Fall Fishing the Snake

This Fall's fishing so far has simply been amazing.  Everywhere I go, leaves are changing, brown trout are plentiful, and the autumn sun hangs low and provides a spectacular backdrop to this, my absolute favorite season of the year.

Recently on a groggy morning after a late-late Brew-pub Oktoberfest, I got a call from my guide buddy Dave Smith to hit up the Snake River dam for an afternoon float.  Without hesitation I got my gear together, rubbed the hangover out of my eyes, and met dave after remembering where the hell I had left my car and wallet.....

The fishing was great.  Browns were hot and jumped. A lot.  That was all that mattered.

Dave ended up hooking a nice lake trout and I couldn't help but notice that the ol' boy was the perfect size for filleting.  Took that mac home and made some awesome fish tacos that night.  

Great day.

I just returned from an epic South Fork and Henrys Fork camping trip so stay posted for that in the future!

Had another great day this week fishing with Mike on Deadman's to Moose.  We got an early start and were quickly rewarded with tons of action all throughout the morning.  The cloud cover really brought the fish up to dries and provided an nice departure from the intense sun and afternoon heat we've been accustomed to lately.

Thanks for coming out Mike and I hope to see you soon!

Snake River Fishing

I've had some great days fishing the Snake lately.  This season has been a superb one so far and I've been super busy fishing with clients.  As of late, the big fish have (finally) been more plentiful, accepting of flies and rewarding good drag-free drifts.  All over the river, log jams are fishing well and side channels and riffles are also holding nicer fish.  Chernobyls, smaller ants and terrestrials are all turning fish along with smaller flies like PMDs, caddis and of course, Adams.  After a slow start, the Snake is really starting to fish to its potential and I've been very fortunate to have some great folks in the boat.   

Today I fished with Dick and Darcy up in the park and was very impressed with the quality of dry fly action we had.  Tricos provided a near blanket hatch in the morning and early afternoon and fish feed on surface flies hard almost all day.  After many nice fish came undone early on, we started to get in the groove and Darcy ended up racking up the numbers.  We boated many nice cutthroat between 9-14" with an occasional 16+ giving us the slip.  

This nice, surprise brown was landed while fishing to a pod of voracious cuttys with a simple trico.
I had a great day fishing ya'll and I hope to see you soon!

The Snake is fantastic fishing right now!  Book soon as we are really getting busy on the river and stay posted for a South Fork report.