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Fishing news, spring update, etc

April 10, 2025/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

It’s April’s and the fly fishing here in Jackson Hole is really good. After a winter of cold temperatures and nymph fishing, I’m happy to report that our native cutthroat trout are feeding voraciously on the surface. Anglers will see pods of fish sipping emerging midges and small black stoneflies. Additionally with warmer temperatures forecasted, I suspect we’ll start seeing the emergence of Skwala stoneflies and Blue Wing Olives. It’s a great time to be dry fly fishing on the Snake!

Mike Shows off his first ever Snake River Finespotted Cutthroat trout. Caught on a dry fly non the less!

Dave experienced some great early season dry fly fishing

Friend Duncan, plays a nice cutthroat trout on a pretty early spring day

For those looking to fish this season, shoot me an email or call. Guided fishing trips are as follows: April- Snake, May- lakes, possible floats on the Snake and Green depending on runoff, End of May- June- Yellowstone Park wading the Firehole, etc. End of June-October- floating and wade fishing just about everything around here.

And finally, I’m sad to report that Lulu passed away last week. To those that knew here, Lulu was a sweetheart. She was always up for an adventure and was kind to all she met. While fishing wasn’t her strong suit (can’t blame a lab for wanting to retrieve fish) she was such a great companion; hiking, swimming, and living life to her fullest. Our house is quiet without her.

Lulu keeping an eye on the water while fishing this past October. Gonna miss her

Some trips for the new year

January 13, 2025/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

Despite the cold winter weather lately I’ve had fun guiding some hardy folks on winter walk in trips. While it hasn’t been easy, it’s been fun and fortunately we’ve found some fish. This time of year nymph fishing is best. Snowshoeing adds to the adventure and allows us to access water more easily. It’s always nice this time of year to get out on the water and enjoy the solitude and wildlife.

Jake shows off a nice whitefish. Despite temperatures never getting out of the teens, he managed quite a few on the nymphs

Katie and Jake wanted to snowshoe and fish despite the conditions. They got into some fish on nymphs and had great time. said it was the highlight of their trip to Jackson Hole!

Winter Fly Fishing

December 16, 2024/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

After a fairly dry November and early December, we are finally seeing some snow around here. I was out on the water several days last week guiding visiting anglers. While winter fishing is more challenging, it offers folks a fun, unique activity to do while in Jackson Hole. Some days are harder than others, but we can usually fool a fish or two on dead drifted nymphs. If you’re interested in learning more about my guided winter fly fishing trips, click here.

*Chris and his wife, Jocelyn, enjoyed an afternoon of wade fishing on the Snake River. Conditions were chilly but these guys did great, catching a few fish on nymphs.*

*Ashley is all smiles, catching her first fish on the fly rod. She and her wife, Patty, visiting from Nashville snuck in a day on the water with me between snowboarding.*

*Visiting from Georgia, David, Terrence and Julio crossed western fly fishing off their bucket list. All agreed that they needed to fly fish again!*

*In addition to guiding, I’ve been creating a fair amount of art. Look for new paintings appearing on the website. Christmas is approaching and I’ve been working on some cards for friends.*

Rolling into winter

December 3, 2024/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

Another good fly fishing season has drawn to a close here at Teton Fly Fishing. Thanks to everyone who fished with me this year. Below are a few pics from the fall.

I went up to Helena MT a few weeks back and picked up a new Adipose Skiff. It’s resting comfortably in the garage awaiting spring. Excited to fish out of it even though it’s essentially the same as my last one.

In the coming months I’ll continue to do a few winter fly fishing trips here and there. The Snake allows for year round fishing and it isn’t uncommon to spend a few hours wade fishing on it and fool a few fish. Additionally, I’m back in the classroom, substitute teaching. It’s nice to see familiar staff and students.

Kevin and I work a rising fish on the Yellowstone River. While the Yellowstone in the Park is a quality not quantity fishery, it’s an amazing place to spend a day. Geysers, bison and the occasional trophy Yellowstone cutthroat trout make is special.

Korey, Kevin’s son brought this beauty to the net. These guys have been fishing with me for years and it was fun to show them this special water. We missed some nice fish and it was awesome to finally get one in!

Bill hooks his first fish on the Firehole River. He’s fished with me before but this was his first time fishing in Yellowstone. We had a great fall day swinging soft hackles and, as the day warmed, twitching hoppers.

*One of many fine spotted snake river cutthroat trout Terri caught. She and her husband joined me for a fun day in September. There is no where I’d rather be than floating the Snake in the fall.*

*George caught his (and my) white whale.*

Jamie and I managed to sneak away to Yellowstone for three days. Here she is showing off a cutthroat trout from Slough Creek. Slough is one of the coolest places I’ve fished- slow water, selective fish made for a fun day.

*Kurt hooked up with a snake river cutthroat trout. In October fish like to pod up in the shallow riffles. Once bugs start hatching it can be a free for all.*

*My client and friend, David, joined me for my last float of the season. We had a great day despite the cold. As temperatures warmed, the dry fly fishing really picked up.*

*David and I are all smiles after a great day on the water!*

Lulu poses with the new Adipose Flow skiff. She and I made the round trip drive to Helena to pick it up, leaving Jackson at 5:30 am and arriving back home with the new boat at 4:45 pm. We were road warriors.

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.

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.

Mike kisses his first fish on the fly. This whitefish didn’t come easy. The wind was howling, making casting challenging.

A guys fishing afternoon- Brendon, Braydon, Mike and Lesley celebrate a successful afternoon on the water.

Adie and son, Ellias work a deep pool on the snake.

Early winter wade fishing

November 23, 2023/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! We’re watching the snow fall and preparing to join friends for food and drinks.

Had a few groups of adventurous anglers lately. Fortunately the weather was pretty decent around here (until today), making for some respectable late season fly fishing. We worked hard for our fish but had some great days!

*Newly minted doctors, Andrew and Dave traveled from FL to celebrate their new careers and* see what Wyoming fly fishing is all about!

*Susanna and her husband, Sema joined me for two good days of wade fishing on the Snake River. We even found some cutthroat trout rising to midges!*

*Semi showing off one of the many nice trout he caught while wade fishing with me in mid-November.*

*Amanda hooked up on a balmy November day*

*Jeremiah shows off a nice whitefish that fell for his nymph. In addition to getting into fish, Jeremiah and his wife Amanda learned a bunch!*

End of another busy fishing season

November 6, 2023/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

Well, that’s a wrap on another great fishing season. The time has changed, winter is knocking and the drift boat is put up for the season. Really appreciate all who fished with me. I had a great time guiding folks on our waters around here in Jackson, Wyoming aand am already looking forward to next […]

Summer Fishing

July 31, 2023/0 Comments/in Latest/by Nathan Bennett

Finally have a day off and thought I’d do a quick blog update on fly fishing around here. It’s been a great summer so far with fun clients! We’ve spent the majority of time casting dry flies to native cutthroat trout. Most of my days lately have been on the Snake River here in Jackson Hole, although I floated some folks down on the upper Green River and Salt River. Also did some wade fishing up in Yellowstone park. The weather’s been great; albeit a little hot. We’ve been getting on the water early to take advantage of cooler water temperatures and finishing in the 2-3 pm time range.

Folks sometimes ask what a guides’ day off looks like. For yours truly, it looks like this: sleep in, tie flies, take a family walk, go out to the Virginian for breakfast with my lady and enjoy the new Jason Isbell album while smoking a brisket. Oh, and throw in mowing the lawn for good measure. Pretty great! And the guitars probably need a little attention….

A few pics from the past month….

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