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Henry’s Fork 7-10-09

July 10, 2009
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Henry's Fork

Big event on the upper river remains the  evening brown drake emergence. You will find them almost anywhere on the river within the State Park, but some areas are better than others. The river at the end of Wood Road 16 is a prime location.  It can get crowded near, but there is room to spread out, especially upstream.  Flavs are coming on, too.  On the lower river gray drakes remain in good supply, particularly below Chester Dam.   Above the Dam they are there but decreasing. Flavs, PMDs and caddis are also present and afternoons are best for fishing their imitations.  Look for PMD spinner falls in the morning.  Anywhere on the river don’t overlook presenting beetle and ant patterns especially near shorelines.   As our mayfly  and stonefly hatches decrease terrestrial insects will become increasingly important food items for trout.

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South Fork 7-8-09

July 8, 2009
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South Fork

The flow out of the Palisades has dropped to 16,000cfs which is what we were hoping for. The inflow into Palisades is also dropping rapidly  so we should see continued drops in the flows out of the dam. The riffles will now start to form again and the fish will move in against the banks instead of finding them up in the grass of the submerged islands.

There are great hatches of yellow sallie and golden stoneflies as well as pale morning dun mayflies. The big stones are in the lower canyon. The water is still off color and won’t completely clear for some time but the dry fly fishing won’t be affected by it. If anything the fish will be less spooky.

In the mornings before the the bugs start flying use rubber legs and Super-X’s. Streamers are a good choice too. When it warms up go to the dries.

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South Fork 7-08-09

July 7, 2009
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South Fork

Things have really started to turn around on the South Fork. With the flows continuing to drop the fish are really starting to key in on dry flies. The Salmon flies are moving through the canyon and fish are rising to them on the surface. Yellow Sallie patterns, and Pale Morning Duns are also producing fish on the surface.As the water continues to drop look for the fish to start moving into the riffles. Afternoon Mayfly hatches will be really productive.

If you plan to float the canyon remember to follow the new guidelines for camping down there. I saw the Sheriff and the Forest Service Officer this week checking people, and writing tickets for not obeing the new regulations. The water is still high and there is a lot of “tricky” corners, and spots on the river. Use common sense, and please be alert while at the oars. Its easy to forget about the water flows when the fishing starts getting good, but make sure you are watching where you row your boat! Although the water is dropping there are still a lot of logs and debris to look out for. Use caution while fishing these next couple weeks. As always if you have questions please call the shop and we will be happy to help you out!

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Yellowstone Park 7-07-09

July 7, 2009
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Yellowstone Park

Really shaping up here! Streams in the northeast corner have a way to go, though. Slough Creek is high and clearing and offers the best fishing in that corner of the Park. Look for evening brown drakes to offer its best fishing.  The Lewis River drainage still features great fishing on Lewis and Shoshone lakes if you can get out to submerged weed beds and offer small scud and leech patterns. Use a full sink line to do it.  And be sure to have insulated waders or plenty of fleece under those breathables or light weights.  Madison River drainage streams are fishing well with several different mayfly species emerging along with caddisflies, yellow sallys and a remnant of golden stones. Look for damselfly nymphs patterns to bring action on slower reaches of all these streams.  Fall River Basin streams are a week or so away from great dry fly fishing, and Beula Lake still offers some of the fastest fishing in the entire Park.  Pack a float tube into it for the best fishing with damselfly nymph, scud and small leech patterns.  Don’t know how to get there? get in touch with us.

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Henry’s Lake 7-07-09

July 7, 2009
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Henry's Lake

Damselfly emergence is on-going.  Head for the spring holes surrounded by vegetataion in not so deep water.  Some of the best locations are along the west and southwest shoreline or near creek inlets.  An intermediate line will do.  So will your favorite damselfly nymph imitations.   Best times will be when the wind is not blowing a gale.

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South Western Montana 7-07-09

July 7, 2009
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South Western Montana

The Madison River stonefly hatch is going in the middle reaches of the river.  And the number of anglers is approaching the number of stoneflies.  It’s a great event, but if you want to get away from the crowds, try the damselfly emergence on Wade Lake, Cliff Lake or Smith Lake or try midging on Hebgen Res.  Want to try a great small stream? Drive a few miles up the West Fork of the Madison River with your light weight rod. You will encounter more fish than anglers. Any attractor, caddisor yellow sally pattern will do the trick!

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South Fork 7-07-09

July 7, 2009
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South Fork

Flow out of Palisades dropped another 1000 cfs overnight, so now is down to 18, 600 cfs. This certainly bodes well for fishing this weekend with this trend continuing.  With the big stones coming off and moving up into the canyon potential for great drift boat fishing is on the table. Don’t overlook the sallys and goldens either. With PMDs beginning to show and the dropping river, give a  week to ten days and some riffle fishing will be on hand.  We keep on top of the South Fork’s progress back to its great fishing reputation, so continue watching this report.  For the best up to date info, visit us.  We have the flies, equipment and strategy needed to make your South Fork season unforgettable.

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Still Waters 7-06-09

July 6, 2009
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Still Water

They are all fishing good!  Damselfly patterns, speckled dun life cycle patterns, midge pupa patterns at taking depth under indicators, small leech and scud patterns: they are working everywhere. In particular,  bloodworm patterns are working on the west end springs of Island Park Reservoir, damselfly nymphs and callibaetis life cycle patterns on Chesterfield Res., Daniels Res., Harriman Fish Pond, and Hawkins Res. Midge pupa patterns seem  best on Springfield Res., but consider trying dry damselfly patterns, or callibaetis dries if you see rises there.

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Henry’s Fork 7-06-09

July 6, 2009
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Henry's Fork

Fish in the lower river are in a “kids in a candy store” situation.  Flavs, PMDs, gray drakes, midges, caddis, sallys, and a few left over golden stones are all active.   All you have to figure is which are they taking at a given time and location.  Afternoons into evenings are best. Don’t worry so much about fly pattern for each of these, put more attention onto presentation. Look for the flavs and gray drakes to begin decreasing in numbers soon and the consider that such as beetles and ants will become important. On the upper river the big news is the evening brown drake emergence on lower Harriman, but look for the flavs to become important too.  It’s a great time to be on the Henry’s Fork!

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South Fork 07-06-09

July 6, 2009
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South Fork

The flows have dropped to 19,600 cfs and will continue to drop each day another 800 to 1000 cfs a day.

It was a quiet week on the South Fork as anglers choose to fish other waters and wait for the river to drop some more. We did get a couple of good reports however from folks that had good success on yellow sallies and pale morning duns. They reported seeing good numbers of the small stones and mayflies and the fish had moved into the calmer water at the tips of the islands and very close to the bank to feed. Some reported even seeing fish clear up in the grass of the submerged islands.

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