It has been a fun year at Snake River Angler.  We had lots of water to play with and good fishing just about everywhere once the runoff settled down.  Here are a few things that stood out on our water in 2017 – Where did the mud go? Going into April, most of us were sure that we were looking at something similar to 2011. That year, we the Snake did clear until the second…
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Snake River Strange that we are getting deeper in winter and the dry fly fishing on the Snake is better than it has been over the previous three weeks. Much of this is due to the warmer than average temperatures that we are experiencing. There are no blue-winged olives to speak of, but midges come out in force at around 12pm and build in intensity until around 3pm when things begin to wane.  Don’t expect…
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Snake River Cooler temps in Snake River country but we are still getting many days in the upper 30s to upper 40s and a respectable amount of surface action in the afternoon on midge and blue-winged olive imitations. Slow water targets at the margin, tailout, and inside head of riffles are the prime water types to hit.  There is also decent activity in eddies and side channel confluences, although not as consistent as you will…
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Snake River Much cooler weather during these first two weeks of November with air temps in the 35 to 45 degree range almost each day. The result has been good fishing on the Snake with streamers throughout the day and dry flies – primarily midges and blue-winged olives – in the afternoon hours from about 12 pm to 5 pm. Streamer fishing has been best on the reaches from Moose Bridge down to South Park…
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Snake River Dry fly fishing on the Snake has been excellent on the lower reaches from Moose Bridge down to Sheep Gulch with tour rising to blue-winged olives, PMDs, and mahogany dun imitations during the afternoon hours. Riffles, seams, eddies and submerged structure are the prime targets.  Actions starts around noon and intensifies until 5pm or 6pm.  Takes have been fairly slow, so slow down on your hook set.  Tandem rigs – dun trailed by…
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