Snake River The Snake is dropping and clearing by the day and there is more fishing to be had on more reaches than we have had since runoff began. We are still a ways from being totally there, but we are getting closer by the day. Dam to Pacific is crystal clear and fishing well with dry flies and dry-dropper rigs in seams and eddies and on banks with slower currents (including well off the…
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Snake River The Snake is dropping and clearing and there can be fish caught on streamers and nymphs fished deep and heavy of most reaches above the confluence of the Hoback. There is also decent dry fly action at clear tributary confluences.  Nonetheless, the best fishing is still found on the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam where flows are at 4200cfs and the water is damn near crystal clear.  Lots of bugs on the…
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Snake River All the tributaries are receding and the Snake below Pacific Creek is going to be fishing sooner than it is later. Many of us picked.  The 1st of August as the date the Snake would start fishing.  It now might be mid-July. At the moment, the tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek remains the best fishing place to be on the Snake. Releases from Jackson Lake Dam have been…
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Snake River Runoff continues and the tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek remains the section of the Snake with most substantial clarity. Still not a lot of surface action despite good hatches of midges, but there is decent action on nymphs and some good stuff on streamers.  Target your nymphs in deep channel troughs and eddy seams.  Streamers are working best on the lower part of this tailwater reach but can…
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Snake River Variable weather over the past week, but with pretty stable temperatures in the 50s and some days in the 60s. As a result water temperatures have been getting into the upper 40s on the lower river below Moose Bridge.  We are now starting to see our first skwalas of the season (some days in impressive numbers).  This is allowing fly fishers to use larger attractors with success along banks and structure, seams, the…
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