Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Before You Go 8
Basic Fly Selection 8
Overview of Hatches 8
Weather 9
Bears 9
Mosquitoes 10
Recommended Reading and Online Resources 10
Rules and Regulations 11
The Fish 12
1 Firehole River at Biscuit Basin Leslie Dal Lago John Juracek 15
Open Season 19
2 Lewis River, Lewis Falls to Lewis Lake Don Daughenbaugh 22
3 DeLacy Creek Chris Hunt 26
4 Crawfish Creek Marty Meyer 30
5 Fawn Lake Don Williams James Woodhall 34
6 Gibbon River Shelton Johnson 38
7 Seven Mile Hole Tom McGuane John Bailey Rachel Andras 42
8 Madison River at Elk Meadows Craig Mathews 48
9 Minaret Creek Mike Loebl 52
10 Lower Gardner River Yoshi Neff 57
11 Grebe Lake Molly Semenik Jimmy Carter 62
12 South Arm of Yellowstone Lake Dick Crysdale 66
Alien Invasion 69
13 Heart Lake Boots Allen 74
14 Cascade Creek Allen "Flysoup" Crise 79
15 Trout Lake Jeff Hull 83
16 Yellowstone River at Sulphur Cauldron Maggie Merriman 86
17 Upper Gardner River at Sheepeater Canyon Richard Parks 90
18 Southeast Arm of Yellowstone Lake Dick Cheney 95
19 Slough Creek, Upper Meadows Marcia Woolman 99
20 Beaverdam Creek Pat Clayton 104
21 Yellowstone River at Thorofare Steve Hoovler 107
22 Thorofare Creek "Wild" Bill Schneider Dave Hughes 112
23 Snake River Terry Search 115
24 Grayling Creek James Angie Marsh 120
25 Obsidian Creek Mark D. Williams 123
26 Fall River Nathan Bennett 127
27 Fan Creek Steve Tureikas Bob Jackson 130
Functionally Extinct 134
28 Bechler River at Bechler Meadows Mike Atwell 139
29 Lamar River at Lamar Valley Alice Owsley 144
30 Yellowstone River at Lower Grand Canyon Parker Heinlein 149
31 Nez Perce Creek Sallysue C. Hawkins Otis Halfmoon 153
32 Yellowstone River at Nez Perce Ford Bob Jacklin 165
33 Clear Creek Dave Sweet 168
34 Gallatin River Dan Vermillion 171
Notellum Creek Guy Muto 176
35 Cache Creek Ronnie Wright 180
36 Lava Creek Dale Sexton 184
37 Soda Butte Creek Fanny Krieger 188
38 Pebble Creek Tom Travis 193
39 Cougar Creek Patrick Byorth 198
40 Hellroaring Creek Phil Adams 203
41 Black Canyon of the Yellowstone Michael Leach 208
Chasing Rare Cutthroats on High Lake, Sedge Creek, and Goose Lake Jeff Reed 215
42 Solfatara Creek Christopher Oertle 221
43 Slough Creek at Lamar Confluence to Slough Creek Campground Dean Reiner 224
44 Firehole River at Ojo Caliente Delores Marsh 229
45 Lewis Lake Tom Bie 233
Quagmire 236
46 Shoshone Lake Bruce Staples 241
47 Madison River at Barns Hole Rich Jehle 245
48 Lewis River Channel Greg Thomas 249
49 Madison River at Baker's Hole Doug Peacock 253
Hotter and Drier 256
50 Firehole River at Muleshoe Bend Joshua Bergen 258
Epilogue: Pelican Creek 261
Notes 268
Acknowledgments 277
Index 279