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The South Fork Snake 8/1 - 8/10 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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Well the name of the game on the South Fork of the Snake the last week has been to fish the upper, the upper, and then the upper some more. Needless to say the upper river from Palisades Dam down to Conant has been really good for the last 10 days. It is pretty funny because the upper is probably my least favorite section on the entire river. But as we all know you gotta do whatever it takes to catch some fish. Most days we have been boating between 30-40 trout. This week we started to see some big fish moving around. Throughout the week I had clients catch a 21'' brown, 20'' brown, 20'' cuttbow, and lots of fish between 18''-19''. It is nice to have those big boys moving because I went through a 20'' fish draught for over a week in the end of July. The hot bugs the last week have been a small Chubby Chernobyl, Eldens Ant, Pink PMD, Pink PMD Cripple, and the Lightning Bug.
The other sections of the river have had there moments in the last 10 days but there has not been any consistency. One day you can go down in the lower sections and have a great day and then the next be scratching your head at where all of the fish went. Since there has been a little inconsistency I have really tried to stay up where the fishing is the best. I will go for consisentency every time over a gamble.
I only have one week left before I get out of Idaho for the summer. I want to thank all of you out in Idaho for another great season. Hopefully I will see you guys next year.
Fish Hard!
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Betty (User)
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Re:The South Fork Snake 8/1 - 8/10 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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I laughed when I saw the mention of "pink PMD's". A couple of years ago, some friends were fishing the south fork of the Snake and had tons of fish rising all around them. they threw everything they had at them and could get nothing to take. Next day they went to a local fly shop and were told that the mayflies needed to be pink. The owner said, "Oh yeah, they're eating ______, it's a pink mayfly. Who'd have thunk?
Betty
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Epeorus 17 Years, 8 Months ago
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I wouldn't fish the Madison or Henry's Fork in August/September without having some of them in the flybox.
Paul
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