Snowpack looking good for spring and early summer fishing

Our snowpack continues to hold at around 80% with snow forecast all week. If the cards continue to play out this way, we should have good water this summer without an extended run off like we saw the last two years. We have a really good shot at catching both the Mother's Day caddis on the Yellowstone in late April/early May as well as the salmonfly hatch on the stone. Some years run off interferes with these hatches. The same hatches also occur on the Madison and are usually fishable on all years because of the protection of dams.