Yellowstone National Park and it's many famous fly-fishing waters are sought out each year by anglers from all over the world. Having the correct fly patterns of Yellowstone is essential to your success. The fly tying category is a brief list of Yellowstone patterns.

It seems only natural that fly fishermen should be curious about insect hatches, and not just because a knowledge of them can improve angling success, which it most certainly does. More importantly, we should take an interest in insects because they are, after all, the root of our sport. Without them there is no basis for fly fishing.

The Yellowstone area has a long history of superb fly fishing for trout. Excellent aquatic insect populations are one factor that has contributed mightily to this fishing. An incredible wealth and diversity of aquatic insects thrive in the lakes and rivers here, and it is possible to find fish feeding on insects every day of the season.

There is surprisingly little information available on the insect hatches of this area in published fly fishing books. Much of what does exist is included in books which cover the entire country. By necessity the information contained in them is brief, and often of little value to fishermen concentrating on one area. Also, some hatches simply haven't been known well enough to have been written about. In an area as vast as Yellowstone it would take several lifetimes to assemble a complete list of all the hatches. 

One note on insect names. If an insect has a commonly accepted name we have used it. If it does not (this pertains mostly to caddisflies, and reflects how poorly they are understood) we have used their real name, and yes, they're Latin. Many fishermen feel using Latin names is somehow akin to snobbery, but this isn't true. Since we have to call them something, and because it's just as easy to say Hydropsyche as it is to say "it was that caddis with tan wings and a brownish body in about a size #14 or #16," we have taken the Latin route when necessary. - Fishing Yellowstone Hatches

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