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Jimmy's All Seasons Angler / Fishing Reports (Page 80)

Still Waters, September 19th, 2020

Daniels Res

Daniels Reservoir currently provides the most consistent fishing. Midge pupa under an indicator and at the taking depth scores best almost anywhere. Small leech patterns presented on intermediate lines around weed beds and drop-offs get results.  Paul Reservoir, weedy around it edges, offers small cutthroats responding to leech patterns where you can get past the weeds. Springfield Reservoir is quite weedy making wet fly fishing confined to channels between weed beds. Action at Sand Creek Ponds has been slow because of high water temps, but these soon will be cooling. In fact cooling water temps will result in improved fishing on all still waters.

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Henry’s Fork, September 12th, 2020

Same story for the Last Chance-Harriman part of the upper river: AM trico, daytime terrestrial insect activity. Crowds have thinned considerably. Tiny BWOs are out on the lower river along with some mahogany duns. Terrestrial insects everywhere will remain active and thus available to fish until a killing frost.

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Yellowstone Park, September 12th, 2020

Crowds are beginning to thin making for faster travel to good fishing locations. The Firehole River is cooling to the point that fishing is improving with BWO emergences and terrestrial insects ( and soft hackled patterns) making patterns for them the best choices.  Most large cutthroat in the Yellowstone River above LeHardy Rapids are back in the lake.  Browns and ‘bows have begun their upstream migrations from Hebgen Lake.  Meadow reaches along so many streams offer fish responding to AM trico and daytime terrestrial insect activity. Stealth is required for successful fishing on all these. Best still water fishing is at Beula Lake  (damselfly nymphs, small leech, cinnamon caddis, and speckled dun life cycle patterns) off the Ashton-Flagg Road, presenting streamer patterns along Lewis Lake shoreline, or if you are able, through packing a flotation device into Shoshone Lake to fish scud and leach patterns around submerged weed beds.

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Small Streams, September 12th, 2020

Smaller streams without significant spring inflow or lakes in their drainage are at base level which reduces overhead cover and increases the tendency to warm during daytime.  Larger fish in such streams will move to deeper water where available. Larger streams seem to escape these situations and will offer good fishing until freeze-up. Consider Teton and Warm Rivers throughout their reaches, Big Elk, Birch Creek (above Lone Pine), Palisades, lower Robinson, and Sawmill Creeks as best destinations this time of the season. We at the shop can suggest the best area small waters to try this time of the season.  Get in touch with us to help choose a stream to target.

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South Fork, September 12th, 2020

It’s been a good end of the summer fishing season so far. Flow out of Palisades Dam was dropped to 6600 cfs ( 7300 cfs at Heise, 3360 cfs at Lorenzo) Thursday, 9/10.  This opens up many more walk-in wade locations to enjoy fish responding to BWO, mahogany dun and caddis activity.  Shorter days with earlier evenings mean streamer patterns should be in that fly box.

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Henry’s Lake, September 12th, 2020

Water remains a bit discolored from the big windstorm of September 7th. Some shoreline holds a lot of uprooted weeds.Water temperature near the surface is about 60 deg. F. that temperature keeps the biggest fish in deeper water. Weather will begin cooling enough to drop water temps to levels making big fish comfortable in moving around the lake.  Better fishing days are coming!

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South Fork, September 8th, 2020

Our yesterday windstorm results in the need for some caution while boating on the lower river (below Heise). Likely some trees have been downed to become river-born snags thanks to the blustery weather.  Look ahead when you are about to float past areas with bank side cottonwoods.

BWOs and mahogany duns are out and the densest hatches will be during cloudy days. A few active mutant stones remain early in the day, and under low light conditions streamer patterns will become increasingly effective.

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Main Stem Snake River, September 5th, 2020

It is likely that American Falls Reservoir will be dropped to around 10% of capacity in order to do spillway repairs. This means water will be held back in the drainage above to be capture in the reservoir when repairs are completed.  Currently flows below the dam are around 8000 cfs, but could become higher if the plans to drain are activated.

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Small Streams, September 5th, 2020

 

Birch Crk Malia

Teton River in the basin and below the canyon can provide some of the best small stream fishing in the area now. Same story: AM trico activity and PM terrestrial insect activity.   Same for Warm River.  Water in the upper Blackfoot River is low enough for temperatures dangerous to released trout.  Palisades Reservoir tribs, Palisades, Birch (family area) and Bitch Creeks are good places to try. Use caddis life cycle, traditional attractor and terrestrial insect patterns.

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Yellowstone Park, September 5th, 2020

Beula Lake (002)

Beula Lake

Crowds should begin thinning after this weekend making travel more timely to fish so many waters. For many streams it is trico activity in the AM and caddis life cycle and terrestrial insect patterns in the PM.   Most of the big cutts have moved back into Yellowstone Lake from the river. Hebgen Lake browns and ‘bows are migrating upstream  in the Madison River drainage.  Soon wading the Lewis Lake shoreline will give a chance to encounter migrating brown trout. Beula Lake will remain among the fastest fishing locations in the park through most of this month.  Most meadow streams will feature trico activity in the AM and terrestrial insect in the PM. Stealth will be required as these waters are nearing base level flows.

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