FISHING REPORT – AUGUST 18TH, 2020

BIG HORN / WIND – Flows are 1200 and the trout have been big this summer! Yellow sallies, tricos, hoppers, worms, leeches, crawdads, crane flies and streamers.

NORTH FORK – Fishing has been hit and miss up in the forest but has been more consistent down by the reservoir. Hoppers, ants, beetles, yellow sallies, green drakes and caddis on top. Drop beadheads like jig yellow spots, small rubber legs, Duracell jigs, jiggable caddis, and iron sallies.

SOUTH FORK – Hoppers, yellow sallies, green drakes and caddis on top. Drop beadheads like jig yellow spots, small rubber legs, Duracell jigs, jiggable caddis, and iron sallies.

CLARK’S FORK – Hoppers, yellow sallies and caddis on top. Drop stonefly nymphs like rubber legs, twenty inchers and crane fly larva. Beadhead nymphs in sizes 12-16 are working as well. Don’t forget your streamers!

GREYBULL / WOOD – Small chubbies, water walkers, hoppers, ants, beetles, hippie stompers, caddis, yellow sallies, parachute adams, stimulators, as well as other attractors. Smaller stonefly and mayfly nymphs plus general beadheads if you’re fishing subsurface.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – Hatches are pmd’s, green drakes, golden stones and caddis on the Upper Yellowstone, Slough and Soda Butte Creeks, as well as the Lamar River. The sight fishing for cruising cutthroats on Yellowstone Lake has been good on calm mornings during the callibaetis spinner fall.

NEWTON LAKES – Both lakes are incredibly full. Midges, scuds, damsels and leeches.

LUCE / HOGAN RESERVOIRS – Scuds, damsels, leeches, midges, hoppers, ants, and beetles.