Snake River Flows from Jackson Lake Dam stand at around 2,400cfs.  Runoff is underway and the tailwater reach is the only game in town.  Water temps are slowly warming but chironomids remain the only significant hatch.  Nymphs are working best, particularly from the dam down to the Oxbow.  It is important to adjust your leader length accordingly.  Some of the deeper eddies will require at least 9ft. from trailing fly to line/suspension device.  Shallower riffles,…
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Snake River The Snake is back and forth between runoff and significant clearing.  The tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek is the most consistent piece of water.  When the river below Pacific Creek is clear, it is still offering very good fishing with stonefly imitations (both adult and nymph) and caddis patterns.  Expect the best action to occur from 11am to 5pm.  Target riffles, side channels, bankside troughs, and eddies. Midges…
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Snake River Skwalas are out along with Capnias and midges. BWOs can be out on days with cloud cover and precipitation.  Slow water targets – side channels, seam tails, eddies, banks, and bankside troughs – are the place to be in the morning hours with whatever you are fishing with.  By 1pm, however, everything lights up, including banks with moderate speed, riffle heads, and the full length of seams.  It’s a good time to be…
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Snake River A lot of back and forth on the Snake at the moment.  Cooler, wetter days are producing solid hatches of midges and BWOs.  Warmer days can produce the same as well as good numbers of Capnias and spring emergences of October caddis.  Dry fly action is best from about 11:30am until 3pm, after which surface feeding wanes noticeably even as hatches continue.  Target side channels, seams, eddies, and the head of riffles. Double…
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Snake River Warm, spring temps and good surface action on the Snake from around noon until around 6pm with the middle (Moose to Wilson) and lower (South Park to Alpine) offering the production. Midges still dominate the scene and capnia continues to emerge in fair numbers after noon. Slow water targets – ledge rock pools, riffle pools, and eddies – are fishing best early.  Later in the afternoon, faster currents – particularly seams and sweeping…
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