Snake River The tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam is the place to be as runoff continues on the Snake.  Flows at the Dam stand at approximately 3,000cfs.  There is a bit of surface feeding from Cattlemans down to the Pacific Creek floodplain and it is worth throwing either midge imitations or small to moderate sized foam attractors when you come upon consistent rises.  Double/triple nymph rigs are working best on the upper reach from…
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Snake River The Snake is in runoff and the most consistent fishing now on the tailwater reach just below Jackson Lake Dam where releases are currently in the 850cfs range.  Only midges on the surface for the most part but there can be a smattering of blue-winged olives and even some skwalas from time to time, giving fly fishers the chance at hook ups on mid-sized attractor patterns.  Nonetheless, the most consistent action is coming…
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Snake River The Snake went into runoff around the 1st of May but there is still visibility on the foot and a half range, so some possibilities downstream of Pacific Creek as skwalas, midges, and even capnias continue to emerge throughout the drainage (and blue-winged olives on cooler, wetter days).  The best action is coming on larger attractor patterns and on lightly weighted or unweighted stonefly nymph imitations, particularly at the head of riffles, in…
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Snake River Good action throughout the drainage with emergences of midges, Capnias, and blue-winged olives just about everyday.  But skwalas are on the river now, and this means that surface action on larger attractor patterns is in the card.  Most dry fly production is occurring from around 11:30am until dusk.  Midge, BWO, Capnia, and skwala patterns are all working in the same holding water – primarily riffles and riffle current margins, seams, troughs, eddies, submerged…
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Snake River The best dry fly fishing since early last November is occurring on the Snake River with intense emergences of midges and lots of Capnia stoneflies around from approximately 11am until 5pm.  We started to see our first Skwala stones about a week ago.  Water temps are warming, too.  This is allowing cutties to move out of traditional winter holding water and into faster currents at the head of riffles, confluences, and seams. Nymphs…
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