We have had a fair amount of snow in the Snake River area over the past two weeks with over 70 inches at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and Grand Targhee. For the intrepid, there is still some decent fishing in the region. The issue is finding access. On the Snake, the Green, the Teton, the Salt, and the upper South Fork, snow shoes may be required. It can be worth it, though, as there is a three to four hour window of activity on these rivers mid-day with nymphs and small dry imitations of midge and BWOs.
The lower South Fork and lower Henry's Fork are the two places where access is easier and the window of activity is longer. Nymphs like Lightening Bugs (size 12 to 16), Flashback Pheasant Tails (size 12 to 14), black, red, or olive Copper Johns (size 12 to 18), gray or black Tungsten Midge Pupas (size 18 to 20), LOF Pheasant Tails (size 14 to 16) are performing well when fished as part of a tandem rig. Surface activity is good for approximately three hours in riffles, seams, and flats with black Furimsky BDEs (size 18), Air-Flo Midges (size 18 to 20), Parachute Extended Body BWOs (size 18), and BWO Comparaduns (size 16 to 18).
Get out there and fish it while you can.
