Today at Jimmy’s 6-15-10
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June 2010
Henry’s Lake 6-12-10
Large midges are emerging, so midge pupa under an indicator will bring results. Stick to shallow water.
Still Waters 6-12-10
Waiting for warm weather so damselfly nymphs emerge on all waters. When this happens, just like Chuck-A-Rama: the choice is up to you! For now damselfly nymph patterns in shallow water and midge pupa under an indicator will be you best bet.
Yellowstone Park 6-12-10
Streams are dropping, but still high enough to slow fishing. Firehole is best bet with BWOs, PMDs and caddis life cycle patterns working. Try dry damselfly adult patterns. Duck and Cougar creeks are others to consider. Try damselfly nymph patterns. If you try streams with high waters, San Juan worms are a good bet. Best fishing now is on Lewis and Shoshone lakes. Use full sink lines and your favorite streamer patterns. If you can get to weed beds, scud patterns will work. Trout Lake opens on June 15th and holds some of the biggest cutts and ‘bows in Park waters. Damselfly nymph, scud and midge pupa patterns will be good choices.
Southwest Montana 6-12-10
Best fishing we’ve heard of here is at Clark Canyon Reservoir. Midge pupa (pick your pattern)under an indicator on a floating line is working very well. Find the taking depth, twitch or retrieve your tight line, oh so slowly, and hang on!
Main Stem Snake River 6-12-10
Is running very high and looks like a milkshake because of Palisades water and runoff from such as Teton and Fall rivers.
Small Streams 6-12-10
Birch Creek is the place to go until rain water & runoff get out of most other streams.
Big Lost River 6-12-10
With 1280 cfs coming out of Mackay Dam we cannot recommend wading the river below. When the river drops to wadeable levels, we’ll post it here.
Henry’s Fork 6-12-10
Giant stoneflies are still hanging around thanks to our cool rainy weather, but golden stones are coming on. The older, more experienced (meaning bigger) fish will be aware of them. Best locations are from Riverside down to Warm River, Coffee Pot area, or Box (most crowded) Canyon. Don’t overlook walking in to such as Bear Gulch, Mesa Falls and Hatchery Ford. The other oncoming event is the PMD emergence. For now the lower river ABOVE Chester backwaters will be the best location for this event. Fall River is still putting runoff water into the river, so it is tough for us to recommend fishing below Chester Dam. Caddis, of course, are just about everywhere, and if you visit the river in the evening and do not have streamer patterns in your fly box you could miss an opportunity for the biggest fish of the year.
South Fork 6-12-10
Flow out of Palisades Dam was bumped up again last night to 21,400 cfs. Flow at Heise is about the same. We keep on top of the flows because so many of you are interested in impacts on access and the upcoming stonefly hatch. What is going on is the USBuRec is equilibrating outflow with inflow for Palisades Reservoir. Flows into Jackson Lake are dropping, and Buffalo Fork, Hoback & Salt river flows appear to be leveling off. The Gros Ventre River is still high. So the highest flows are probably going on now. Given several days, and the South Fork will drop back to flows that make fishing easier. Rest assured that the stonefly hatch will be on time. For the next several days we recommend the Henry’s Fork for better fishing, but we will continue placing information on South Fork flows and “fishability” here.