After the Hatch: Episode 4 - Eat Your Lunch First: Jonathan Heames on the Power of Patience and Observation

Every episode of After The Hatch starts on the water. This time, Steve and his Big Sky Anglers co-owner Jonathan Heames fish the Gallatin River in Yellowstone National Park on a cold, rainy June afternoon. The Green Drakes they're hoping for are slow to show, so they spend more time watching than casting, and that's what turns the day around.

Jonathan has been guiding for about 30 years, much of it on the technical Henry's Fork. He explains why he believes "observation is a superpower" and how hatch-focused "ranch style" fishing shapes the way he reads every river. He also covers why Green Drakes bring up fish you might not see the rest of the year, and how to treat spinner falls like a crop you can predict from the wind and weather. And he tells the story of the day his mentor Bob Jacklin handed him a ham sandwich and told him not to make a cast until he'd finished it, a lesson every first-time Yellowstone angler should hear.