Record snowfall and a cool and lasting Spring have our runoff delayed several weeks. We’re in the middle of high water now. Flows over the last week on the Yellowstone River through the Crystal Ranch have been in the 1000 to 1200 CFS range. This isn’t quite as high as the water got last year, yet anyway.
The bad news, fishing isn’t great right now. The good news, high water on this dynamic river system tends to flush out silt and create amazing new holding water for the 4 species of trout that call the Yellowstone home. We saw it happen last year and we’re excited to see what the river gives us this year.
Runoff should continue into the first week or so of July, possibly a week longer. We have plenty of spots available for some incredible fishing on the Yellowstone and many other amazing trout streams in our area.