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Yellowstone Park 6-04-09

June 4, 2009
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Yellowstone Park

No real change here with respect to fishing conditions. The cool, wet weather slows streams getting free of run of loads. The Firehole is perhaps the best fishing with BWO, PMD, and caddis emergences. Damselfly nymphs will work in slower waters here. The Madison River remains high, but streamer patterns on reaches where the river exits the Park will bring responses from rainbows returning to Hebgen Lake.  Gibbon River, Duck Creek, Cougar Creek, and Grayling Creek are running high.  Fall River Basin streams are weeks away from being fishable. The Ashton-Flagg Road remains closed, so access to upper Fall River and Beula Lake is not yet possible from the Idaho side.

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Henry’s Fork 6-04-09

June 4, 2009
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Henry's Fork

Giant stoneflies are crawling in Box Canyon, and adults are emerging from there on down to Warm River. Current problem is the cool, rainy weather is keeping them from flying and laying eggs.  You can see bugs laying low almost everywhere.  When skies clear, the sun comes out, and they warm up, there will be some GREAT fishing with those big floating patterns.  Don’t be concerned so much  with “which pattern to use”, be more concerned with putting them in the right location such as around stream banks, overhangs, rocks, and logs.  It’s been a while since nymphs have been available at locations in Cardiac Canyon (Hatchery Ford, Mesa Falls, Bear Gulch ), so when adults become active here, you will want to be at one of these whether you float through or walk in.  Bring caddis life cycle patterns to these locations as fish will respond to them too.  PMDs are showing in good numbers on the lower river, so add them to the BWOs, caddis and golden stones for attracting feeding trout.

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Still Waters 6-04-09

June 4, 2009
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Still Water

With Henry’s Lake slowing down it is a gift to have these places with great fishing ongoing.   Chesterfield, Daniels, Hawkins and Twenty-Four Mile have been offering very good fishing for quite some time.  On all these concentrate efforts around shallows, such as the upper end, around the trees, and along the east shoreline at Daniels.  Try the coves and around willows and tules on Chesterfield, and the upper end bays and drop-offs at Hawkins.  Use damselfly nymph patterns, small leech patterns and midge pupa under an indicator (experiment to find taking depth).  Twin Lakes bluegills remain active.  Use bluegill candy, foam spiders, midge pupa, and small clousers.  Weston Reservoir has been producing nice trout and some perch  over by the cliffs, but remember float tubes only here. Treasureton Res. is still recovering from the fish kill two winters ago.  Springfield seems to be the slow one of the bunch, but early and late day midge pupa at taking depth will bring some action.

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South Fork 6-04-09

June 4, 2009
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South Fork

Flow out of Palisades Dam has been stable at just under 11000 cfs for four or five days now.  Stable flows  bode well for fishing.  So keep on pitching streamers close to banks, into backwaters, and through side channels.  Do the same with big nymph and rubberleg patterns.  Try medium sized (10-12) bead head nymphs in riffles and around transitions.  All these are working well up and down the river for float fishers.  Wading is still a bit tough for getting access because of the flow level.   No big stoneflies yet, but when they become active late this month, we’ll let you know here.  And remember to use caution on the lower river because of changes in flow patterns.

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Small Streams 6-04-09

June 4, 2009
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Small Streams

This rainy weather is keeping some of these high.  Right  now that seems bad, but the wet weather will extend their season further into the summer.  Lower Warm River is fishing well with BWO’s, caddis, and a few PMDs.  Robinson Creek is high and clear, so is fishable with such as bead head nymphs and rubber legs, but beware of the mosquitos. The Portneuf River PMD emergence is going great guns in the reach along the old highway.  Afternoons are best, but overcast conditions make any daytime hour good. There is always great fishing  on Birch Creek, especially in the family area above Lone Pine!

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Henry’s Lake 6-04-09

June 4, 2009
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Henry's Lake

Fishing action really slowing down because of the blanket midge hatch.  You can depend on this taking place every season as soon as the lake begins to warm.   Look for fishing to improve considerably near the end of the month when damselflies become active.  Until then there will be good days & bad days.  Try trolling streamer patterns until weed growth makes this technques tough.

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Henry’s Fork 6-1-09

June 1, 2009
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Henry's Fork

The giant stonefly emergence remains the big event here.  Adults are flying along the middle river (Riverside to Warm River) and should offer some good dry fly fishing.   Any day now adults should show in the Box Canyon.  On the lower river these bugs have emerged all they are going to, but golden stones are coming on.   No PMDs yet on the upper river, but there are March browns and caddis.

Please pay some thought to the incident at what we know as the Seely access we described in our 5-26-09 fishing report for the Henry’s Fork.  The new landowner is rightfully unhappy with the drift boat take out incidents that happened at the turn-around because those two acts are not only illegal, but damaged the spring between it and the river.  He has every right to close access here and may do so if this incident is repeated.  Please pass the word around that this is a possibility that could impact availability of a popular and excellent reach of the river.  You can spread the word that use of this access for float fishing is not legal.   If you use this access and see the landowner, you can score some points by thanking him for allowing trespass and by letting him know that you will tell other anglers that using his land for float fishing in put or take out is illegal.

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Yellowstone Park 6-01-09

June 1, 2009
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Yellowstone Park

Firehole River remains the best and almost only top water fishing in the Park to date.   The river is high and “tea colored”, but this is normal for the time of year.  Caddis and BWO life cycle patterns work, and PMD’s are showing up in increasing numbers.   The Madison River is high and off color, but streamers continue to produce some nice fish. The same applies to the Gibbon River below the falls.  Most other streams are high with run off.  The Lewis River below the lake is fishable with streamers.   It will be weeks before Fall River Basin streams are fishable.

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Today at Jimmy’s 6-1-09

June 1, 2009
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Today at Jimmy's

What a great weekend. We have salmon flies hatching on the Henry’s Fork, Nymphing and streamer fishing on the South Fork. Great fishing all over the area. June is a great time to live in Idaho. Jimmy has a rule that he never leaves the state of Idaho during the month of June because the fishing is so good. If you have any time this week I would encourage you all to try and get out on the river or your local stillwater. We are supposed to have overcast weather for the majority of the week. Check the report of your favorite fishing spot here, and head out. We have everything you will need, flies, leaders, and of course shirts and hats.

For you Ladies out there with a speacial father in your life, or you fathers who need to inform those ladies. We have a great selection of great fathers day gifts. Just stop by or give us a call!

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