Main Stem Snake River 10-9-10

During the recent cloudy days BWOs hatches made for good PM fishing on the river around Idaho Falls and Shelley.  But the big attraction now is that brown trout are migrating throughout the river.  That means streamer fishing is the best way to encounter a big brown.   Again, low light conditions will offer best chance  to meet that big guy.   Have dark colored and light colored streamers in your fly box.   In light colors streamers featuring yellow or chartreuse seem to have an edge with respect to effectiveness.  Strip ’em or drift  ’em using a sink tip line.  Try tops and bottoms of holes and runs.   As light dims, try riffles and runs with a sink tip line, but a floating line may also get  your fly deep enough to moving fish.  Look for streamer fishing to be at its peak here in a few weeks and last through November.