How To Fish It
- Fish clear tailwater glides with long, drag-free drifts, focusing on soft seams and tailouts.
- Use Single Dry-Dropper Rig.
- Favor Low-profile visibility, muted olive and brown tones, delicate micro-shuck profiles..
Bugs & Best Matches
What's active
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Tricos, size #18 - #22, Morning (6:00 AM–10:00 AM)
Thread Trico Spinner, size #18 - #22, dry; CDC Trico Dun, size #18 - #22, dry; Trico Sparkle Dun, size #18 - #22, dry
Baetis, size #16 - #20, Morning (6:00 AM–10:00 AM)
Sparkle Baetis Dun, size #16 - #20, dry; Pheasant Tail Nymph, size #16 - #20, dry; RS2 Olive, size #16 - #20, dry
Caddis, size #14 - #18, Midday (10:00 AM–2:00 PM)
Elk Hair Caddis, size #14 - #18, dry; Caddis Pupa, size #14 - #18, dry; X-Caddis, size #14 - #18, dry
Midges, size #18 - #22, Variable
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Terrestrials, size #14 - #18, Variable
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Current Conditions
Flow5,130 cfs and falling
Water Temp57°F
WeatherClear Night
Rating8/10 · Good
Today's Feeding Pattern
Clear water and stable tailwater conditions at 57.4°F favor selective trout feeding on predictable aquatic insects. Subsurface nymphing and delicate dry fly presentations offer the highest success rates.
Forecast Location
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About The Snake River
The Snake covers a lot of different water, but most anglers mean the trout water around Jackson Hole or the South Fork when they talk about spring fly fishing here. Those reaches are broad, powerful, and structure-driven, with trout spread across side channels, soft banks, and deeper ledges.
Cutthroat, rainbow, and brown trout are the main targets depending on the reach. The river is well known for boat fishing, big dry-fly seasons, and trout that use current structure aggressively.
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