Snake River Autumn fishing remains good but, as has been the case over the past month, the action is really on the lower river from Wilson Bridge down to South Park. There is still some production on the upper river, but you really have to work for them. Banks, submerged structure, and eddies are the places to target in the morning hours with small to moderately sized attractors and dropper nymphs (18 to 30 inches…
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Snake River The drop in flows from Jackson Lake Dam and the cool, wet weather over the past week produced some very good dry fly and streamer action on the Snake. We had periods of off-color water, but when there was clarity fishing was solid. Flows are now at their winter levels, so expect low, gin clear water until runoff next spring. Hecubas are still about, but they are dominated by infrequen PMDs, blue-winged olives,…
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Snake River Caddis (in the morning), PMDs, hecubas, and blue-winged olives are the main bugs on the Snake currently. You will find a few each day, but the right weather – cool, cloudy, and a little wet – brings them out big time on just about every reach of the river. Riffles, seams, bankside troughs, confluences points, banks, and structure are all fishing about the same. Fish tight to your targeted water when the sun…
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Snake River Some intense precipitation last week put the Snake down for a few days from Pacific Creek down to Sheep Gulch, but the river has since cleared and we now have a low, gin clear stream and ideal autumn water temperatures. Fishing is good on every reach and the Snake is the place to be at the moment. Tricos are the primary bug on the water from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek.…
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Snake River Keeps sounding like a broken record over the past two weeks – there is variations in activity from hour-to-hour, day-to-day, and reach-to-reach, but the surface and streamer action is in its typical autumn fashion, which is generally pretty damn good. Look for the fishing to get even better on those days with clouds, precipitation, and cool air temperatures. We are expecting a lot of that over the next couple of weeks. Hecubas, mahogany…
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