The adults Salmon Flies are flying around the lower part of the South Fork, and will slowly make their way up the canyon section this week.  This is the traditional start for the dry fly season on the South Fork of the Snake.  

The water flowing out of the dam is still holding at 12,000 c.f.s. with a temperature of 52 degrees.  On the upper section of the South Fork, a size 8 weighted, dark or rust color stone fly nymph, with a size 16 copper john trailing is still working the best.  

  As you move into the canyon section, the water temps are about 55 degrees, and the fish are starting to look up in the riffles.  Try a size 16 or 18 PMD dry or emerging pattern.  The Yellow Sally's are starting to hatch and the fish are eating the Mormon Girl size 16 patterns.  The same nymph patterns as the upper are working, but move a little closer to the bank.  The adult Salmon Flies are moving this way and the fish are starting to take the big bushy dry pattern!

  On the lower section of the South Fork near Heise Hot Springs the fish are looking up!  They have been eating the adult Salmon Flies all weekend!  Put that big dry fly right next to the bank for the big take!

  

The Snake River out of Jackson is still running high and muddy.  It is going to be another few weeks until we can fish there.  The Hoback River south of Jackson is also high and muddy, but the Salmon Flies are in the canyon!  Further outside of Jackson, the Green River is high and starting to clear.  The determined angler (with lots of mosquito repellent) can catch a nice one on a white zonker.  The water temperature is 58 degrees.   The hatches are blanketing the river.  The Grey Drakes, PMD's, all size Caddis, and Yellow Sally's are all flying around, but very few fish will take the dry fly pattern right now.

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Enjoy the fishing!