As I write this report, the skies outside today are sunny and the temps are in the low 60's...finally! Tomorrow is forecast to be even warmer. With near record amounts of rain last week, and a warming trend this week, rivers in the region have surged. The Snake is approaching 8,000 cfs at Moose, the Green has spiked up over 500 cfs, and the South Fork is back above 18,000 cfs. With the Henry's Fork also huge, there are virtually no options right now in this area to wet a line. The 10-day forecast has temps cooling a bit, but with rain moving back in; this should still help get the snowmelt started. If you're lucky enough to find some private water (like Scott Smith did in this photo), you may bump into a trophy. My buddy Scott was invited over to the Legacy Ranch in Southeastern Idaho last week to fish some private stillwater. The ranch is listed for sale through Livewater Properties, a local real estate company specializing in fishing properties. I'd like to say that Scott was in the market for purchase, but he was just on an exploratory mission with a friend who works for Livewater. The fish of the day was this 11 pound, 30" Rainbow Trout. Nice one Scott! Casting to trophy fish is just what Scott needed...it was early practice for an adventure Scott and I have planned for the Fall...more on that later.
I'd say that the next thing to put on the fishing calendar would be the opening of Yellowstone National Park to fishing on Memorial Day Weekend...the Firehole should at least be fishable by then, although there will probably be more snow visible on the banks now, than in this photo. Stay tuned...
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