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Today at Jimmy’s 03-11-09

March 11, 2009
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Today at Jimmy's

Today has been a great day at Jimmy’s! We have got some new merchandise in for the upcoming spring season. Typically there are not a lot of dry fly hatches going on in the spring,.Besides the occasional March Brown’s and Blue wing Olives, we typically do a lot of nymph fishing. Fishing under an indicator has many different levels of excitement that vary from individual to individual. Whatever your level of love for indicator fishing, Jimmy’s All Seasons Angler can help you out! We are proud to announce that we now carry every type of  Thingamabobber available.  We recently just received a shipment of the black Thingamambobbers in all sizes. We will also continue to carry “glow in the dark,” and the additional assorted colors. If you haven’t had a chance to use these indicators you are missing out. These indicators feature a trapped air system that acts very similar to a balloon. Come down to the shop and we will be happy to show you a demo on how to use these great indicators.

We have also received three new colors of Thin Skin. Thins skin is now available in a “speck” pattern. We have clear, tan and olive available.

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Henry’s Fork 03-11-2009

March 11, 2009
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Henry's Fork

There is a big difference in hatches between the South Fork and the Henry’s Fork in March. On the Henry’s Fork you’ll get good hatches of Blue Wing Olives and Midges while the South Fork you won’t have Blue Wings until mid April. So if you are looking for a bigger dry to fish go to the Henry’s Fork.

Also consider fishing a sparse black or brown leech with a sink tip or sinking line. Cast slightly down stream and fish the leech like a soft hackle. The trout will not hit the leech or steamer hard but instead just tighten the line up and basically hook themselves. Remember to mend and slow the fly down.

For nymphs a Bennett’s Rubber Leg in any of his color versions are good patterns to use all Spring.

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Salmon River 03-11-2009

March 11, 2009
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Salmon River Steelhead

11-17-2005-013Water conditions from Stanley all the way downstream to the end of the road are very good. Because of the cool weather there has been no low runoff that has discolored the river. We have heard of fish caught as high as Clayton in the last few days but keep in mind most of the fish are still in the Canyon below Salmon and will begin their last push up river in a week or so. By the end of this month the Steelhead should be  distributed throughout the entire upper Salmon.

When the weather does warm up there will be some murky water from Salmon down but it will clear after the low level snow melts and runs off.

We use many of the same patterns as in the Fall like the Green Butt Skunk, Purple Peril and Kaleidescope. Some good Spring patterns include egg sucking leeches, Golden Practitioners,  and any large buggy spey styles.

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South Fork 03-11-2009

March 11, 2009
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South Fork

02-11-09-south-fork-009On warmer days we have been seeing good hatches of midges in the afternoons with exception of yesterday when the high was 28 with wind gusts to 40mph! The weather will return to a more typical March by this weekend.

For the next 30 days  flows will be stable, low and clear. In addition to midges on the surface you will want to fish some streamers in the deeper pools. We like to use a fast sinking tip line or even a full sink when fishing streramers.  If its early in the day and no midges are hatching we’ll try a pair of tunsten zebra midges underneath a small foam indicator. Again we are looking for slow deep pools and we fish the midges up to 12 feet beneath the indicators.

At 1000 cfs the river is very wadeable so a boat really isn’t helpful. If you do decide to take a boat be aware of the ice on the ramps as you put in and take out. A set of chains or a long rope will come handy. As of yesterday the ramps at Palisades Dam , Husky and Spring Creek are still snowed shut. You can slide a boat in at the Irwin slide and take out Conant but again be prepared to chain or rope the boat out. The ramp at Cottonwood is closed until at least April 15th so the next place you can put in is at Wolf. (I would really advise against floating the canyon due to the slow current which would not leave any time to fish.) From Wolf  you can float to Byington and again really think about what you need to do to safely take your boat out. The  channel to Twin Bridges is dry and will be until later this year so the next take out is Loenzo. At Lorenzo you drive down the concrete ramp and onto a gravel bar so a 4 wheel drive is a necessity.

March is becoming my favorite time of year to fish the South Fork because of the low water, no crowds and your rod guides stop freezing up!

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Today at Jimmy’s 03-10-09

March 10, 2009
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Today at Jimmy's

I want to remind you all that we have some special topics classes that have a couple spots open. Bruce Staples is teaching a Yellowstone Flies course, and Tim Woodard is teaching a class on effective South Fork patterns.  These classes are designed to help you learn more patterns that will not only make you successful on the river, but teach you new skills and techniques that will help you make you sucessful at the tying vise. All of our special topics courses $25, and the instructor provides the materails to tie the flies for that course. We hope you will all get a chance to take one of these courses from our talented teachers.

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Big Lost River 03-08-2009

March 8, 2009
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Big Lost River

There are good hatches of midges daily on the Big lost and on warmer afternoons the blue wing olives show up. Before and after the hatch try a tungsten zebra midge in size 16-18. A small #8 golden stone is also a good choice if there is nothing going on the surface.

Some good dry midge patterns to try are light gray pulsating midge emergers, Harrop’s CDC Spent Midge (gray) and small red marco midges. For blue wing patterns make sure you have both emergers and duns.  Last week we had good luck also on a Harrop blue wing olive nymph suspended under a #16 parachute adams.

The midges started around 11 am with a few Blue wing olives in the early afternoon. We’ll see more and more blue wings as the March weather warms things up.

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Today at Jimmy’s 03-07-2009

March 8, 2009
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Today at Jimmy's

After 17 consecutive weeks beginning in November today was our last Fly Tying Demo until next Fall. Boots Allen from Jackson, Wy was our featured tyer and showed us some great patterns that he uses both in Wyoming and Idaho.

We’ll have Boots back later this year for a book signing of his upcoming book about the Snake River being published by Amato Publishing.  He has another book being published by Pruett Publishing, also later this year, about regional fly patterns that have been developed for this region.

I want to thank Bruce Staples of our shop staff for scheduling and coordinating this winters great lineup of demonstrations. It was the most well attended schedule ever.  Thanks Bruce!

Two new materials have arrived this week. We now have ribbed tungsten scud/shrimp bodies in 4 sizes. You can tie the bodies onto either the shank or bend of the hook for different effects. We also brough in a new body materail for small nymphs and midges called mini sparkle braid. There are 12 different colors. It makes a great tag on steelhead and salmon flies too.

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Today at Jimmy’s 03-03-2009

March 2, 2009
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Today at Jimmy's

We have a lot of things going on at Jimmy’s right now. We have received some new tying material from Natures Spirit. Many of you who read this blog have heard me rant and rave about Natures Spirit before. There are many reasons why I continue to talk about this company. Bottom line, Natures Spirit produces some of the best tying materials available, period! We have received some new material here at the shop that made our jaws drop when we saw the quality of the material.

  • Whitetail Deer hair
  • Wild Turkey Barred Biot Quills
  • Stripped Wild Turkey Barred Biots
  • Ringneck Pheasant 6 Side Tails
  • Bleached and Dyed Peacock Sticks

We have also received 4 new colors of Blue Eared Pheasant. This material is used as a replacement for heron feathers.

As are continuing to bulk up our tying inventory and offer you more and more different tying materials. As we do this we have started to put multiple colors of the same material on the same peg. If you have a hard time finding a color, please feel free to ask any of us in the shop. Also remember if we don’t have it, we can check to see if we can get it! Speacail orders are at no extra cost to you, and we happy to help you.

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