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Paradise & Gallatin Valley Spring Creeks

Paradise Valley locations: Armstrong, Depuy, and Nelson creeks have continued to be good. It's definitely midges most mornings and on the good cloudy days(uh, that's when you want to fish....), the baetis have been around. Over the Hill, on the Gallatin side of things, the Milesnick property as well as Skinner's on the EG are closed until May 17th.

Hatches: Midges, and phenom baetis on the nasty days. Psuedos, and baetis as well as a few caddis getting going.

Hot Patterns:
Dries: Harrop's No hackles BWO, Almost Dun, Para crip, CDC Baetis, Buzz ball, Short wing emergers, Morgan's para midge, Kingfisher Crip, H&L Variant, Renegade, small Para adams, royal wulff, Purple Haze cripple.

Nymphs: sawyer pt, miracle nymph, micro caddis, tan, gray, and olive scuds, sunken trico, wd-50 gray, olive; brown/olive emerger, zebra midge, skinny nelson,

Streamers: small dark olive & black wooly buggers, beadbugger, bunny fur, shiela, and Rickard's Seal buggers fished on 3x or stronger ripped through the heads of the pools and riffles may surprise the angler as what chases down and inhales flies like these...

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