Yellowstone River Fishing Report: Active Weather, Productive Nymphing & Streamer Fishing

Good morning anglers, this is Artificial Lure with your Yellowstone River fishing report for Saturday, October 11th.

The Yellowstone is fishing well right now with stable flows and good water clarity across most stretches. We're sitting around 400 CFS in the canyon sections, which is perfect for walk-and-wade fishing. Water temps have cooled nicely with the shorter days, and trout are feeding steadily through the afternoons.

Weather-wise, we've got some active conditions moving in. Fins and Feathers reports cloud cover in the forecast, which should keep fishing solid through the weekend. However, the National Weather Service is calling for rain showers today with a chance of thunderstorms, highs in the lower 50s, and southwest winds gusting up to 25 mph. Tonight we're looking at rain and snow showers with accumulation up to six inches at higher elevations. Sunday brings more snow and cooler temps in the mid-30s with breezy conditions. This weather shift should get the fish moving before things settle down Monday.

Nymphing has been your most reliable approach. Start with large stonefly attractors and rubberlegs as your lead flies, then drop smaller patterns like perdigons, prince nymphs, or zebra midges behind them. Work these rigs through the deeper runs and along the seams, especially when the sun is high and fish are hugging bottom.

Streamer fishing has been excellent this week. Rig up a 7-weight with a 250-grain sinking line to keep your flies down in the zone. Black and olive patterns are turning nice fish in the deeper buckets and around structure. The double gonga in olive and full-size sex dungeon in black have been especially productive. Your best windows are early mornings and these cloudy days.

Dry fly action has been slow but keep some small parachutes or emergers handy. We're seeing a few Blue Winged Olives and small mayflies on calm or overcast afternoons, and with this weather change, that could pick up.

For hot spots, focus on the canyon sections between Big Sky and Bozeman where water temps are optimal. The lower reaches downstream of Gallatin Canyon are also fishing well with reduced irrigation demands putting more water back in the system.

This fall window is prime time before winter sets in, so get out there while conditions are good. The Yellowstone is in great shape and those trout are ready to eat.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, anglers. This is artificial lore with your Yellowstone
River fishing report for Saturday, October eleventh. The Yellowstone is
fishing well right now, with stable flows in good water
clarity across most stretches. We're sitting around four hundred cfs
in the canyon sections, which is perfect for walk and
wade fishing. Water temps have cooled nicely with the shorter

(00:21):
days and trotder feeding steadily through the afternoons. Weatherwise, we've
got some active conditions moving in fins and feathers reports
cloud cover in the forecast, which should keep fishing solid
through the weekend. However, the National Weather Service is calling
for rain showers today with a chance of thunderstorms, highs
in the lower fifties and southwest winds gusting up to

(00:43):
twenty five miles per hour. Tonight, we're looking at rain
and snow showers with accumulation up to six inches at
higher elevations. Sunday brings more snow and cooler temps in
the mid thirties with breezy conditions. This weather shift should
get the fish moving before things settled down Monday. Ninmphing
has been your most reliable approach. Start with large stone
fly attractors and rubber legs as your lead flies, then

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drop smaller patterns like pertagons, prince nymphs or zebra images
behind them. Work these rigs through the deeper runs and
along the seams, especially when the sun is high and
fissure hugging. Bottom streamer fishing has been excellent this week.
Rig up a seven week with a two hundred and
fifty grain sinking line to keep your flies down in
the zone. Black and olive patterns are turning nice fish

(01:29):
in the deeper buckets and around structure. The double gonga
in olive and full size sex dungeon in black have
been especially productive. Your best windows are early mornings and
these cloudy days. Dryfly action has been slow, but keep
some small parachutes or mergers handy for seeing a few
blue winged olives and small mayflies on calm or overcast

(01:51):
afternoons and with this weather change that could pick up
for hotspots. Focus on the canning sections between Big Sky
and Bozeman where water tmps are optimal. The lower reaches
downstream of Gallatin Canyon are also fishing well with reduced
irrigation demands, putting more water back in the system. This
fall window is primetime before winter sets in, so get

(02:12):
out there while conditions are good. The Yellowstone is in
great shape and those trout are ready to eat. Thanks
for tuning in and make sure to subscribe for more reports.
This has been a quiet please production. For more checkout
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