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Fly Fishing in Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park Fly Fishing

Yellowstone National Park is one of the most iconic fly fishing destinations in the American West, offering an incredible variety of trout water within a remarkably wild landscape. From famous rivers like the Yellowstone, Madison, Firehole, and Lamar to countless smaller streams, anglers can target wild rainbow, brown, brook, and native Yellowstone cutthroat trout throughout the park.

Fishing conditions and hatches change dramatically over the course of the season. Salmonflies and Golden Stones can produce exciting early-summer fishing, while PMDs, caddis, and other mayflies become increasingly important as summer progresses. By late summer, terrestrial fishing with grasshoppers, ants, and beetles can be exceptional, particularly on meadow streams. Fall brings cooler water, Blue-Winged Olives, and opportunities for larger trout as the season winds down.

Our Yellowstone National Park fly selection brings together proven patterns for the park's diverse rivers and streams. Whether you're casting dry flies to rising cutthroat, fishing a hopper-dropper through a meadow, or working nymphs and streamers through deeper water, these flies will help you arrive prepared for one of America's great trout-fishing destinations.

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Parachute Sulphur

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Absolute must pattern for the eastern United States, and a versatile enough color to be effective everywhere. Invararia, dorothea, are the scienti...

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Pat's Rubber Leg - Tungsten

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A lead wrapped body and a tungsten bead assure these Pat's will sink like no others.

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Pat's Rubber Legs

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Although found in the UNWEIGHTED collection, This is LIGHTLY weighted with lead-free wire wraps.  Typically, 6 wraps of .015" lead-free wire.  this...

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Pheasant Tail

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A classic nymph, peacock thorax, slender pheasant tail body. The wire rib presents a nice segmented look, in addition to adding flash and durabili...

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Pheasant Tail-Beadhead

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One of the top five trout nymphs ever tied on a tippet. A near perfect imitation of the blue wing olive nymph, also works great for a general mayf...

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Pink Pheasant Tail - Beadhead

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Designed as a mayfly pattern, the pink pheasant tail is meant to take that extra leap past the Egan's Frenchie in attraction. Pink and purple are ...

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Red-Tail Prince-Beadhead

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Another variation of everybody's favorite Prince Nymph. Angler's have long know fish can key in on red. This pattern combines many of the attribut...

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RS 2 Emerger

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Mayflies can emerge in a frenzied riot. These occurrences are a catalyst for trout to do the same. Partially developed wing is frequently wha...

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RS 2 Nymph

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RS 2 Sparkle Wing

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Shakey Bakey

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An must have pattern when going to Yellow Stone. Swing or dead drift, either are deadly effective. Especially effective in the late summer-early f...

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Snake River Chernobyl Ant

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This is a TRUE TO ORIGINAL Snake River Chernobyl Ant I personally tied these for Teton Valley Lodge in Driggs, ID during my winters guiding for th...

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Soft Hackle Crayfish Bugger

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Is there a species of gamefish that won't hit a crayfish? Especially effective in summer months, rivers and lakes.  Use for steelhead, browns and ...

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South Fork Chernobyl Ant

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Originally designed for the South Fork of the Snake. This Chernobyl has quickly caught on in many locations. Now used all over for all game speci...

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Stalcup's Hopper - Solitude

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Shane Staclup's flies are always effective and never overdressed. This fly floats high without using too much foam. Easy to see.

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Stimulator

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This pattern was designed by Randall Kaufmann, borrowing liberally from the Improved Sofa Pillow and Bucktail Caddis. The Stimulator has become on...

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Stimulator Rubber Legs

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A twist on this classic pattern by Randall Kaufmann. Sometimes rubber legs will turn the tide to your favor. More lively action attracts vicious ...

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Sulpher Cripple

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Ephemerella invaria, throughout the Midwest and many other regions as well, this is THE hatch to fish. When fish are ultra selective and pressure...

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Super Bugger

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Part bugger, part dumbbell streamer. A great attractor pattern, inciter pattern, prepare for vicious strikes, and large fish. Use for every game f...

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Trophy Dungeon

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Movement is enticing to trophy trout (and we don't mean dinky trophies) Nearly identical to the famous Sex Dungeon (the name hurts the search resu...

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Trophy Peanut

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Many steelie fishers call this their go to pattern.  And so bass and trout fishers also.  Many claim it's origin, all claim its effectiveness.

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Tungsten Double Bead Pat's RubberLeg

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Especially for fast water, when your fly needs to get down fast and deep. For steelhead and torpedo like trout everywhere. Be prepared with a stou...

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Twenty Incher Rubber Legs - Beadhead

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  The standard Twenty Incher is a renown pattern for catching both trout and steelhead. Its known as a great prospecting nymph pattern and a sto...

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Twenty Incher-Beadhead

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Originating in Colorado this pattern imitates stonefly nymphs in larger sizes and mayfly nymphs in smaller sizes. Using peacock herl, this patt...

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