Upper Section of the South Fork of the Snake - Idaho

We fished all day using streamers through the snow and wind and had a pretty good day. Fishing was spotty as the fish are not everywhere. They are podded up in certain areas. Changing flies was very important as the fish were fickle. We ended up landing between 50 and 60 trout. Nearly half the fish were cutthroat, the rest made up mostly of browns with a few rainbows mixed in.

Fishing the upper section of the snake right now can be a challenge because the accesses are not open for vehicle traffic. You have to drag you boat up the bank to the road about 100 yards through the snow to your car. Thankfully the snow was hard and slick.

Fly Fishing Again.....finally

We finally got back on the South Fork after a few months of very bad weather. I don't remember seeing the banks so stacked with snow and ice. Our water for the summer looks very good with all the snow we have.

We fished from Heise to Lorenzo on Tuesday 2/26/08. Fishing started out a bit slow for the first 45 minutes. Then the fish started waking up and coming to life. Using several of our own streamer patterns we managed to land between 60 and 70 trout. The vast majority were browns with very few cutthroat mixed in. We did not catch any large fish. The biggest was about 20 inches. I don't remember catching any rainbows.
The weather was nice and a bit overcast. We look to get out again this next week.

Idaho and Western Snow Reports

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West Tetons
Live Panoramic Teton View from Grand Teton Imaging Cam

The Storms Keep Coming

When the weather gets bad at TVL it gets really bad. Sometimes it is just better to stay home and stick it out. There are those adventurous souls that throw caution to the wind and the wind blows it right back in their face.

The recent snow is wonderful. We look forward to getting more of it.

Idaho rivers looking good with lots of snow

We are looking good on snow for the year. We are a bit above our normal levels. Storms continue to grant us the snow we love for the fish we admire. Cold temperatures have been keeping us from fishing as the rivers have either been frozen over or plagued with floating ice. So we will build some snow caves and enjoy the snow.

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