Spring Fishing on the Snake

The Snake River here in Jackson has been fishing pretty well this month. While flows have risen a bit and led to water clarity changing here and there, clients have been having success fishing with me. Fishing’s mostly been a dry dropper game, with a larger Skwala stonefly floating on top and a nymph fish subsurface. Action on surface vs. subsurface flies varies day to day, even hour to hour. We’re definitely finding fish holding in the riffles and along slow foamy seams. Not as much action along the banks, but that could certainly change. As Skwala stoneflies appear more and more, I suspect the fish will really key in on big, skittering dry flies. During warmer parts of the afternoon we’ve also been seeing fish feeding on midges and blue wing olives. This can make for some fun dry fly fishing!

Spring fishing should continue for the next few weeks as it looks like temperatures will remain cool. Here’s a few pictures from our recent days on the water!