Gallatin River Reports

The Gallatin is at 2500cfs and rising, and probably won't be in fishable shape for a while. We'll let you know when the situation changes but for now I wouldn't fish it unless you know where some clear water is coming in.

The Gallatin is high and what we would consider unfishable.  If you find some water where a tributary is dumping in clear you might be able to catch some fish on rubberlegs and worms.  We would strongly advise you to stay out of the water as the river is at dangerous levels for wading.

The Gallatin is on the rise and getting dirty.  Above the Taylor's Fork is high and clear with some decent nymphing to be had.  You can still fish the dirty water with stonefly nymphs, worms and some dark or flashy streamers.  The river will get tougher to fish with the warm weather sending the flows higher.   

Gallatin River is clear and fishing well. The river is running higher and wading is going to be tougher although the fish are being pushed to the banks and eddies. Dead drifting stonefly nymphs with mayfly nymph trailers has been productive along the banks. Slow and dead drifting streamers can also bring in fish. Did not see any dry fly action the last couple of

The Gallatin is still looking very tempting.  I would say clarity is a good 18 inches and I wouldn’t be a bit surprised to see fish rise if some bugs pop out.  We have heard a couple people say they saw some salmonflies down here in the valley.  Not a fishable hatch, mind you, but some big bugs were spotted. 

The Gallatin is still in fishable shape with the cooler weather we’ve been having this week. I fished it last night and did well stripping dark colored streamers in the soft water along the banks. Nymphing with larger stoneflies and dark nymphs should bring up some fish as well. Check the flows before you go and fish it while you can before the

The river has continued to drop and clear up to the point where it looks good down here at 4-corners this morning. It's in great shape right now up above the Taylor's Fork as well. Keep an eye on the flows as it should be alright this week in terms of clarity (2 fee or so) as long as the warmer days don't

The Gallatin has greened up a bit with the cooler weather.  We probably don’t have a very long window before it gets warmer and the flows come back up, but if you really wanted to catch a fish out of the Gallatin you probably could today.  High water tactics should work best.  Try some big dark rubberlegs or bright San

The river has been steadily on the rise and is pretty much junked up right now with less than a foot of visibility, even up above the Taylor's Fork. Big and ugly fished in the soft pockets next to the bank will find a fish here and there but the birdwatching will probably be more productive!

I drove over the river on the way in to work this morning and it doesn’t look too good.  I’d say visibility is less than a foot and w probably won’t be too interested in fishing the Gallatin for a while.  Some cold weather may slow things down, but otherwise we think run off is here on