Snake River Water temps are beginning to creep into voluntary “hoot owl” mode, so an early start is imperative.  Fishing has waned a little since the solid four week period from June 16th to July 11th.  Still, success can be had with precision, focused fishing.  Caddis are prevalent in the morning until around 11am. PMDs and yellow sallies dominate the rest of the day. The canyon reaches from South Park down to Sheep Gulch are…
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Snake River Flows from Jackson Lake Dam have ramped up to 2000cfs and this has put the fishing into a bit of a challenging situation for the next couple of days.  When it stabilizes, things might get back into what we had for the prior two weeks, which include diverse emergences of Calinuria golden stones, the smaller Aloperla stones, green drakes, yellow sallies, caddis, and PMDs.  Dry and tandem dry rigs are producing along banks…
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Snake River Caddis and flavs are still there although waning, but strong emergences of yellow sallies and golden stones remain.  Green drakes and PMDs are also present.  Hatches start around 11am and build in momentum until around 3pm.  Although heavy thunderstorms can limit visibility from time to time, the surface action remains strong throughout the drainage.  Riffles are the primary target, with seams, eddies, and troughs also with focusing on. Deep nymph rigs are working…
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Snake River Runoff peaked almost a month ago, flows are receding, and the Snake is getting into solid early season shape with caddis, flavs, yellow sallies, big goldens and the smaller alloperla stones emerging on all reaches (the latter of which is heavy from South Park down to Sheep Gulch). PMDs have also been out in bits and pieces. The infrequent salmon fly is also around below the Hoback confluence. All hatches are popping around…
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Snake River Flows from Jackson Lake Dam continue to stand at 280cfs.  Lake turnover has subsided and there is increased visibility.  Nymph rigs are the name of the game on the upper reach while streamers can be used throughout but especially below the Oxbow.  Time of day doesn’t really matter at the moment.  The most productive nymphing water includes seams, eddies, and deep flats.  There is surface action on midges and, on wetter day, with…
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