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The North Country at its best!
Warm sunny days - Cool evenings.
Fewer trourists and fewer "ungulate"
jambs.
Great fishing!
Here is what to plan for.
Bob
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Water
Mid August and the reservoirs
are all still full.
Reservoirs
Henry's Lake - 94%
Island Park - 73%
American Falls - 62%
Jackson Lake - 92%
Palisades - 79%
Hebgen - 97%
Flows
- Henry's Fork
below IP Dam - Ramping down to 1,040 cfs to (1,170 cfs last
week)
+ Henry's Fork @ Rexburg
- 1,110 cfs (1,059 cfs last week)
- South Fork @
Heii - 8,828 cfs (10,200 cfs last week)
+ Madison @ Hebgen -1,222 cfs (1,020 is 70 yr
median)
- Madison @ Kirby Ranch - 948 cfs (1,310 cfs
last week)
- Yellowstone at Outlet YNP - 2,200
cfs (2,020 is 79 yr median)
+/- Flaming Gorge - 1,070 - 2,600 cfs
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This Weeks Poll
(Continued)
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Initial
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Idaho
Henry's Fork
Box Canyon to Last Chance
- Continues to fish well with adult golden stones with small beadhead
droppers.
Harriman Ranch
- Think Ants - little blacks and larger honey colored. PMD's and
caddis are still floating by, but the big bank feeders seem to be
looking for ants and beetles.
Riverside Campground through
Cardiac Canyon - Beautiful hike, beautiful fishing -
Hoppers, PMX, Stimulators and other big attractors.
Warm River to Ashton -
Best morning and evenings.
Silver Creek -
Mornings mean small and smaller - Baetis and Tricos on 6 &
7x. Afternoons it is big and bigger - Hoppers on 1x.
South Fork of the Snake
- Lower flows mean more riffles with dry fly patterns. Afternoon
winds mean hoppers up against the banks.
Yellowstone Park -
Remember - the Madison Jct - Norris Road CLOSES August 17th!
Firehole - Fishing
but only in the late and cooler afternoons with hoppers and ants.
Madison River in the Park
- Badly needed cool and wet weather has kept the Madison in play.
Look
for the first of the fall run browns to start moving up any time.
Slough, Lamar, Soda Butte and
Gardner
- Because of the road closure you will need to take the Old Faithful to
Lake, to Canyon and over Dunraven Pass route! If you do, take
lots of
bug juice and a good supply of hoppers, beetles and ants.
Gallatin - Fishing
very well between storms that have muddied the water. PMX and
hoppers are your ticket.
Hebgen - Gulpers until
the wind comes up around 2:00 PM.
Montana
Madison River
- Hopper time! Hope for afternoon breezes. Focus on mid
river with
hoppers, crickets, beetles and ants from 1 - 4 pm. Evenings it is
caddis at Raynolds and $3.
Wyoming
Snake River near Jackson Hole -
No current report.
Utah
Green River, UT
- One of the most beautiful places and with some of the best fishing in
the world. The "rubber hatch" is mostly over! Hopper and
wet wading
time.
Provo River - The Green
Drakes are gone
and so are the crowds. The fat healthy browns are still there
however
and looking up for hoppers, ants and beetles during the day and caddis
in the evening.
Colorado
Frying Pan, CO - If you
missed the Green Drakes on the Henry's Fork this year think
Colorado! Mid day risers will keep your busy.
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Guide Notes:
ANTS
Formicidae
Seasons:
Henry's Fork:
July, August and early September
Yellowstone:
July, August and early September
Madison:
July, August and early September
Habitat:
Grassy fields with stands of beaver
downed trees bordering
undercut banks, where the current is relatively
slow.
Presentation:
Dead-drift - Get a good clean drag
free drift and if the pattern
sinks, so much the better. Ants are terrestrial insects, poorly adapted
to being in the water and they drown quickly. If you are getting
refusals, try getting your pattern to sink to nose level. Many
anglers
have observed that trout actually seem to prefer ants over other
morsels when a multiplicity of food items are available.
Time:
Ants swarm during the heat of the
day. Hope for an upstream breeze.
Size:
#14 - #22
Color:
Black, Honey, Red
Patterns:
Flying Black Ant
CDC Ant
Strategy:
A rise to a ant is opportunistic,
and you may have to study a stretch of water for some time to locate a
feeding fish.
