Despite a few breaks from the summer sun of late – this week’s fly fishing options on the Henry’s Fork sound a lot like the week before (and before that, and before that….). Terrestrials rule the day along most of the river, particularly later in the day, and there are still some caddis around to […]
River – Henry’s Fork
The report from the Henry’s Fork is pretty much what you’d expect this time of year, and things haven’t changed a great deal from our report last week. Sounds like the most consistent fishing on the main river is to be had in the Box, where flows have been hanging in around 1000 cfs over […]
As is typical for the neighborhood in August, fly anglers are finding the Henry’s Fork a little tougher sledding during these bright days of August. I’ve even talked to a local fisher friend who found her recent Henry’s Fork fishing outing “stressful” (she’s used to catching lots of fish whenever and wherever she wants….). […]
Persistent fly fisher folk are finding the Henry’s Fork a bit more challenging during these long, sunny, hot summer days. Not only were flows dropped last week on the 30th to the 1050 cfs range (1080 this morning), but there has been lots of bright sunshine which helps to make wary fish ever more cautious. […]
Though you wouldn’t have believed it yesterday with the cloud cover all day and highs (at my place at least) not breaking 70 – the neighborhood remains in the grip of summer. The Henry’s Fork is not known for fishing astoundingly well during the dog days, but there’s enough going on to keep things interesting […]
As fly anglers have noted on just about every other water in the neighborhood, bug and fish behavior has changed quite a bit over the past several weeks. Gone are the rainy and cool days of June; here are the hot, dusty days of summer. River flows have remained stable since the big jump on […]
There’s been more than one person in the know opine that the HF is fishing more like the old days than ever before. I happen to be one of those who never fished the Fork during her ‘glory days’ of the past, so I can’t personally make the call – but there are […]
The Henry’s Fork is offering up an impressive array of options for the fly fisher desiring a wide menu of choices and challenges. It’s starting to look a lot like summer on the Fork in terms of bugs and weather. Flows in the Box have remained pretty skinny (compared to long term averages) over the […]
We’ve been running around like chickens with our heads off the past week or so and have not been down on the lower Henry’s as we’d planned to do around the 15th. Where the hell has the month of June gone? Jake has overheard some grousing (and worse) in his store of late regarding the […]
For the most part good news from our friends down south on the Henry’s Fork. The entire river is open and fishing as of the 15th. Flows out of the Lake were cut again yesterday – cut pretty impressively as you can see from this morning’s flow chart. The good news is that low flows […]
There are a few noteworthy things to ponder when considering the Henry’s Fork over the next week or so. First of all the Harriman stretch opens next Monday on the 15th; there are folks who travel in from all over the world to enjoy the spectacle and the Green Drakes. If you’ve not seen it […]
While a snap (above) from the Island Park HF webcam this morning shows no evidence of the weekend’s wintery weather, the flow chart below shows something that we’re really not seeing anywhere else in the neighborhood – below seasonal average flows on a river. Stoneflies more or less swept through the river last week without much […]
Big Stoneflies are the big news this week on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake. They’ve moved up to the middle section of the river (Riverside to Warm River) and are migrating subsurface in the Box. For those willing to earn some great fishing with sweat equity in terms of access there are some sections […]
A few intrepid neighbors chose to eschew the opening day crowds in Yellowstone (more in a bit) and headed down to the lower Henry’s Fork to chase stoneflies – yes, stoneflies. The stonefly army has emerged on the stretch below the Ashton Dam; as you’d expect early in the game big bad stonefly nymphs are the […]
There’s some buzz beginning to build as the traditional opening day for most of the upper river is fast approaching (Saturday the 23rd). All water upstream of the Riverside Campground will open on the 23rd except for the Railroad Ranch (15 June). While flows are on the rise in the entire system, there are those […]
