Snake River Some cooler weather has returned to the areas with highs reaching the mid to high 30s most days.  We are now getting boats on the water with accesses at Wilson, South Park, and Pritchard Landing now open.  While midges continue to dominate, we are starting to see our first winter stones of the season and have been since around March 7th.  Ledge rock pools and eddies remain the key targets to focus on…
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Snake River Very warm weather has been a boon for consistent action both below and on the surface.  Overnight lows are not swinging as heavily as a few weeks ago.  Still, it is a good idea to start by at least late morning, as water temps are still cooling by a couple of degrees most days.  Fish are still podding up in slower, deeper lies – eddies, backwater side channels, troughs, and ledge rock pools…
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Snake River A lot of back-and-forth weather-wise over the past two weeks, with cold spells, warm spells, sunshine, and precipitation.  The best fishing has been on those days with temps between 20 and 40 degrees a few days after a weather transition. Fish have been holding fairly deep and have been in tight pods.  This includes eddies, ledge rock pool and seams.  There are times when faster currents in riffles and along submerged structure is…
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Snake River Our first true cold spell of the winter occurred this month, creating substantial anchor ice and frazzle ice on the Snake.  Conditions have been tough, but the best fishing has come in slow currents like back channels and eddies when they are ice free with double nymph rigs composed mainly of midge imitations.  With these cold temps, be sure to limit fish exposure to hands, gloves, and air when being released. South Fork…
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Snake River Air temps have still been above average overall, but have also had a string of colder days here and there.  This has put fish into deeper, pooled water with slow, recirculating currents.  Production has been coming primarily from double/trip nymph rigs fished relatively deep – six to nine feet – on a dead drift with midge, cdc soft hackle, BWO, and moderately sized attractor nymphs.  At times, fish will eat these patterns on…
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