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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Snake River Midges are popping on the surface starting around 11am and peaking between 1pm and 2pm before waning around 4pm.  Shallow nymph rigs (with trailing fly around three feet down in the water column) are working best, and producing primarily in ledge rock pools, deep eddies, and riffle pools.  Zebra Midges, Perdigons, Day-2 Midges, and Jujubee Midges are amongst the most productive patterns.   South Fork Decent fishing on both the upper and lower reaches…
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