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Now in our 24th season, we pride ourselves on a tradition of quality, experience, and selection.We outfit and guide anglers throughout the finest waters in Montana Trout Country. All you need is a desire to dance a fly on these beautiful waters and a few directions. We will make sure a trout gets a hold of you!

If you ever imagined yourself fishing rainbows, browns, and cutthroats out of brilliant water running through the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains, Gallatin Riverguides can place you there.

It seems that summer has finally arrived. Salmonflies and golden stones are moving on the Gallatin and on the Upper Madison.

Yellowstone Park and all of the small Montana tributaries are now open, so everything is fair game. Don't forget to renew your fishing licenses and replace those old leaders and flylines!

We'll do our best to keep a very regular fishing report running throughout the summer. Tight Lines!

-Jimmy "loosewraps" Armijo

Gallatin River 2200 c.f.s., Temp-51deg.--The river fished fantastic yesterday with Pat's Rubber Legs, BIG Pheasant Tails, and Salmonfly and Golden Stone dries!!!! This is one of the best times to fish this river so take advantage...Salmonflies and golden stones are here! Expect this to improve rapidly in the next few days with warmer weather. Look for fishing to be fantastic for those fishing the right bugs and getting the flies in front of the fishes faces. Fish along the banks and in slower water with Salmonfly and Golden Cat Puke, Rogue Golden Stones, other Salmonfly and goldenstone patterns, big Pat's Rubber Legs, Prince Nymphs, Pheasant Tails, SJ Worms, and similar bugs. I must warn those of you who are not familiar with the river to be careful, as the river is still very swift and dangerous. Stay on the banks or only wade the slow water. The canyon is fishing very well, but you will find more water clarity above the Taylor's Fork.

Upper Madison 1640 c.f.s., Temp- 57 deg.--Its a smorgasbord of bugs out there!!! Salmonflies, Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies, craneflies, size 18 black and brown caddis, size 10 Chocolate caddis, and more are hatching on the upper Madison. The eye of the hurricane (the Salmonflies) is located between Palisades and Varney. Fishing was extremely slow mid-day yesterday around McAtee, but it wasn't for lack of insects. The walk wade section fished fair to midland nymphing with variegated Pat's Rubber legs and a variety of caddis pupae, but dry fly fishing was almost non-existant during the day. Kelly Galloup said the upper river, walk wade section and upper float section, was fishing very well with Chocolate caddis (size 10 chocolate bodied caddis) in the late evening beyond dark thirty. In between the lakes had a fair Green Drake, cranefly, and midge hatch around dark and fished fairly well, but skiddish fish and a pissed off beaver made fishing difficult.

Lower Madison 2020 c.f.s., Temp 66 deg.--Fish have been caught on a variety of nymphs, including: Pat's Rubber Legs, PMD nymphs, Yellow Sally nymphs, King Princes, tan Sparkle Pupae, red San Juan Worms, Soft Hackle Pheasant Tails, Soft Hackle Peacocks, etc. Try dropping the mentioned nymphs off of olive Zonkers, Clouser Crayfish, Creek Crawlers, Pat's Rubber Legs, and try stripping some big streamers.

Yellowstone River 12,500 c.f.s., Temp 56 deg.--Big, muddy, and potentially dangerous!! Fish are almost always eating something, so I'm not saying fish cannot be caught, but its not a destination and it will not be for a while. We'll keep you posted.

Missouri River 7,530 c.f.s., 60 deg.--Hatches of caddis, PMD's, March Browns, and midges. Streamer and nymph fishing is the most consistent, but keep in mind the fish are deep. Twelve and fourteen foot leaders with a healthy amount of split shot is required for nymphing and a sink-tip line wouldn't be a bad idea for throwing streamers.

Yellowstone Park--Salmonflies, PMDs, Yellow Sallies, caddis, and a variety of bugs are hatching and supplying fish with protein on the Firehole. Salmonflies were hatching in the Firehole Canyon last week. Baetis, PMD’s, and caddis are all hatching and during the slower part of the day fish with Soft Hackle Pheasant Tails and Peacocks. Maybe today! Some reports of o.k. fishing on the upper Gibbon and on the Madison have also been reported. Don't be afraid to explore some of the smaller creeks that aren't muddy, as they will probably have lots of hungry trout in them.

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