Snake River An unusually warm winter continues and the fishing remains pretty solid.  This coming week has the forecast well into the 40s most days.  Chironomid larva/pupa imitations are still the main taker on the Snake, but BWO and smaller stonefly imitations are also working well.  No sign of our February Capnia emergences yet, but with these warm temps they will probably be right around the corner.  Riffles have been fun to fish with the…
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Snake River This is shaping up to be one of the best years of winter fishing on the Snake in recent memory.  There has been good action in deep pools on days with colder air and water temperatures, but the big news is that we have had serious, multi-day warm spells (sometimes over 40 degrees) for the past month and a half that are putting the action in riffle tailouts, seams, and side channels into…
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Snake River Warm temperatures have returned to the area with air temperatures nearing 40 degrees most of this week.  We are experiencing solid winter fishing on the Snake River on the lower reaches from Wilson Bridge down to Sheep Gulch.  Trout are primarily holding in riffle pools, riffle current margins, and in deeper troughs on side channels.  Chironomids have been very active. We are also starting to see some black winter stones on the banks. …
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Snake River Cooler temps in the area compared to what we had through much of early December, yet still quite a bit above average.  Nonetheless, it is cold so bundle up. Nymphing is the name of the game.  There is some surface action on chironomids  the early and mid-afternoon hours. The best action has been in side channels in riffles and troughs.  Flats have some action in mid and late afternoon.  We are primarily using lightly weighted nymphs in…
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Snake River Pretty warm temps over the past week and they will be even warmer over the next week w2ith temperatures on the Snake forecasted to be in the mid-40s.  This should be more than enough to get some blue-winged olives kicked started to accompany the chironomids on the surface. Nonetheless, chironomids should be the main focus of both the trout and the person doing the casting.  Water temperatures will be at their warmest around…
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