Earlier in the week, I guided part-time Jackson resident Charlie Howorth on the Snake, and we had an OK day. He decided to book me again for Friday on the South Fork in hopes of maybe finding some bigger fish, since the canyon section is still seeing some good action in the riffles on PMD's. I checked the weather on Thursday night, and decided to head to the Green instead, since there was a forecast for unsettled weather. By August, we have typically had many days in a row of bright sun, warm temps, and very few clouds. If you are lucky enough to get on the Green early in the morning in August on the first day of some new cloud cover, you could have great fishing, as any weather change this time of year can really get the browns moving. We nailed it! We were on the water by 8 am under very thick clouds and a sprinkle of rain. Almost immediately, there were large fish up on big attractors. We had great fishing until about 1 pm, when the clouds finally broke and the sun popped. Interestingly, there is a notion among the guides this time of year on the Green that you really need to be the first boat down on your section, since the river is running very low (like about 550 cfs). I bumped into another guide who works for one of our competitors at 6 am at the supermarket, and was not happy to hear that I was heading to the same section that he was. He raced down towards Pinedale, passing me in the Hoback Canyon, and put on the river ahead of me. Guess what? We caught very nice fish all day long right behind him...thanks for stirring them up! Here is Charlie with a 21" brown just below the put in...great day Charlie!
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That is a fat brown Fuller. Nice work. I remember going down the green and whoever was on the oars thinking that they had to stay ahead of a boat that was trailing in the distance. I always thought it would be better to slow down, let them pass and work all of the water. It's not a race.
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