Henry’s Fork, August 5th, 2023

Although this last week has been a reprieve from the hot, dry weather, such will soon return. This means that up and down the river, mid day is the slowest time with respect to fishing action. Overhead cover diminishes with increased sunlight. Water temperatures, already high because of upstream shallow reservoirs, increase further during daytime. The result is reduced dissolved oxygen making fish less active. Try your luck during AM spinner falls, and as cooler air prevails around sundown, try drag free floats with hopper-dropper combinations adjacent to banks an at the heads of deeper water. Also do not overlook drifting a mouse pattern along these sections during the same time of day. You will not encounter many fish by doing so, but one of those you do could be the fish of the year.