Today was my last guided trip for the season...I took a father and son from Colorado down the Snake from Deadman's to Moose. Since the drastic weather change over the weekend, I was not too sure what to expect on the river today, and I set these guys up for a potentially tough day when I met them this morning. We were on the water shortly before 10am, and the air temperature was only 28 degrees with very thick clouds and fog. It was a very cold, slow start. We nymphed for the first two hours with no success. By about noon, I found a few fish feeding and the action picked up. We saw numerous fish on Royal Wulffs and small Parachute Hare's Ears. By about 2pm, I took a chance and had these guys fish chernobyl ants. The fish were all over them! The temps had warmed to about 40 degrees, and these eager cutties were still looking for the big bugs. We had fantastic dry fly fishing all the way to Moose on big flies...pretty amazing for October 14th. The river is so low right now (450 cfs at Jackson Lake Dam), the fish are completely stacked in their winter holes, looking for food. The fishing should continue to be decent through the month. The middle of the day is probably your best bet right now, with good midge and BWO activity, and maybe a little more attractor fishing, depending on the temps.Here are Zack and Mike Simpson with some great fish taken on big dries...nice fish!
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