Snake River Low and gin clear and fishing really well with dry-droppers in the morning and tandem dries in the afternoon. The middles and lower reaches from Moose Bridge down to Sheep Gulch have been the most productive parts of the river. Blue-winged olives are out in the afternoon, along with a smattering of October Caddis. Side channels are fishing best. On the main channels, target riffles and seams. Banks and bank-side troughs with shallow…
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Snake River Autumn fishing remains good but, as has been the case over the past month, the action is really on the lower river from Wilson Bridge down to South Park. There is still some production on the upper river, but you really have to work for them. Banks, submerged structure, and eddies are the places to target in the morning hours with small to moderately sized attractors and dropper nymphs (18 to 30 inches…
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Snake River The drop in flows from Jackson Lake Dam and the cool, wet weather over the past week produced some very good dry fly and streamer action on the Snake. We had periods of off-color water, but when there was clarity fishing was solid. Flows are now at their winter levels, so expect low, gin clear water until runoff next spring. Hecubas are still about, but they are dominated by infrequen PMDs, blue-winged olives,…
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Snake River Caddis (in the morning), PMDs, hecubas, and blue-winged olives are the main bugs on the Snake currently. You will find a few each day, but the right weather – cool, cloudy, and a little wet – brings them out big time on just about every reach of the river. Riffles, seams, bankside troughs, confluences points, banks, and structure are all fishing about the same. Fish tight to your targeted water when the sun…
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