Snake River Inconsistency is the name of the game on the Snake in terms of surface action.  Intense feeding on midges can bee from 10am to 1pm some days in riffle pools.  On other days, it is after 2pm and occurring in backwater side channels and eddies with slow currents and moderate depths.  The best plan of action is to fish hard, keep your eyes open, and when you see consistent surface feeding, stay on…
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Snake River Chironomids are on the water just about everyday, but the real surface action is on blue-winged olives which begin to pop around 1pm and intensify around 3pm and wane about an hour later.  The most active water is almost exclusively in seams along eddies and in riffle current margins.  Longer, slower runs can have actions further out in main currents. Nymphs are producing from about 11am until dusk with the sweet spot occurring…
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Snake River Dry flies are producing after 11am, with the best action is occurring after 2pm as midge and BWO emergences intensify.  The most productive water has been in ledge rock pools, the inside turn of riffles and riffle current margins, banks with moderate depths and slow currents, and seams separating backwater channels from main channel currents. Nymphs are working and it is a toss-up between double rigs and dry-droppers in terms of which is…
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Snake River BWOs dominate the surface scene most days with a smattering of mahogany duns and October caddis around every now and then.  The best dry fly action is occurring after 11:30am each day but as late as 1pm occasionally.  Focus on the middle and lower reaches from Wilson Bridge down to Sheep Gulch and target riffles, troughs, submerged structure, side channels, and ledge rock pools. Nymph rigs are a good way to go throughout…
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Snake River Winter flows on the Snake and fishing has been pretty solid over the past couple of weeks with dry flies, dry-droppers, and streamers.  Action is best after 11am and gets better throughout the afternoon.  PMDs are still about but mahogany duns and BWOs can be more prevalent on cool days and days with cloud cover and precipitation. October caddis are also around intermittently.  Riffles, troughs and seams are your most productive targets.  Side…
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