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Yellowstone Park 9-28-10

September 28, 2010
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Yellowstone Park

Fishing on the Firehole river is picking up with BWOs, tricos, & caddis attracting fish.  But a cold snap in needed to really get things going.  Elsewhere good terrestrial insects are numerous as there has been no blanket killing frost.  This begins the time of year when brown and brook trout are on the move to spawning areas. Streamers are the way to encounter them, especially the big browns. These are moving into the Madison River above Hebgen Lake, but waters are warm enough that good action is in the future.   It’s much the same with the Lewis River system; A touch of cold weather would bring on best action from migrating browns.  C’mon cold snap!

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Main Stem Snake River 9-28-10

September 28, 2010
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Main Stem Snake River

Evening caddisfly emergences on the river can be dense enough to breath in at places.   Where this happens expect better fishing elsewhere.  With October a few days away, tie up a good supply of streamer patterns because these will be your “go to” flies in months to come almost everywhere along the river.  If you prefer top water fishing, BWOs can make for good evening fishing at locations such as below Gem Lake Dam and riffles near the Shelley interstate connector.

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Henry’s Lake 9-28-10

September 28, 2010
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Henry's Lake

Not much change here as weather has been quite nice. Recent daytime temps have been close to 80 degrees F, so not much progress has been made in cooling off the lake.  Some success is reported at creek mouths and a few trollers are picking up fish.  If our weather cools off as expected next week, look for fishing success to pick up.

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Henry’s Fork 9-28-10

September 28, 2010
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Henry's Fork

No killing frosts yet, even on the upper river.  So terrestrial insects remain plentiful.   The Riverside-Hatchery Ford area is a great place to try your skill with terrestrial insect patterns.  Flows along the river are below normal.  With respect to mayflies, tricos still emerge during mornings on the upper river.   BWOs emerge almost everywhere on the river, but overcast or stormy days would bring them on in bigger numbers. Some mahogany duns are hatching.  Nymph fishing remains effective in Box Canyon, but look for more responses to streamers everywhere along the river as we advance through October.

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South Fork 9-28-10

September 28, 2010
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South Fork

Fishing  conditions on the South Fork seems as stable as the flow  (6960 cfs for the last several days) out of Palisades Dam.  Mahogany duns and BWOs continue to make for good riffle fishing, but overcast conditions would make things better. With no killing frosts look for good fishing with terrestrial patterns to continue  indefinitely.  Also we are seeing a few late season PMDs hatching in riffles from time to time.  Look for early and late day streamer fishing to pick up as we move through October, and expect flows to drop even more as water storage for next year begins.

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Still Waters 9-21-10

September 21, 2010
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Still Water

Chesterfield Reservoir has some good deep water fishing.  Tail your leech pattern with a zebra midge, and use a full sink line. In the upper end of  Daniels Reservoir damselfly nymphs bring action with responses to midge pupa under an indicator beginning to work.   Not much seems to be going on at Springfield Reservoir where weeds make for tougher wet fly fishing.  Action on Sand Creek Ponds continues to be good with midge pupa patterns under an indicator working  best.   Afternoons to evenings are best times to be there.   Action on all of these will pick up after we get several days of cooler weather.

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Small Streams 9-21-10

September 21, 2010
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Small Streams

Fishing the Blackfoot River above and below the dam is picking up. Flows below are around 270 cfs, above around 60 cfs.  Above the dam terrestrial insect patterns and streamers provide the best action. Below the dam where gradients are higher, caddisfly life cycle patterns, traditional attractor patterns and streamer patterns bring action.  The lower Teton River is another great location to consider.  Hopper and other terrestrial patterns work just fine with streamer patterns presented in the evening a good bet to bring action.   Robinson Creek hosts good fishing with caddisfly life cycle, traditional attractors, and terrestrial patterns bringing action.  Warm River BWOs and caddisflies provide action from the spring down to the Henry’s Fork confluence.   The Birch Creek family area, Beaver Creek above Spencer, and the Little Lost River remain great places to enjoy lightweight gear and a great early day trico emergence.  There are several more small streams to visit before frosts become severe, so get in touch with us to get information on these.

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Henry’s Fork 9-21-10

September 21, 2010
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Henry's Fork

Cooling weather is proving to be just what we need.  BWOs, caddisflies and some mahogany duns are providing action on the lower river with evening streamer fishing picking up.  Look for streamer fishing to improve as we advance into fall. On the upper river, terrestrial insects still provide action, with a hopper trailed by a cinnamon ant (#14) being a great way to encounter big trout.  Tricos, tiny BWOs (pseudos), and a few mahogany duns make up the mayfly component this time of year.   Small bead head nymphs continue to provide good fishing in the Box Canyon.

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Yellowstone Park 9-21-10

September 21, 2010
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Yellowstone Park

Some higher country frosts are beginning to nip terrestrial insects, but good populations of these exist on most streams.  This includes Fall River Basin streams, Slough and Soda Butte creeks, and the Lamar River in the meadows. Fishing on the Firehole River is picking up with hatching tricos, BWOs, mahogany duns, midges, and caddisflies providing action.  The big event for this time of year is migrating browns in the Madison, Gibbon, and Lewis rivers.  Low light conditions will be best for encountering these great fish, and streamer patterns are the flies to use.  Particular patterns are not as important as having some in light and some in dark colors.  For some reason, yellow or chartreuse colors in these flies seem to entice strikes.  Looking for still water action in the Park?    Beula Lake remains the best place to find it with a few gulpers still working, and damselfly nymph patterns sure to bring responses.   Best fishing on Lewis and Shoshone lakes this time of year is for migrating browns around their outlets and Lewis Lake’s inlet.

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Main Stem Snake River 9-21-10

September 21, 2010
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Main Stem Snake River

Flows in the river are slightly below normal in locations between Menan and American Falls Reservoir.  It’s time to present streamers during evening and early morning hours, and there are several locations to walk in and enjoy do this. Come in and see us so we can point some out to you.   If you prefer fishing dry flies there are many locations for doing so.  Evening caddisflies and PM BWO activities are ongoing.

Here’s a piece of good news: the “old dog pound” access on West River Road just above Idaho Falls has been re-opened to trespass by the city.  The city had closed it for undisclosed reasons, but now with the signs down and berms leveled, one can drive over to fish the banks or launch pontoon or drift boats to fish the great waters that extend upstream to the city power dam.

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