Known as one of the best wade fishing rivers in Montana, the Gallatin River is the closest larger river to Bozeman. It begins in Yellowstone National Park then winds its way through the Gallatin Canyon all the way to Three Forks where it meets up with the Jefferson and Madison rivers to form the Missouri River.
The Gallatin has been fishing good and should only get better the further we head into fall. We have all been hearing good reports of fish being caught everywhere from the Yellowstone park boundary to the confluence of the Missouri river so the whole river is fair game. Fishing with streamers or nymphing has been the most consistent way to put fish in the net as of late. For nymphing, its tough to beat a rubberlegs or squirminator up top and dropping a duracell, blowtorch, frenchie, hare's ear, or purple psycho prince 14-18" behind the top fly can catch fish consistently all day. Dry fly fishing is also getting good with the cloudier days and colder overnight lows and blue wings and midges are the name of the game right now and should be until we hit full on winter where midges will take over completely. Streamer fishing, with the cooler temperatures is also really fun this time of year too. Some of the shop favorites as of late are the sparkle minnow, Jeremy's bite snack sculpin, barely legal, baby gonga, ditch witch, mini peanut envy, micro, mini, and full size dungeon, freshwater clouser, and the Sculpzilla.
Adams (16-22), Purple Haze (16-20), Buzzball (16-18), Elk Hair Caddis Tan/ Olive(12-18), Film critic BWO, Stubby Chubby Purple, Cinnamon, Yellow, Tan (16-18)
Wooly Bugger Olive, Black (6-12), Fish Whacker Olive/white or Brown/yellow (6) Sculpzilla Tan,Black,Olive (4-8), GD P/Jig Streamer White/ Olive/Black (10), Micro Dungeon Yellow (10), Mini Dungeon Olive/ Purple/ Natural/ White (6)
Prince Nymph (10-18), Perdigon Purple, Pearl, peacock (14-18), Pat’s Rubber Legs (8-12), Hare’s Ear (16-20), Blowtorch (12-18), Zebra Midge Black/ Red/ Purple (16-22), Sweetmeat Caddis Tanger/Lime (14-16), Sizzlin' Hot Squirrel (12-16)
