Area Green Drake Hatch If you are heading out to fish the Henry’s Fork or other rivers in the greater Yellowstone National Park area, you’ll want a few Green Drake dry flies in your quiver. While the Green Drake hatch can be fickle at times, if you catch it right it can be a glorious event. Bob Jacklin knows this well and shares [...]
Categories: Dry Flies, Fly Tying Tags: Bob Jacklin, Green Drake, Henry's Fork, Yellowstone National Park
Fly Fishing in Yellowstone National Park Map Recovered
View Yellowstoner Platial Maps in a larger map Public Service Announcement: Yellowstoner, we have recovered your map from the Platial meltdown! If you, or anyone who knows you, read this and you want your map back meet me at Bullwinkles Saloon & Eatery tomorrow night @ 8 pm and we’ll arrange for the transfer. Or, leave me a comment below and I will email you the files because I live in PA and it would be a long trip to MT, not that I wouldn’t mind visiting:) Ken p.s. I tried getting in touch with you through your blog Fly [...]
Categories: Destinations, Yellowstone Tags: Fly Fishing Maps, Yellowstone National Park
Bob Jacklin’s Madison River Monster Brown Trout
Bob Jacklin landing a 10 lb 32” monster brown trout while fly fishing the Madison River near West Yellowstone, MT. Can you imagine? Why We Fly Fish Is it the ever so slim chance of catching a phenomenal trophy brown trout on a size 14 nymph like Bob Jacklin’s fish of a lifetime or it is something more? Most people I know don’t get fly fishing and can’t understand why I stand in a river for hours waving a stick only to come home empty handed. If you are reading this, you understand. Nothing Gold Can Stay Bob didn’t go [...]
Categories: Destinations, Montana Tags: Madison River, Yellowstone National Park
