Snake River A smorgasbord of bugs – PMDs, yellow sallies, golden stones, and leftover caddis – continue to dominate the scene on the Snake.  Slow current targets like side channels, eddies, and the inside turn of riffles can offer surface consistent action from 10am (or earlier in some cases) until approximately 4pm.  Riffles, seams, and troughs start to fish around 12:30pm and can continue to produce until dusk. Double/triple nymph rigs are working best on…
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Snake River The Snake is slowly clearing and receding, giving fly fishers more opportunities than just the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam.  There is two and a half feet of visibility on most of the river downstream of Pacific Creek and good emergences of rhyacophila and glossassoma caddis, PMDs, flavs, and the smaller golden stones.  Cicadas have also been out in heavy numbers.  Surface action is respectable in side channels, along banks with slow…
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Snake River The Snake is receding but not quite where we need it to be, so the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam remains the most viable option for fishing at the moment.  Surface action is occurring in select spots – seams and side channels primarily – and are worth targeting if rises are consistent.  PMDs are prominent in the afternoon from approximately 12:30pm until 5pm and midges are popping throughout the day.  Beetles are…
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Snake River Runoff continues, making the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam the place to be.  It’s definitely getting crowded but spacing out and concentrating on the water you have available will pay dividends.  Water has a high degree of visibility and more fishing are feeding on the surface.  Moderately sized attractors are working, although midge and BWO patterns produce better. Nymphs, both double/triple rigs and dry-dropper rigs, are the best way to go for…
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Snake River Flows from Jackson Lake Dam stand at around 2,400cfs.  Runoff is underway and the tailwater reach is the only game in town.  Water temps are slowly warming but chironomids remain the only significant hatch.  Nymphs are working best, particularly from the dam down to the Oxbow.  It is important to adjust your leader length accordingly.  Some of the deeper eddies will require at least 9ft. from trailing fly to line/suspension device.  Shallower riffles,…
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