Substantial visibility on all reaches of the Snake is making dry fly fishing the standard way to go at the moment. PMDs and caddis dominate the surface, although there are still yellow sallies and a few golden stones about. Large to moderately sized attrac...
Good to solid fishing on just about every reach as the Snake continues to gain more visibility each day with more than enough to offer decent dry fly fishing on the entire stream. Not a lot of bruiser fish quite yet, but that should be coming in the next co...
The tailwater reach remains a solid choice for dry fly opportunities as PMDs emerge big time most days. The Snake below the Buffalo Fork was running high and off color with recent heavy rains but has settled down now and is producing with dry-dropper and do...
Good fishing on the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam where flows stand at 2,400cfs and visibility is at close to 100%. Surface action has been best from the tail of the spillway down to Cattlemens with eddies, riffles, submerged structure, and banks o...
Runoff is beginning to subside on the Snake and we are within a couple weeks of fishing the river with confidence. In the meantime, the best results are coming from the tailwater reach where clarity is very good and flows from the dam have been reduce to 2,...
Flows from Jackson Lake Dam are currently at around 4,500cfs. The tailwater reach above Pacific Creek continues to have the best visibility. Jackson Lake, however, is in turn over, so that visibility is far from crystal clear. Nonetheless, there is still...
With the Snake in runoff, the tailwater reach below Jackson Lake Dam continues to off the best fishing opportunities. No watercraft allowed at the moment, but it is still fishing well via wading. Visibility is very good also. Cool water temps means the be...
Living on the Idaho-Wyoming border puts me in the center of trout country. It offers a world of variety. Within a couple hours’ drive I have my choice of no fewer than five different trout species. Water is diverse as well. Within that same two hour drive I can fis...
With the Snake in runoff, the tailwater reach from Jackson Lake Dam down to Pacific Creek is the obvious choice, and it just opened to fishing this past Monday. Flows are at a little over 3,000cfs and visibility is at three to four feet. Cold water temps,...
An Evinrude-powered jet sled slowly prowls a bankside eddy on the South Fork of the Snake River. The olive-jacketed passengers sport caps emblazoned with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game shield. Two of them man long handled nets to capture belly-up fish floatin...
