News and Fishing Reports

Box Canyon: Flows in the "Box" are around 700 cfs. This is about 300 cfs below average for this time of year. 700 cfs represents an ideal flow for both wading and floating fishermen. Fishing in the "Box" has been consistent over the past week with most fishermen reporting good catches on nymphs and streamers. Salmon flies have been out over the past week but the cool, damp weather has kept dry fly fishing to a minimum. The most productive patterns have been coffee&black, black and brown Rubber Leggs, red and black tungsten beadhead Krystal Zebra Midges, beadhead Flashback Pheasant Tails and tungsten beadhead Prince Nymphs. It seems like any olive colored streamer has produced well over the past couple of weeks.

Last Chance/Wood Road: Fishing in the Last Chance area has been a little slow over the past week in spite of some really nice caddis and March Brown hatches. That's not to say that a few nice fish have not been caught over the past week. I have talked to a few fishermen who have taken a few good fish on caddis imitations and streamers. The Wood Road area has produced some good fishing with March Brown, caddis and large black ant imitations. Some of our favorite patterns at this time of year are Rene's March Brown Last Chance Cripples, March Brown No Hackles, tan Bubbleback Caddis and black CDC Ants.

Riverside to Hatchery Ford and Cardiac Canyon: Fishing in these two somewhat remote sections of the river has been outstanding over the past week or so. The presence of salmon flies and golden stones has produced great fishing with both nymph and adult imitations of both of these super hatches.

Warm River to Ashton: The 2009 season on this section of the river is starting out as a mirror image of the 2008 season. Last year we thought this section of the Henry's Fork fished better than it ever had and the new season is starting out just the same. There are still a few salmon flies around and they have been joined by golden stones, caddis, March Brown's and PMD's. All this hatch activity is producing great fishing with nymphs, streamers and dry flies.

Ashton Dam to Chester: This section of the river has not produced to expectations over the past week or so. There have been fish caught but everyone has had to work much harder than they think they should for this time of year. The PMD's have just started to hatch with regularity over the past couple of days and the water levels have dropped some so this should help this part of the river improve greatly.

Chester to the Fun Farm: This section of the river has produced well the past week mainly due to the presence of salmon flies. This is another part of the river where the water levels have started to drop and the PMD's have begun to hatch with regularity so we should see this area of the Henry's Fork fish even better than it has.

Henry's Lake: Fishing on the lake has slowed down from what it had been during the first ten days or so after opening on May 23rd. This could be due to the cold, wet weather we have been having more than anything else. Look for fishing on the lake to improve as soon as we get more summer like weather. Which I hope we start to get soon.

Other area waters: Firehole River (YNP): Fishing on the Firehole has been very good to excellent over the past week. The water is still high, which makes wading a little tricky at places, but the baetis, caddis and PMD hatches have been strong and the fish have been responding very well to nymph, emerger and adult imitations.