Snake River Note – flows from Jackson Lake Dam will be ramping down starting on September 29th.  Flows are tentatively scheduled to drop from 1,800cfs to 325cfs by next weekend. The Snake is still fishing in typical early autumn fashion with cutthroats rising in most holding water types for everything from mid-sized surface attractors to small BWO and Mahogany imitations.  The seasonal emergences of Claassenia stoneflies, hecubas, mahogany duns, and PMDs continue to be strong. …
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Snake River Pretty much a carbon copy of what we have had on the Snake over the past month with strong emergences of PMDs, Claassenia stoneflies, hecubas, and caddis on all reaches, and very good action on dry flies, nymphs, and streamers.  Dry-dropper rigs are a good route to go in a variety of holding water types.  Smaller mayfly and caddis imitations, especially those used as part of a tandem dry fly rig, are also…
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Snake River The Snake is in her typical autumn prime and fishing lights out on almost every reach.  Hatches include Claassenia stoneflies (mutant stones), PMDs, mahogany duns, caddis, and hecubas.  Water temps are chilly in the morning so fishing is a bit tougher but by 11am action picks up steadily gets better through the afternoon and into early evening.  The morning hours are fishing best with large surface attractors and streamers along banks and structure…
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Snake River Fishing on the Snake is off the charts at the moment with trout rising to a variety of dry flies and taking nymphs and streamers with voracity on all reaches.  PMDs remain the primary fare for fish, but they are complemented by claassenia stoneflies, hecubas, caddis, mahogany duns, as well as grasshoppers and some BWOs and crane flies.  It is a literal smorgasbord for trout right now.  Dry fly fishing is where it…
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Snake River The monsoon this past week intensified productivity on the Snake, yielding strong hatches of PMDs, hecubas, mahogany duns, and even some BWOs on every reach.  Imitations of these bugs were certainly effective.  However, larger attractors and streamers were also effective.  Skies are forecasted to clear this week and temperatures will warm, but don’t expect mid to high 80s for the rest of the season.  We should be in the comfortable 70s, and this…
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