The days are getting longer and as they are, the fishing is getting better. Don't expect anything off the charts (such results rarely happen in the Snake River region this time of year), but there is noticably better results, especially when we get the "warm" weather that pushes temps into the upper 30s and low to mid 40s. Productivity is generally about one to two hours longer than it has been over the past several weeks. Surface action is going to be about a half hour to an hour longer than what we have experienced over the past month or so. Midges and a few blue-wing olives are the most prevalent bugs on the water at that time. As the water temperatures warm, we should also start to see more little black stoneflies.
Anglers are reporting decent action on RS-2 Midge (size 18), Ice Cream Cone Midges (size 16 to 20) in black, olive, or tan, Tunjgsten Midge Pupa (size 18 to 20) in sizes 18 to 20, black Copper Johns (size 16 to 20), and Lightening Bugs (size 16 to 18). Above the surface, trout are being taken on olive or black Furimsky BDEs (size 18) and Renegades (size 18).
While the whole of the Snake River and many of its tributaries are continuing to offer better fishign with each passing week, there is no question that the lower South Fork (from Byington down to Menan), as well as the main stem of the Snake from Menan down to Shelley and the lower Henrys Fork (downstream of St. Anthony) are the sections of river that are experiencing the best action. If there is a year-around fishery in the Snake River drainage, this is the place.
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