Snake River Dry fly fishing has been decent and fairly consistent on all reaches.  There is even respectable action on larger attractors used as part of a dry dropper rig.  BWOs and Mahogany Duns are out, and emergences can be notable on wet and cloudy days.  Action on mdiges is decent, too when targeting the right water.  Slower currents have been more productive than faster ones.  Focus on side channels, eddies, and riffle pools. Nymphs…
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Snake River It’s been a good October on the Snake so far with decent to solid emergences of October caddis, mahogany duns and BWOs most days.  Fishing has been best on the lower reaches from Wilson Bridge down to Sheep Gulch.  Surface action has been best from 12:30pm to 4pm generally.  Target riffles, seams, eddies, banks with slow to moderate currents, side channels, and confluences. Nymphing is hit-or-miss most days but the best action has…
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Snake River Releases from Jackson Lake Dam are at their projected winter flows for the year and, with extreme clarity, dry fly fishing has been solid.  PMDs are still about, as are mahogany duns and BWOs and some intermittent emergences of October caddis.  The sweet spot has been from around noon until 5pm.  Morning hours are best fished with dry foam attractors in tandem with a caddis or mayfly imitations.  Target riffles, banks with slow…
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Snake River Hecubas, PMDs, mahogany duns, and BWOs are on the water each day and can be heavy on those days with cloud cover and precipitation.  There are also a smattering of October caddis starting to appear.  With the Snake near its lowest flows since March, dry fly fishing with attractors and mayfly imitations has been relatively consistent from around 10:30am to 5pm, with a wider window occurring with rain and clouds.  The inside turn…
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Snake River Continued emergences of Claassenia and Hecuba and still a decent amount of PMDs around.  Both surface and subsurface action has been consistent on all reaches from around 10:30am until 4pm.  It might be the widest window we have had on the Snake this year.  Attractor, hopper, and stonefly imitations have been working well in all water types.  It is also worth trying carpenter ant imitations in the #14 -#16 range (naturals have been…
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