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August 2013

Jimmy's All Seasons Angler / 2013 / August (Page 3)

Still Waters 8-12-13

Here’s good news for those enjoying fishing Chesterfield Reservoir.  IDF&G has decided not to issue a salvage order for that reservoir.  The dam is closed, so water is beginning to accumulate in the reservoir.  With less than 15 feet of water at the dam, all we now need is a good snow winter to fill the reservoir and bring back the great fishing it for which it is famed.

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South Fork 8-10-13

Flow out of Palisades Reservoir has been stable (about 9800 cfs) for at least a week, but water temp at the dam is 65 deg. F. That’s a bit high for best fishing and it shows during day time where riffle fishing could be better. Early in the day is best with mutant stones beginning to show and some PMD spinners showing up. During day time hours consider trying  side channels.   Many of these are not disturbed by boat traffic, and they are bordered by grass and other overhanging cover.  That makes for good hopper habitat, and even during bright daytime can offer some good fishing.

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Henry’s Fork 8-10-13

Morning spinner falls offer the best fishing on the Harriman-Last Chance reach of the river. After that switch to terrestrial patterns and hope for a cumulus cloud build up that means increased relative humidity. This action could result in enough speckled duns to interest trout. Towards evening look for some caddis activity. But when the sun goes behind the hills to the west, put on that hair mouse pattern, and place it near an undercut.  You may get nothing, but if a trout responds it is certain to be very large—maybe the trout of the year for you!

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Yellowstone Park 8-10-13

Right now the Park is crowded with tourists. But good roadside fishing is possible.  The Madison and Gibbon Rivers are warm enough to make for slow fishing except early in the day  when tricos are beginning to show.  Obsidian Creek is full of eager brookies, but a braggin’ fish would be around 12 inches. So use a lighth weight system.  A more interesting location would be near the northeast part of the Park where trout in the Lamar River and Soda Butte Creek are responding well to grasshopper patterns. The same should be happening on Slough Creek’s meadows.  Another possibility is the Gallatin River in the Park where evening caddis emergence can bring fish up.

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Small Streams 8-10-13

Flav emergence on  Big Elk Creek is in beginning stages and the same should be happening on Palisades Creek. If you fish before early afternoon bead head nymphs work, but presenting  grasshopper and ant patterns is more fun. Concentrate on presenting these just in front of undercuts and grassy overhangs. Water temp has to get to mid 50s before flavs begin emerging. This means mid afternoon at least.  Best action for fish chasing flavs will begin around 4PM and last for two or three hours.  Day with skies clouding up will be best for action. Any pattern resembling an emerger or dun (size 12) will interest the cutts which range up to a size rivaling those in the South Fork below.  The country here is tinder dry, so be careful with any flammable items.

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Today at Jimmy’s 8-8-13

We have some exciting news in the shop today, we just received the brand new Sage Method and it is awesome! This rod replaced the popular TCX and is a lighter, deeper loading canon that will be a great addition to your arsenal. We would be happy to take you out to cast the rod or answer any questions you may have regarding the Method, come by and check it out!

Here is some additional information from Sage about the new rod

 

SERIOUSLY SMOOTH, ULTRA-FAST ACTION PERFORMANCE

You didn’t become an expert caster just to say you did. And you didn’t do it overnight, either. You practiced, fished hard, and got better because you wanted to catch more fish, more often. You paid your dues, and you met the fish on their own terms, which meant getting the fly out to places they felt the safest: out of the range of merely average casts. Fast action rods have always been a part of your success, and the new METHOD gives you more of what you love most. Like our fastest line speeds to punch through the wind and to carry the biggest, bulkiest, heaviest flies in your box out to where they can strut their stuff.

Features

  • All-water rod
  • Ultra-fast action
  • Konnetic technology
  • Magma red shaft color
  • Rust primary thread wraps with Pewter trim wraps
  • Fuji ceramic stripping guides
  • Robust guide set
  • Black rod bag with Magma colored silkscreen
  • Fusion Red powder coated aluminum rod tube with gloss black end caps and silver medallion
  • Freshwater 4 – 6 weights
  • Cocobolo wood insert and black reel seat components
  • Snub-nose, half-wells grip
  • Saltwater 6 – 10 weights
  • Black aluminum reel seat
  • Full-wells handle with fighting butt

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