Henry’s Fork, October 7th, 2023

Well-fed rainbow from the Tubs area

With less daylight and cooler air temperatures, aquatic vegetation is breaking up along the entire river. It can be a nuisance when drifting veggies impact the course of your drifting fly pattern, but it makes for less places for fish diving into weed beds on trying to escape from that fly they have taken. BWO, and mahogany dun life cycle, honey ant, and smaller hopper patterns make up the best top water patterns anywhere on the river. Try double nymph nymph rigs, fly rod jigs and streamer patterns in deeper water such as in Box Canyon, the Tubs and just below Coffee Pot rapids. Unsettled weather is coming up around mid week, so all these technique suggestions should be appropriate.