Try
casting few times to a likely looking spot and then move on. Hoppers
present the fish with a one-shot opportunity, and if it's going to
take, it will quickly. When you fish hoppers, it's the middle of a
summer day, and trout won't be cruising the shallows or lying in a fast
current waiting for insects. Slow currents running in protected,
preferably shaded places are lies where big fish are often found.
Guide Box:
#14 to #22
Flying Black Ant
CDC Ant
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Results of Last Weeks Poll
How satisfying was your overall fishing experience this
season on the Henry's Fork?
- Very satisfied 20%
- Generally satisfied 20%
- Generally unsatisfied 40%
- Very unsatisfied 0%
- I have not fished the Henry's Fork this
year 20%
http://survey.constantcontact.com/poll/a07e2jys7iyfxxkptti/start.html
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The Green River Single Fly
Sept
17 - 19th
Save
the Date - Get your Team!
Trout
Unlimited and the Green River Outfitters and Guides Association
(GROGA) will be holding a "Single Fly Contest" on Utah's Green
River in
Mid- September.
Limited to 15 teams of five (includes one
alternate)
Ticket Price: $5,000 per team
Reservation Deposit: $1,500
Sponsors: The Outdoor Channel, Scott Rods,
and GROGA.
Benefit Goal:
$100,000
to protect Utah's rivers and fight the spread of aquatic invasive
species.
Agenda:
September 17:
Registration and welcome party
September 18:
Tournament; awards dinner and fundraiser.
September 19: Optional
fishing and departure
We are currently over one half subscribed - Don't wait - Get your
reservation deposit in - Form your team.
Please join us.
Charles Gauvin, Pesident, CEO Trout Unlimited
Mike Bertelsen, Green River Single Fly Chair
Bob Springmeyer, Editor/Producer North Country Fishing Report
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The 2009 Orvis National Casting
Competition
Sept
18 - 20th
Old Mill, Bend Oregon
First-of-its-kind 18 hole fly casting
course
Men's and Women's and Amateur
and Advanced Divisions
For
more information:
Entry Fee: $25
Proceeds
from
the 2009 National Casting Competition and other donations from Orvis
will go to the local Bend Trout Unlimited Chapter to aid in local
conservation projects.
Entry Form:
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Country Events
Flyfishing for Science
Location: Yellowstone National Park
Hosts/Leaders: Tim
Bywater and Bill Voigt
Dates: 2009 Season - Opening on May 23rd
Volunteers
experienced many fisheries issues first-hand, and the biological data
collected greatly contribute to understanding of the park's fisheries.
Contact information:
E-mail address:
tim_bywater@nps.gov
Phone number 307-242-2422
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Guide Bench
CDC Ant
HOOK: Tiemco 100, #14-#20.
THREAD: Black 8/0.
ABDOMEN: Black Superfine dubbing.
THORAX: Black Superfine dubbing.
HACKLE: Black.
WING: Dark gray CDC and Z-Lon fibers.
Flying Black Ant
HOOK: TMC-100 Tiemco size 14
THREAD: mono-cord 6/0 black
BODY: black deer hair over superfine dubbing black
THORAX: super-fine dubbing black
HACKLE: brown or black
WING: brown hackle-tips, delta wing style
Cutters Perfect Ant
HOOK: 9300
THREAD: Black or red
ABDOMEN: Antron, black or red
WING/LEGS: Brown hackle
SHELL: Deer hair, black or red
THORAX: Antron, black or red
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Thanks
to Craig Mathews of Blue Ribbon Flies, Matt Lyon of Henry's Fork
Anglers, David James of Silver Creek Outfitters, Dick Greene of Bud
Lilly's Trout Shop, Bill Dvorak, of West Slope Colorado, Will Sands of
the Taylor Creek Fly Shop and Steve Schmidt of Western Rivers
Flyfishers for the information in this report. Stop by their shops,
book a trip, thank them and buy some of their special bugs.
Special thanks to Alan Chidester
for the excellent image in the header and to David Emmitt for producing
the header.
Bonneville Research is proud to join Yvon
Chouinard, founder of
Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, owner of Blue Ribbon Flies and 700 other
companies in recognizing that industry and ecology are inherently
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