The days are slowly getting longer and warmer here in Wyoming. Although skiing has been very good, my thoughts are continuing to drift towards spring fishing. I am continuing to hear good reports from the Henry's Fork. Wade fishing with nymphs through winter holes sounds like it has been productive below Ashton. I've not heard much from the Snake or South Fork, so if anyone has been fishing there, leave a comment! Usually by early March, it is finally warm enough here to see good results on the Snake, possibly even with small dry flies. Our snowpack is still looking very healthy, which means we should be out of drought troubles this year. Not much else new to report. I am just starting to plot an early April trip with some of the guys in search of some hungry fish. If weather and water clarity permit, we'll probably hit the Big Hole River in southwestern Montana for a four day stint. The Skwala Stoneflies come off in April, and the fishing could be great. Here are a couple of shots from the Big Hole from April 2005. Here is a typical Big Hole Brown taken on a streamer. The second picture is a shot of my brother-in-law Sean Tufts holding a Grayling that he caught on a dry fly. The upper Big Hole River still holds small populations of fluvial Grayling (maybe as few as 100 fish per mile), and they love dry flies!
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