I cannot remember the last time we started the month of July around here with so few fishing options. Our huge snowpack combined with such a cold, wet June has given us a slow start to July. The Snake and its tributaries are still high and dirty. The South Fork of the Snake in Idaho is running very high...23,600 cfs. That is an unheard of flow for this time of year, if you look at its history. Palisades Reservoir is at capacity, and they are having to match outflows with inflows. Between the Snake, the Salt River, the Greys River and all of the Palisades tributaries, there is a lot of water still coming in. We are normally coming into prime time for the South Fork right now...not sure what the next week will hold. The Green is still high, but finally starting to drop. I guided there on Sunday with a few other guides and had very tough fishing. The water was fast and murky. Amazingly, we picked up a handful of Brown Trout on stonefly nymphs. Realistically, I think the Green will be at least another week away from better fishing. The Firehole River and Lewis Lake in Yellowstone are fishing well still, however, there is so much road construction in Southern Yellowstone, that it could take you 3 hours to get there from Jackson. Not great news for fishing guides. Now the good news: fishing will be phenomenal later this summer and fall...you can count on it! Here is Joseph Matuk with a nice Green River Brown from Sunday, netted in tough conditions. Nice job Joseph. More soon!
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