What's Happening in Yellowstone Country

We've seen 2 solid weeks of welcomed moisture here in Yellowstone country and with the cool-damp conditions we have had some incredible dry-fly fishing. Admittedly, the Firehole in the Park was slow going with dries the first 2 days of the season but it has picked up the past 2 days when emergences of Baetis and pale morning dun mayflies came off in number. The Madison both in and out of the Park has been awesome with the dry fly and the Henry's Fork is fishing well now too.

Yesterday David Hayes of Coe College out of Iowa brought his students through to talk conservation and environmental issues as well as 1% for the Planet and more. David worked here in the early 1990's, went on to law school and now teaches at Coe. It is one of the joys of this business as we watch young men and women who have worked with us at BRF go on to successful and meaningful careers.

My friends Yvon Chouinard and Mauro Mazzo will be in town as the 3 of us finish our book on fly-fishing. More on this in future reports but for now I can say the book is scheduled for publication soon. We are done with our writing and now working on illustrations, photos and video that will accompany and complement the book.

The World Fishing Network film crew is due in this coming week to finish up some filming too and, as promised in past newsletters, as soon as I hear dates of the show I will let you know here.

As usual in the rest of this issue, you'll find fishing news from Yellowstone Country in the weekly Fishing Report. You can see what's hot off the vise in the Fly of the Week, get a sneak peek at some of the best materials on our tying bench in the Fly Tying Material of the Week, and stay up to date with the guide staff and their trips in the Guide Trip of the Week

Throughout the seasons, we'll keep sending you news of hatches and fishing holes around West Yellowstone. So without further delay, go ahead and jump right into the newsletter. And as always, don't hesitate to give us a call or shoot us an email if you have any questions, or if you just want a little fish talk.