It's Snowing Again!

After a good ten days or so of serious high pressure, it's snowing again in Western Wyoming. We've had at least of foot of dry powder in the mountains over the last day and more is forecast. According to the USGS, the water content in the snowpack in the region is looking very good. It is as high as 140% of normal in the Gros Ventre mountains, which is great news for the rivers and our fish. Lets hope the snow continues! Rachael is out skiing this morning with friends enjoying the fresh powder. I'll be out for the afternoon shift...hopefully it will look like this! (Courtesy of Jeff Diener... http://www.jeffdiener.com/ ).

Nice Fish!

The past week here in Western Wyoming has brought us a large high pressure system with abundant sunshine and dry skies. The skiing has been holding up very well and the mountain has been virtually empty. Temps may actually hit forty degrees this week in the valley with the high pressure forecast to continue through the next seven days. It could be a good week to go wet a line on the Snake, South Fork or Henry's fork, as the warmer temps can get hungry trout moving a little more. Here's a nice shot of good friend, and This Is Fly editor Brian Hodges (aka B-Ho), with a beautiful Argentinian Brown. Brian is wintering in South America this year...at least someone is catching fish these days. More soon!

Crazy Weather

The moisture continues to pound Western Wyoming, but now we are actually seeing some rain. The temperatures have risen dramatically the past few days, providing us with some valley rain, and very wet mountain snow. This should actually help our snowpack, providing more water content in storage for our Cutthroat! Enjoy another beautiful Jeff Diener shot taken a few years ago New Year's Morning on Teton Pass. Note the inversion with clouds filling the valley.

Still Snowing

Well, we are through the retail holiday madness, and it is still snowing here in Jackson Hole. The mountain is getting better and better every day, with soft snow almost everywhere. There is significant snowfall predicted for the upcoming week! (Still great news for our rivers!). I would love to be fishing somewhere warm right now, but I'll have to settle for some powder skiing instead. I'd still like to share some great photos that Jeff Diener has loaned me from some of our skiing adventures over the years. Here is another typical powder run in Western Wyoming. Don't forget to visit his site at http://www.jeffdiener.com/. Stay tuned for the announcement of some great fly-fishing related news. More soon!

Happy New Year!

Hello all, here's to a great 2009! The snow continues to pile up here in Western Wyoming. Good news for skiers and for the river systems. Although the snow depths are increasing almost daily, there is a persistent weak layer of snow near the bottom of the snowpack (a result of high altitude rain in November) that is causing dangerous conditions. In the past week, we have seen an inbounds avalanche fatality at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, as well as numerous other slides occurring at the ski area...one of which damaged the restaurant at the top of the gondola. Be careful out there! Not much to report on fishing...too cold and snowy around these parts. Hopefully, I'll get an update soon from friend Brian Hodges who is spending the winter in Argentina. I love winter here and skiing has been great, but my thoughts are always drifting to fishing and warmer climates. I'd rather be here now...the beach at Boca Paila, Mexico.