Snake River The Snake is fishing well on every reach, but there is some inconsistency from day to day. One bigger change that has happened compared to the past month or so is that the action is occurring a little later in the day.  There is OK fishing in the morning with better action happening from around 10:30 am and continuing until about 5pm, after which action slows a bit. PMDs dominate the scene. Claassenia…
READ MORE

Snake River PMD emergences are fairly consistent on just about every reach of the Snake. The big news, however, is  that we are starting to see our first Claassenia stoneflies of the season and grasshopper are coming on strong.  Carpenter ants are also present just about every day and on every reach.  All of this is a big reason when moderately sized attractor patterns continue to produce and are actually producing better than a week…
READ MORE

Snake River The Snake continues to fish well on just about every reach with the best action being from approximately 10am until 2:30pm. The morning hours prior to 10am are fishing better than the late afternoon hours when water temps are warming pretty fast and surface activity slows.  Take that with a grain of salt, however, because some afternoons are pretty solid.  The action after 4pm might not be good for the fish. PMD emergences…
READ MORE

Snake River The Snake has turned on in a big way over the past two weeks with crystal clear water and descending water levels. Numbers to the boat can still be big most days, but we are now seeing many more 12” to 18” fish eating on and below the surface and 19-plus inch fish are beginning to show themselves. The upper reaches in the Park and the mid-reaches from Moose down to South Park…
READ MORE

Snake River With runoff over and visibility greatly increased, the Snake is starting to get really good below Pacific Creek. The upper reaches in Grand Teton National Park and mid-reaches from Moose down to South Park.  There is surface action primarily at the head of riffles, along banks with slower currents, and in seam current margins and side channels.  Most of this activity is coming on larger attractor patterns.  However, there are still a fair…
READ MORE