2024 - Teton Fly Fishing

Fishing Lately

May 28, 2024/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

Finally feels like spring around here in Jackson Hole! What a long, cold spring we’ve had. Nice to be sporting some flip flops today. Warmer temperatures mean that the runoff has begun. Currently the Snake is off color and rising making it not ideal for fishing. The upper Green is changing daily; one day up and off color, then settling down and clearing with colder weather. It’s been a good float option but I suspect that with temperatures hitting 70 today, it’s done for a while. Best fishing right now is going to be on area lakes and up in Yellowstone Park.

Yellowstone just opened for fishing this past weekend. I was up yesterday on the Firehole with a return client of mine and fishing was really good! The river’s in great shape and the rainbow and brown trout were hungry. Most of our fish came on nymphs but I think hatches should get rolling now that the weathers warming. We did see some caddis and a few PMDs and BWOs. Steve manage to target a couple fish with PMD emerges and fooled them. Looking forward to more days up in the park! As always, here’s a few photos from the past few weeks. Enjoy the sunshine!!

*George made his yearly return to fish with me for a week. Despite the cold, wind and snow, we had fun!*

*Pure Joy! Stephanie catches her first trout on a dry fly. One of many on the day.*

*Andrew, Stephanie’s boyfriend, helps her land another Snake River cutthroat trout on the dry fly*. Both had a great time the water.

*Adam shows off his first Snake River Finespotted Cutthroat trout. He and his sister Megan joined me for a fun day on the water.*

*Megan, visiting from Australia, experienced her first day of fly fishing. No better place than Wyoming…*

Jamie and I traveled to PA to visit family. We spent the last 3 days of our trip with our friends Kurt and Kelly at the bay in New Jersey. Kurt was kind enough to take us out on the water in search of stripers and blue fish on the fly. Despite our best efforts, we got skunked. We had a great time *though* *and I can’t wait to see them again down the road.*

Steve is hooked up on the Firehole with a nice rainbow. Steve’s fished with me numerous times over the years but this was his first time to Yellowstone. He liked it and I was glad to be back up on the Firehole River.

Ah, Spring Fly Fishing on the Snake River…

April 18, 2024/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

Some days it feels like spring around here and others, still like winter. Such is springtime in the Rockies where one day can be near 60 degrees and sunny prompting thoughts of barbecuing and porch cocktails, only to have those visions crushed by sideways blowing wet snow. Regardless, spring is a great time to fish the Snake river here in Jackson. I see some of the nicest cutthroat trout of the year in late March and April. Fish are feeding readily after a long winter. Midges, small black stoneflies, Blue Wing Olives and Skwalas.

*Always fun fishing with client and friend, Norma Jean! Norma Jean braved the snow and got into a lot of nice cutthroat trout. The midges were emerging like crazy and the fish were chomping!*

*Max (here with his first ever western trout) and his dad joined me for a beautiful spring day on the snake.*

*Duncan hooked up on a cold April afternoon. Friends Duncan and Rich joined me for a couple days of spring fly fishing and hotsprings soaking. Always great to see those guys!*

*Rich assembling his rod. Ready for the first float of the season. While we didn’t see any big hatches, the guys* did get some fish on droppers….

“Let’s switch to a stonefly nymph”…. the fish liked it.

Bonefish round two…

March 18, 2024/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

I just returned from a week of bonefishing in the Bahamas with longtime fishing clients, Chris and Mark. After years of guiding the guys on rivers here in western Wyoming, they became intrigued by my tales of saltwater fly fishing. I was happy to accompany them on their first bonefishing trip last year and again happily agreed to join-on this year for another crack at the grey ghosts. We spent a week down south pursuing shadows, both fishing on foot and with a guide. The bonefish were bonefish- big, strong, fast and moody, sometimes eagerly eating our shrimp flies and other times not giving the time of day to them. Sometimes we fished to large schools and sometimes to lone cruisers. It was another great trip and I do believe we will do it again next year! Enjoy a few photos from our trip…

*Captain Shervin looks over a flat while Chris (on bow) and Mark (seated) wait for instruction. Shervin is kind enough to swap his skiff for this panga to accommodate the three of us.*

*Starfish on the flat. Always fun to see the various sea creatures while fishing in the shallows*

*Me showing off one of the many bonefish caught over the course of five days*

*After a long winter in Wyoming, these beautiful purple flowers along a flat made quite an impression on me. Flowers were blooming!*

*Mark hooked up! We fished this creek system at low tide and did well with bonefish, snapper and barracuda*

*Chris kicking off the last morning of wade fishing with a resident bonefish*!

*I love a good Mutton Snapper. Especially one that eats my shrimp pattern!*

Late February Fishing

February 28, 2024/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

It’s the end of February and days are getting longer and temperatures have hit 40 degrees in the valley a few times. Midges are showing up regularly on the river and a few tiny black stoneflies are stumbling around too. It’s a great time to go fly fishing! I’ve been out recently with a number of fun folks. We spent the warmer part of days fishing the Snake river, catching whitefish and cutthroat trout on nymphs and dry flies. As we continue toward spring, expect the midge hatches to get bigger, and more and more fish to feed on the surface.

Below are just a few pics from the past week. Folks had a good time braving the elements and finding some fish.

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