Monthly Archives: %sMay 2015

Snake River

The tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek remains the only reach to not be in runoff conditions. Releases from the dam have been steady at 4000 cfs for a few days and the fishing has improved greatly and are at the right level for good fishing. Clarity is excellent. The best action has been on double nymph rigs in seams, eddies, and riffles. Streamers have also been working good in the same water as well as banks and structure with at least moderate depths. Don’t go too big with your baitfish imitations. Midges, blue-winged […]

Snake River

The tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam continues to have the most reliable fishing, and this past week displayed a major uptick in action. Clarity is pretty much 100% and we are starting to see more and more surface activity as trout feed on Chironomids, blue-winged olives, and Callibaetis. We are also seeing some caddis and some little brown stoneflies. Best action has been in eddies, seams, and deep riffles and troughs. Dry-dropper rigs are producing best. And we are getting trout come to the surface for bigger #10 and #12 dry attractors. Tandem dry rigs are working […]

Snake River
Runoff is really pumping now on the Snake. Snowpack is under 60% as of this past weekend, so it will probably end sometime in June unless some cooler and wetter weather moves in, which would not be a bad thing.
The only reach with clear, fishable water at the moment is on the tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek. Releases from the dam remain at approximately 550 cfs. Water temperatures are cold, so almost all of the activity is subsurface on nymphs and streamers. Don’t expect anything off the charts, but there are fish to […]