Montana Fishing Report: Gallatin River

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Date	15-Nov-09
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Conditions : Gallatin River: This time of year I often find myself fishing the gallatin more than I do the rest of the year. This is because the valley section can really produce this time of year, and has some suprising large fish and cool structure. This is not to say that the canyon section is fishing poorly, it will produce also. If you are heading out to the gallatin this time of year all that you will need are some streamers, beadheads, worms, eggs and a few baetis incase you hit it on a warmer cloudy day and find a baetis hatch. My go to over here would be nymphing a bugger or sculping pattern with a san juan worm or a smaller mayfly nymph off the back. If that is not producing stripping or twitching some streamers through your deeper buckets and tailouts can be productive also.

Bugger Brown, Black, Olive: 6 Bellyache Minnow Tan & Olive: 2 Mega Prince: 4-6 Mega Hare's Ear: 6-8 Mega Pheasant Tail: 8-10 Lightning Bug: 12-14 Copper Johnson Chartreuse, Black, Yellow: 16-18-20 Rootbeer Float Gray: 16-18 Ugly Bug: 6-8-10 The Turd: 6-8-10 Cone-nan The Barbarian Black, Olive, White: 4 Sex Dungeon Black, Yellow: 2 CDC BWO Emerger: 16-18 Shorting Baetis: 16-18 Gay Baetis: 16-18 Lipstick Butt BWO: 16-18-20

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About: - The Gallatin River is about twelve miles long from its origin at the confluence of the West and East Gallatin rivers to Three Forks, Montana, where it joins the Jefferson and Madison rivers to form the Missouri River. The river flows through a narrow valley consisting of agricultural and grazing lands at elevations less than 5,000 feet. The banks are primarily undercuts, and long, deep pools provide much of the fish cover. Except for the East and West Gallatin rivers, tributaries to the Gallatin River are limited to a few spring creeks. Water can be slightly turbid year-round due to the sediment input from the East Gallatin.			Rainbows Browns Cutthroats Whitefish

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