![]() If you haven’t fish Fall River you’ve missed a treat. The flow is good in the Upper Fall River. The water flow on the lower Fall River is dangerously low. Both streams are spring creeks that remain cool enough to keep trout active. Low water, warm water temperatures, lots of floating vegetation, tough fishing.Īs always, Warm River and the Buffalo provide great fishing for small trout throughout the heat of the summer. In another week or so some of the backwaters will be productive with Tricos. The water temperature ramps up, the river becomes choked with aquatic vegetation, the bugs quit coming off and the trout stop rising. We feel it is beneficial in the long run. Some anglers get pretty frustrated with this as there are lots of quality fish in this section. The river below Ashton and St Anthony always takes a hiatus during the middle part of the summer. Streamers have been producing large brown trout in the morning and late evening hours. Most of these trout have been caught with bead head nymphs, black or brown Rubberlegs or hoppers with a bead had nymph dropper. If you want to hike down into the canyon you likely won’t have any company.Īs always, the section of the Stone Bridge downstream to the Fremont County Boat Ramp downstream from the Highway 20 Bridge has produced reliable action. Now that the flows are high the fishing likely isn’t worth the effort unless your main objective is to get away from everybody. Use the same patterns and techniques we recommend for Box Canyon. The canyon water from Riverside Campground downstream to the confluence with Warm River essentially gets very little attention during mid-summer. ![]() You’ll need exact imitation emergers, cripples and duns along with a perfect presentation to fool these fish. They are the most selective trout on earth. These aquatic insects emerge all along the east bank of the river where cool springs enter the river. You can also expect good hatches of Pale Morning Duns in the afternoon hours. We haven’t had reports of good Honey Ant activity yet but it should start any time. Later on try hoppers, beetles and ant patterns. Size 18 Tan Caddisflies have also been on the water in the morning hours. There have been decent spinner falls with PMD, Flav and Callibaetis Spinners. The best game is in the morning hours between 8 and 11 AM. Hopper / dropper rigs have also been producing some nice trout in the lower Box above the boat ramp. The most productive nymphs have been olive, red or brown Zebra Nymphs, Flashback Pheasant Tails and 2-bit Hookers. Larger trout have been moving to streamers during the early morning and evening hours. Fishing has been very good for 7 – 12 inch Rainbows with bead head nymphs. The current flow at the Island Park Dam is near normal for this date at 1370 cfs. Look for the upper river to improve later in August and September. The reservoir below Coffee Pot at McCrea Bridge has dropped significantly and will continue to do so. There have been a few nice trout caught in the Henry’s Fork at Coffee Pot Rapids and upstream. All of this is the result of our prolonged warm drought conditions. Later in September, after the peak of the irrigation season we’ll be facing a different problem with flows far below normal. Thankfully, both rivers are flowing at normal flows as of this writing. These flows were considerably above normal for this time of year for different reasons. One of the most common questions during the last few weeks has been, “When will the stream flows go back down to normal?” Less than a week ago the flow through the Box Canyon peaked at almost 2000 (cfs) cubic feet per second and the Madison River below Hebgen Dam flowed at 1250 cfs.
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