June has finally arrived, and with it has come some severe afternoon thunderstorms, more reminiscent of August. We are in a weather pattern right now that is giving us warm, clear mornings, and heavy downpours with lightning in the afternoons. All of this is helping our runoff continue. The Snake is at about 16,000 cfs at Moose, and quite muddy. The South Fork is slowly, but surely, turning on. I guided a trip there on Friday with some beginning anglers. We boated about a dozen fish on nymphs. The water is still green in color, with a few feet of visibility. The dry fly action should be turning on there in a couple of weeks. It's holding steady just below 13,000 cfs. Issue 17 of This Is Fly magazine just came out today...it's a great one, don't miss it! Go to http://www.thisisfly.com/. A great photo essay by Brian Hodges, a look at "gripping fish" by John Holland, and a look at some "fly doctors" are among some of the content of this issue. This photo of Chris Stump exemplifies one of the great joys I have in fly fishing...choosing just the right fly. More soon!
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