Snake River Hecubas, PMDs, mahogany duns, and BWOs are on the water each day and can be heavy on those days with cloud cover and precipitation.  There are also a smattering of October caddis starting to appear.  With the Snake near its lowest flows since March, dry fly fishing with attractors and mayfly imitations has been relatively consistent from around 10:30am to 5pm, with a wider window occurring with rain and clouds.  The inside turn…
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Snake River Continued emergences of Claassenia and Hecuba and still a decent amount of PMDs around.  Both surface and subsurface action has been consistent on all reaches from around 10:30am until 4pm.  It might be the widest window we have had on the Snake this year.  Attractor, hopper, and stonefly imitations have been working well in all water types.  It is also worth trying carpenter ant imitations in the #14 -#16 range (naturals have been…
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Snake River Flows have been dropping from Jackson Lake Dam and, with the clarity, this almost feels like the fishing we get a month from now (minus the 80-plus degree air temps).  Claassenia and Hecuba are out alongside PMDs and the latter two, along with BWOs, are heavily present on wetter days primarily from Deadmans Bar down to South Park Bridge.  Stoneflies patterns are working throughout the day in just about every type of holding…
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Snake River Claassenia stoneflies continue their emergence on most reaches and grasshopper continue to make racket on the banks.  PMDs are still around but waning except for those days with clouds and precipitation.  We are also beginning to see our first Hecubas of the year, and we are also seeing more of them on those days with cloud cover (and a bit more intensity on those afternoons with precipitation). On the lower river from South…
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Snake River Claassenia is out in little more with more shucks evident on the banks of every reach.  This continues to make larger stonefly and attractor patterns the best bet in the morning hours, especially when fished with a dropper nymph.  These patterns, as well as hopper imitations, will continue to work in the afternoon and can outperform the action they produce in the afternoon.  Target banks, structure, troughs, and confluences. PMDs and caddis are…
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