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South fork 07-12-10

July 12, 2010
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South Fork

The hatch continues to move up the river a few miles each day. There are a good number of the big stones flying around Wolf  downstream to Heise.  The big bugs will eventually move all the way through the canyon and through Swan Valley. This is the latest we have seen the hatch start. It is  normally around Wolf on the 4th of July and has progressed up through Swan Valley by the 15th. This year we may be fishing big stones 10-12 days from now in Swan Valley.

As the previous have mentioned there are a lot of Yellow Sallies and goldens from mid canyon downstream. By late morning there are PMD’s in the riffles. The upper canyon and Swan Valley are still slow with dries but rubber legs and golden stone nymphs have been doing well.

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South Fork 7/10

July 10, 2010
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South Fork

Fishing on the South Fork is really picking up. The fish have been eating dry flies all the way up the Canyon. Nymphing on the upper section through Swan Valley has really picked up, I expect the fish to be eating dry flies by early next week. There are great Pale Morning Dun hatches in the canyon and the lower river. The Salmon flies have been seen in good numbers on the lower river. I have been catching fish on Salmon flies the last two days through the Canyon. Golden Stones, and Yellow Sallies have been producing fish in good numbers on the surface.

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Still Waters 7-10-10

July 10, 2010
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Still Water

If you want some big, crazy hard fighting rainbows you may want to head down to Chesterfield Reservoir. Fishing at Chesterfield has been red hot! I fished it yesterday 7/9 and did really well using a variety of techniques. There are so many different ways to catch fish out of Chesterfield. From midging under an indicator to sight casting to cruising fish and everything in between, its all been producing. Floating lines and full sinking lines ranging from an intermediate to a type 3 will cover all circumstances you will encounter on the reservoir. If you haven’t ever given still waters a try, give it a shot. Stop in at the shop and we can hook you up with all the information and fly patterns you will need to be successful.

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Still Waters 7-09-11

July 9, 2010
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Still Water

Chesterfield Res.  great on damselflies, mainly nymphs, but try dries on the surface are working on bays and coves. Twenty-Four Mile Reservoir described as “sweet water” with dry damsel patterns producing along with specked dun nymphs.  Springfield is finally coming around, too. Try dry damselfly patterns. On all of these, midge pupa under a strike indicator will also produce.

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Small Streams 7-09-10

July 9, 2010
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Small Streams

It’s like being “a kid in the candy store”! They are all in good shape: Henry’s Fork drainage, Teton River Drainage, South Fork tribs, Fall River drainage,Salt River tribs, Sinks drainages, Blackfoot River drainage, Portneuf River drainage and on & on.  There is so much available water it would take pages to describe the how’s, where’s and with what’s. So get in touch with us for recommendations.

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Main Stem Snake River 7-09-10

July 9, 2010
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Main Stem Snake River

With flows dropping this great river is shaping up nicely.  Streamers remain very effective, especially in low light conditions, but now fish will take caddis life cycle patterns.  BWOs are also present, and soon  PMDs will emerge from some gravel bars along the river.

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Henry’s Lake 7-09-10

July 9, 2010
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Henry's Lake

Best fishing appears to be on east side creek mouths with Targhee Creek outlet leading the pack.  Just look for concentration of boats.  Mity mite, Henry’s Lake renegade and California leech are good candidate patterns. Damselfly hatch is ongoing, but a bit spotty. Try west side as well as east side, and look for channels between weed beds.

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Yellowstone Park 7-09-10

July 9, 2010
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Yellowstone Park

Fall River Basin streams have dropped dramatically in the last week. This means they are in prime dry fly fishing condition.  Green drakes & PMDs  emerge in the mid afternoon, and brown drakes emerge during evenings.  With drying and warming beetles and ants are out and are a significant part of trout’s diet. So are adult damselflies.   The next few weeks should be great dry fly fishing on such as Bechler River and Boundary Creek and on Fall River, Mountain Ash and Proposition creeks.   After that time frame hoppers will make for great fun, but as waters drop take all you skills.  Mosquitoes and deer flies make DEET a necessity.  Want to see the fastest fishing in all of Yellowstone Park?  Try Beula Lake at the head of Fall River.  The inlet and the north shore make for the best wading, but packing a float tube opens the whole lake. Get in touch with us for more information on this great fishery and others that the Park offers.

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South Fork 7-8-10

July 8, 2010
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South Fork

The fishing has really improved over the last two days. There are a lot of yellow sallies and golden stones from Cottonwood down. We had a report of the big stones flying near Twin Bridges this afternoon.

If you float through the canyon fish nymphs on the drop offs and color  changes. The dry fishing isn’t productive until you get to Cotttonwood or a little lower. The dry action should improve in this stretch as the water warms over the next few days.

The river flow is 12,500 cfs and has been steady for the past two days and there are no changes planned for several days. 12,500 is the normal summer flow at this time of year.

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South Fork 7/6/2010

July 6, 2010
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South Fork

The river has dropped to 13,500 cfs and will be lowered another 1,000  cfs tonight to 12,500.  12,500 is the normal summer flow and the river should hold at or near this level for quite awhile. A lot of Yellow Sallies and Golden Stones are out from Wolf downriver.  A few big bugs have been seen, but no real numbers yet. Nymph fishing in the canyon with a size 4 rubberleg or Golden Stone nymph has been really good. Overall nymph fishing on the river has been very good.

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