Snake River Ledge rock pools, deep eddies, and the slow current margins of seams are ideal water types to focus on from around 10am to 4pm with nymphs and a tight window of 1:30pm to 3pm with surface flies.  Nymphs fished shallow – two to three feet of tippet – are working better than dries even when the surface feeding is good.  Midge patterns are outperforming other imitations, with CDC soft hackle jig patterns a…
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Snake River Warmer temps over the past week has led to more comfortable and consistent fishing.  There is a two hour window each day for good fishing at the moment, although it is shifty – sometimes its 10:30am until 1pm, others its noon until 2pm, and still others its 1:30pm until just after 3pm.  Surface action is sporadic but best in deeper ledge rock pools and eddies.  This same water, along with riffle current margins,…
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Snake River There has been quite a bit of variability in terms of holding water over the past couple of months, but it seems that finally fish are podded up in their winter lies.  Ledge rock pools, eddies, and seams at the margin of backwater channels are the prime targets.  Midges are the name of the game.  Deeper pools are best fished with double nymph rigs going down to 7ft in some cases.  Shallower water…
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Snake River Warm weather has created more opportunities for increased production, but the sweet spot remains no earlier than 11am and ending around 3pm most days.  The most active water is ledge rock pools, eddies, and riffle pools/current margins.  Midges dominate, and decent surface feeding can occur from time to time, although rarely is it lasting for more than two hours.  Have a tandem dry rig at the ready, but focus primarily on dry-dropper rigs.…
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Snake River Warming temps equate to warming water temps (by a couple of degrees at least).  We have moved into midge-mode solely on the surface with the best action occurring from 11am until 4pm and the most productive water being in ledge rock pools, banks and submerged structure with slow to moderate currents, and the tail of seams with recirculating currents.  Nymphs are best fished as part of a dry-dropper rig or a rigging with…
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