Snake River Hecubas, PMDs, mahogany duns, and BWOs are on the water each day and can be heavy on those days with cloud cover and precipitation. There are also a smattering of October caddis starting to appear. With the Snake near its lowest flows since March, dry fly fishing with attractors and mayfly imitations has been relatively consistent from around 10:30am to 5pm, with a wider window occurring with rain and clouds. The inside turn of riffles, riffle current margins, side channels, and bankside troughs with moderate currents produce throughout the day and especially in the morning. Riffle pools, seams, confluences, and eddies kick into gear after 1pm. Nymphing remains a good choice and,
Snake River Continued emergences of Claassenia and Hecuba and still a decent amount of PMDs around. Both surface and subsurface action has been consistent on all reaches from around 10:30am until 4pm. It might be the widest window we have had on the Snake this year. Attractor, hopper, and stonefly imitations have been working well in all water types. It is also worth trying carpenter ant imitations in the #14 -#16 range (naturals have been very prevalent over the past two weeks). Banks and structures have been solid producers. Banks with moderate depths and currents are holding trout well off prime lies, up to six feet in some cases. May fly imitations are also working in most water types an
Snake River Flows have been dropping from Jackson Lake Dam and, with the clarity, this almost feels like the fishing we get a month from now (minus the 80-plus degree air temps). Claassenia and Hecuba are out alongside PMDs and the latter two, along with BWOs, are heavily present on wetter days primarily from Deadmans Bar down to South Park Bridge. Stoneflies patterns are working throughout the day in just about every type of holding water. Mayfly patter are working best after 11am until around 4pm in riffle, riffle pools, troughs, and seams. Pay particular attention to fish that might be holding a good three to six feet off of banks with moderate currents and depths. Nymphs are working
Trout fishing is defined by streams. Moving water represents purity far more than a saltwater flat or stagnant lake. Rivers and creeks also contain definable targets – riffles, seams, eddies, structure – that are easy to identify as prime holding water for fish. Rightly or wrongly, trout fishing is overrepresented in the fly fishing world, and the vast majority who fish for trout do it on rivers. The distain so many of us have for stillwater is understandable. Lakes lack the riffles and seams and current lines we associate with healthy trout water. You are basically on a vast piece of stationary liquid where the holding water is measured vertically more so than horizontally. This can
