

Skwalas Are Out In Good Numbers
Snake River Good action throughout the drainage with emergences of midges, Capnias, and blue-winged olives just about everyday. But skwalas are on the river now, and this means that surface action on larger attractor patterns is in the card. Most dry fly production is occurring from around 11:30am until dusk. Midge, BWO, Capnia, and skwala patterns are all working in the same holding water – primarily riffles and riffle current margins, seams, troughs, eddies, submerged struc


The Best Dry Fly Fishing of the Year So Far
Snake River The best dry fly fishing since early last November is occurring on the Snake River with intense emergences of midges and lots of Capnia stoneflies around from approximately 11am until 5pm. We started to see our first Skwala stones about a week ago. Water temps are warming, too. This is allowing cutties to move out of traditional winter holding water and into faster currents at the head of riffles, confluences, and seams. Nymphs are working best when fished as part