Snake River Runoff slowed a bit a week and a half ago but it is in full swing again, making the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam the place to be for a while.  Flows remain at 280cfs.  The lake is in turnover but hasn’t slowed the action, which has not been stellar but at least respectable some days.  The spillway is crowded but still worth fishing if there is shoulder room.  Further downstream, eddies,…
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Snake River The tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam has fairly consistent visibility and low flows under 300cfs (and this will be the case for the foreseeable future).  There is action at the spillway as well as in eddies, and on seams with nymph rigs.  Fishing deeper water well off the main current line of seams has been the ticket over the past several days. Surface action is sparse with water temps hitting just over…
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Snake River The Snake went into runoff on May 2nd making the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam the only reach with sufficient visibility.  Flows are low (approximately 325cfs) and water temps are maxing out at around 39 degrees with limited surface feeding.  However, subsurface feeding has been decent most days and good at times. Nymphs are producing with short leaders in the four to six foot range from trailing fly to line/suspension device.  Seams,…
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Snake River Midges, a solid amount of Neumora, and some BWOs (on wetter days) make up the majority of bugs out on the water.  Water temps are hitting 42 degrees some days and, as a result, skwala are starting to appear in bits and pieces but not quite a respectable hatch yet.  As has been the case for the past month or so, surface action has been the most consistent from 11am until around 4pm. …
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Snake River A smattering of surface action as fish continue to feed on midges from around 1pm to 3pm, with a wider window of an hour on each end some days.  Neomura  emergnces continue but are inconsistent.  Slow current riffles, eddy and seam current margins, ledge rock pools, and bank with slow currents are key targets. Dry-dropper rigs with variable tippet lengths depending on water column being targeted are working better than double/triple nymph rigs. …
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