Snake River Nice, cool and wet weather moved through the Snake River region over this past week, bringing with it broader hatches and more intense surface action most days. Warmer weather is on the way, although the forecast does not call for anything over 70 degrees. Autumn is finally here. The most productive fishing is occurring from approximately 11am until late afternoon. This has been the time of the day when mahogany duns, infrequen PMDs,…
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Snake River It’s the same-old on the Snake as it was last week. Water temps are warm and getting into the mid-60s, but starting early and ending around 4pm can pay dividends in terms of numbers and size. Claassenia stoneflies are around early in the morning.  PMDs are around from around 11am until 3pm.  You will also see caddis and grasshoppers around in bits and pieces.  But the big change has been the appearance of…
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Snake River The Snake is hitting prime time now with solid emergences of PMDs and Claassenia stones, as well as caddis in the morning and grasshoppers in the afternoon.  Carpenter ants are also around in bits and pieces.  Being on the surface with single or tandem dry rigs is all you need to do most days on just about every reach of the river.  And big fish are being caught, but some days you will…
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Snake River The tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam (flows currently at 3,700cfs) has cleared noticeably from two weeks ago when lake turnover occurred. We were still getting into fish during the turnover period and action should pick up even more over the coming weeks. And we are starting to see a lot more bugs, including infrequen PMDs, caddis, smaller stoneflies, and bwos (the later especially on those days with cooler, wetter weather).  There are…
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Snake River Flows from Jackson Lake Dam increased to 5,000 and the lake went into turnover on June 6th, turning the tailwater reach off-color.  As a result, fishing requires a bit more concentration below the dam.  Fish have acclimated to the higher flows and this part of the river is starting to clear to its  pre-June 2nd levels.  Fishing is still best with double nymph rigs fished along seams, eddies, and deep riffles.  The lower…
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