Snake River Nymph rigs are the name of the game most days, especially when targeting ledge rock pools, deep troughs, seams and eddies.  Some attractor soft hackles are getting into fish but not near to the same degree as smaller midge imitations.  Surface action is occurring mostly in deeper water in ledge rock pools and backwater channels and on the edge of troughs.  Nymph rigs will work in all of this water but also working…
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Snake River More consistent fishing now with warmer water temps.  Fishing is respectable after 11am and can last until 3pm most days.  The sweet spot, especially with surface flies and shallow dry-dropper rigs, is happening from 1pm to 3pm, although on some days it is occurring earlier. Midges continue to be the name of the game almost solely.  Ledge rock pools, eddies, and the current margins where backwater channels meet main channel seams are the…
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Snake River Cooler temps have returned to the region so we are mainly dealing with midge activity with a subsurface window of 11:30am to around 3:30pm and a tight surface window of noon until 2pm.  Ledge rock pools are producing best, followed by troughs and riffle tails.  Seams and eddies offer a modicum of action now and then.  If fishing nymphs, go fairly deep with double/triple rigs in the morning, but shorten up to two…
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Snake River Dry fly opportunities are inconsistent from day to day but when it does happen the window has been from around 12:30pm to 3pm.  And, of course, its chironomids and almost nothing else.  Ledge rock pools remain key targets as they have since early December. Seams and eddies separating backwater channels from main channels current.  All of this water, as well as riffle pools, are good places to use nymph rigs.  Shallow rigging in…
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Snake River Chilly days over the past week and a half means that the best action has been from approximately noon until around 4:30pm with the sweet spot occurring from around 1pm until 3pm. Midges are clearly the name of the game both on the surface and below.  Ledge rock pools, as well as seams eddies at the edge of backwater channels are the best targets for both dry flies and nymphs.  Going deep with…
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