Snake River The sole focus on the Snake at the moment tends to be slower backwater channels with minimal currents. This is where the action is, and it is primarily on midge larva/pupa patterns.  Lightly weighted double nymph rigs with five to six feet of leader are working best.  Takes have been slow, so be on your toes. A noticeable uptick in surface action on warmer days is also occurring in the same water. Once…
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Snake River Productivity on the Snake is squeezed squarely in a six hour time period from about 10:30am to 4:30 pm, with noon to about 3:30pm being the hotspot. Top water action is in slow current areas, primarily the inside turn of riffles and seam margins in side channels with minimal currents.  This is at best a two hour proposition.  Better action is coming below the surface in the same water but also on riffle…
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Snake River A bit of a cold spell to start off 2019. As such, most of the action is happening later in the day.  No reason to get started any earlier than 10am.  Noon is best some days.  The whitefish spawn has completely come to an end, which means that fishing long, slow riffle pools isn’t in the cards as much as it has been.  Instead, the best targets are slow current side channels with…
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With 2019 just a couple of days away, this weekend seems as good of a time as any to reflect on how things were in Wydaho this past year.  For sure it was a solid year, but by no means was it great from a fly fishing standpoint.  We definitely had some fun fishing and there were several spectacular days.  Nonetheless, I would rate the fishing as good, not necessarily out-of -this-world.  Here are some thoughts…
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Snake River Very much the same story on the Snake as it was at the beginning of the month – mostly midges on the surface and below with some action on roe patterns as the whitefish spawn begins to wane (or at least we think it is waning). The best water to target at the moment is slower current margins along eddies and seams.  There is also more trout beginning to hold in no-current water…
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