Snake River The Snake is receding and flows from Jackson Lake Dam stand at 3,800cfs.  The tailwater reach has substantial visibility and is fishing well with dry flies and nymph rigs on eddy current seams and in riffles from the early morning hours until around 3pm.  Streamers continue to work best on the lower piece of the tailwater reach from the Oxbow down to Pacific Creek.  Moderately sized and larger baitfish imitations are working equally…
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Snake River The tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam is the place to be as runoff continues on the Snake.  Flows at the Dam stand at approximately 3,000cfs.  There is a bit of surface feeding from Cattlemans down to the Pacific Creek floodplain and it is worth throwing either midge imitations or small to moderate sized foam attractors when you come upon consistent rises.  Double/triple nymph rigs are working best on the upper reach from…
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Snake River The Snake is in runoff and the most consistent fishing now on the tailwater reach just below Jackson Lake Dam where releases are currently in the 850cfs range.  Only midges on the surface for the most part but there can be a smattering of blue-winged olives and even some skwalas from time to time, giving fly fishers the chance at hook ups on mid-sized attractor patterns.  Nonetheless, the most consistent action is coming…
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Snake River The Snake went into runoff around the 1st of May but there is still visibility on the foot and a half range, so some possibilities downstream of Pacific Creek as skwalas, midges, and even capnias continue to emerge throughout the drainage (and blue-winged olives on cooler, wetter days).  The best action is coming on larger attractor patterns and on lightly weighted or unweighted stonefly nymph imitations, particularly at the head of riffles, in…
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Snake River Good action throughout the drainage with emergences of midges, Capnias, and blue-winged olives just about everyday.  But skwalas are on the river now, and this means that surface action on larger attractor patterns is in the card.  Most dry fly production is occurring from around 11:30am until dusk.  Midge, BWO, Capnia, and skwala patterns are all working in the same holding water – primarily riffles and riffle current margins, seams, troughs, eddies, submerged…
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