Small Streams, October 21st, 2023

Some of our small streams offer good fishing this time of the season. The Teton River in the Basin is an example where recreational boats: plastic, inflatable, and made of anything else have reduced to a minimum. A few duck hunters may be around. BWO and mahogany may fly and PM caddis activity make for good top water fishing most days. With frosts becoming deeper, terrestrial insect activity is reducing.. Whether you tie you own or purchase hopper patterns, remember that their body color changes with the season to match that prevailing in the terrestrial surroundings., Fish are conditioned to take well placed hopper and ant patterns when presented with drag-free drifts along vegetation overhangs. So don’t put away those hopper-dropper rigs yet. Watch the weather predictions as snow is possible in the Basin next week.