It is early June in Yellowstone Country. The parade of hatches is in full swing on many of our legendary trout fisheries, and the stoke is high among anglers.
If there is any time of year to be a trout angler in this area, it is now. This is the time of year we all dream of and look forward to throughout the year. After a whole winter tying flies and dreaming of big brown trout eating dry flies, the long wait is over. It is here.
Each day presents the opportunity to catch quality trout on dry flies. It’s a match-the-hatch fisherman’s dream, with so many rivers in prime shape and the West’s most famous hatches going strong. Salmonflies, pmd’s, caddis, drakes, it is all here. Whether you like pounding the big bug against the bank or headhunting large trout sipping spinners, there is no better time to do it.
If you’ve been waiting for a day off or a free weekend to fish, the time to make it happen is now. There is no time to wait; things move fast, and before we know it, it will all be behind us.
Get up early, stay out late, drive a few hours, walk a couple of miles, fish all day, work on your craft, and most importantly, live in the moment. It is so easy to think about the future or dwell in the past but now is not the time. Everything we dream of as fly anglers is right here in front of us.
June is what we live for. We get one June a year, and only so many in our short lives.
The time is now; stay curious, fish hard, be grateful, and make it count.
I’ll see you out there.
Nick
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Headed to the Colorado river tomorrow morning!!