Idaho Fishing Report - Teton Valley Lodge

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South Fork of the Snake River
7/09/08
The salmon flies are out on the South Fork. The bugs came out about a week ago and are slowly making their way up the river. The stoneflies have been delayed in hatching due to the cold water melt from all the snow we had this past winter.

Along with the salmon flies, there are tons of little yellow sally's and red-tag golden stones. Mayflies are hatching and we also saw a very significant green drake hatch this past two weeks on the South Fork.

We can finally put our strike indicators away after a long spring runoff on the South Fork. We are so tired of using bobbers, we don't want to see them again. Fishing with indicators or bobbers just isn't as fun as dry fly fishing. We are very happy to see the big and little bugs all over the river.

Fishing has improved dramatically over the past week too. Just yesterday I had my wife and children (9,7,4) out fishing the South Fork. They landed 44 trout on one of the lower sections of the river. A great day with only one rod fishing and the kids landing them.

Brian was out with Dean and Karen Scheid and they had over 20 double hookups. They landed between 70 and 80 trout on one of the lower sections of the river.

With all the water and the cold temperatures of the river, the South Fork will be fishing fantastic all summer long on dry flies. Goodbye indicators.

6/13/08
Nymph and streamer fishing has been fantastic. Two days ago we had a boat land 75 trout on streamers. Boats fishing nymphs are catching from 25 to 40 fish a day.

5/28/08
Fishing had been tough on the South Fork with the recent warm weather and off-color water. The water has cleared up to it's nice green color and is fishing well. Two days ago George Geiges caught a 25 inch brown on the canyon section. Fishing is not red hot but we are catching 20 to 40 a day right now.

3/14/08
We fished all day using streamers through the snow and wind and had a pretty good day. Fishing was spotty as the fish are not everywhere. They are podded up in certain areas. Changing flies was very important as the fish were fickle. We ended up landing between 50 and 60 trout. Nearly half the fish were cutthroat, the rest made up mostly of browns with a few rainbows mixed in.

 

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Henry's Fork of the Snake
6/14/08
With the weather warming up the big bugs will still be hatching. Look for more giant trout to be caught in the next few days.

6/04/08
Big Water - Big Fish
High water on the Henry's Fork has translated into catching many large fish. Listed below are the trout over 22 inches we have caught over the last few days.

5/28	Jimmy Jones	Brown	23 x 13
5/30	Dean Schied	Brown	23.5 x 12
5/31	Tom Birmingham	Brown	23 x 12
5/31	Tom Birmingham	Rainbow	22.5 x 10
6/1	Brent Boone	Brown	23 x 11
6/2	Ernie Banks	Brown	25 x 14
6/2	Mike Hurley	Brown	23 x 14
6/4	Alan Sharp	Rainbow	24.5 x 12

5/28/08
High dirty water has been making fishing tough on the Henry's Fork. The water is clearing up and warming up from its frigid 40 degrees last week. Fishing will continue to improve as the water temps rise and the clarity improves.