Snake River Good but inconsistent fishing with the best action happening on the lower reaches from South Park down to Sheep Gulch.  Trout are beginning to pod up in their winter pools, especially ledge rock pools, eddies, and side channels.  Midges are the primary hatch, but BWOs are about in the afternoon most days and can be heavy on those days with cloud cover and precipitation.  And the afternoon is the best time to be…
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Snake River Dry fly fishing has been decent and fairly consistent on all reaches.  There is even respectable action on larger attractors used as part of a dry dropper rig.  BWOs and Mahogany Duns are out, and emergences can be notable on wet and cloudy days.  Action on mdiges is decent, too when targeting the right water.  Slower currents have been more productive than faster ones.  Focus on side channels, eddies, and riffle pools. Nymphs…
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Snake River It’s been a good October on the Snake so far with decent to solid emergences of October caddis, mahogany duns and BWOs most days.  Fishing has been best on the lower reaches from Wilson Bridge down to Sheep Gulch.  Surface action has been best from 12:30pm to 4pm generally.  Target riffles, seams, eddies, banks with slow to moderate currents, side channels, and confluences. Nymphing is hit-or-miss most days but the best action has…
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Snake River Releases from Jackson Lake Dam are at their projected winter flows for the year and, with extreme clarity, dry fly fishing has been solid.  PMDs are still about, as are mahogany duns and BWOs and some intermittent emergences of October caddis.  The sweet spot has been from around noon until 5pm.  Morning hours are best fished with dry foam attractors in tandem with a caddis or mayfly imitations.  Target riffles, banks with slow…
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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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