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Fly Fishing on Fish Creek

The Snake, the Green, and Spring Creeks

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A nice Snake river cutthroat.

 

The Snake River:

We are getting closer to normal summer levels on the Snake every day.  Clarity has improved and we are right around the corner from some great fishing.  Your best bet is fishing the soft water – riffles, trenches, slow eddies and banks.  That said, we are starting to see the occasional hit in quick riffles, especially on an attractor pattern.  Nymphing with rubber legs and mayfly nymphs has been productive.  A hopper-dropper is also a good bet, with fish coming up to circus peanuts, water walkers, chubbies…foam!

 

 

 

 

Grey drake sipper on the Green river.

 

 

The Green:

The Green is dropping and clearing.  In general it is fishing best in the first half of the day, and cloud cover will often help with the dry fly bite.  Drakes and chubbies are catching fish.  A nymph rig or streamer stripped along the bank are also productive if the trout aren’t rising.

 

 

 

 

Hooked up on Fish Creek.

 

 

Spring Creeks:

Lake creek and Fish creek are still fishing well.  The bigger trout are getting a little pickier but are definitely still eating well presented flies.  We are seeing a variety of bugs hatching on the creek, with PMDs and small caddis bringing fish to the surface.  The trout are starting to key into foam, so hopper-dropper rigs are another great option.

 

Fly fishing guide holding cutthroat trout in Jackson, Wyoming.

Hot Fishing on the Spring Creeks

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Fly fishing guide holding cutthroat trout in Jackson, Wyoming.

A beautiful cutthroat trout caught on Fish Creek.

High water has hit the Rockies and the big rivers are running fast. While the fishing is on hold across most of the area, the spring creeks are still great options to get on some beautiful trout.  Fish Creek and Lake Creek on Snake River Ranch are waters that GFA fishes exclusively, and they have been fishing well!

We have been seeing a variety of mayflies and caddis hatching during the day.  A BWO or parachute adams pattern will bring big fish to the surface. When the fish aren’t eating on top, a dry-dropper rig with a pheasant tail or hare’s ear are great options.  There are a limited number of fishermen allowed on these creeks per day, so you are guaranteed to have the place to yourself. This is the best fishing in the valley right now, check out our private water page for more information.

A fly fishing guide casts to trout on Fish Creek, Wyoming.

Sneaking up on big trout.