Snake River Angler Fly Fishing Report for August 3rd, 2017

Snake River It is a rare, if not historic, occasion when the Snake River is fishing on the surface before our fabled South Fork. This year, that is indeed what is happening.  The Snake is for the most part crystal clear and continues to drop by the day.  And the top water action keeps getting better. Currently the reaches offering the best fishing are from Jackson Lake Dam down to Deadman’s Bar, Wilson to South…
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Snake River Angler Fly Fishing Report for July 26th, 2017

Snake River Flows are receding and the river is clear and starting to hits its stride. Still not totally on but it’s getting better by the week.  Actually, by the day.  Hatches are waning a bit and this is a good time to go with larger attractors that get into opportunistic feeders.  The reach from Jackson Lake Dam down past the Osprey Channel below the Buffalo Fork is offering the best dry fly fishing in…
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Snake River Angler Fly Fishing Report for July 18th, 2017

Snake River The Snake is dropping and clearing by the day and there is more fishing to be had on more reaches than we have had since runoff began. We are still a ways from being totally there, but we are getting closer by the day. Dam to Pacific is crystal clear and fishing well with dry flies and dry-dropper rigs in seams and eddies and on banks with slower currents (including well off the…
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Snake River Angler Fly Fishing Report for July 10th, 2017

Snake River The Snake is dropping and clearing and there can be fish caught on streamers and nymphs fished deep and heavy of most reaches above the confluence of the Hoback. There is also decent dry fly action at clear tributary confluences.  Nonetheless, the best fishing is still found on the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam where flows are at 4200cfs and the water is damn near crystal clear.  Lots of bugs on the…
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Snake River Angler Fly Fishing Report for July 1st 2017

Snake River All the tributaries are receding and the Snake below Pacific Creek is going to be fishing sooner than it is later. Many of us picked.  The 1st of August as the date the Snake would start fishing.  It now might be mid-July. At the moment, the tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek remains the best fishing place to be on the Snake. Releases from Jackson Lake Dam have been…
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