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| Lamoille Canyon, Ruby Mts., Nevada |
We made the trip from California to Idaho with no problems. Stopped by the Trukee in California and was unfishable. As with most of the west the snow pack was so deep at the end off winter that it still continues to melt keeping many rivers high and off color. We stopped in Elko Nevada for 2 days and spent some time in the Ruby Mts, truly a beautiful place on this earth. I fished Lamoille Canyon one evening and spent more time taking pictures of the scenery than fishing. I fished through a couple of beaver pond at about 8500 ft and with snow still on the ground it was a little cool. Managed a few small trout but the water was high and getting close the the main channels through the ponds was difficult. Still was a nice evening in a beautiful place.
Arriving in Idaho found the Snake in Wyoming and the South Fork high and dirty. The South fork is running at 22,000+ cfs. They've started floating it 2 days ago with most boats that I've seen running from Conant down through the canyon. The Tetons still have about 8-9 feet of snow pack above 9000 ft. Teton River and Fox Creek here in Teton Valley (Victor/ Driggs, Id) are basically blown out. I did float the upper Salt River in Wyoming this past Wednesday from Grover to Auburn. It was high and a little off color but we floated up a few spring creeks running into the Salt that were clear and the cutts were rising good to dries. Managed to land a few in the 18-20" range and did lose one that was big, my fishermans quess would be 5-7lbs. Picked up these fish on Green Drake comparaduns and parachute Adams , both #10-12. There were small yellow stones and yellow sallys hatching all day and even saw a few PMDs and BWO.
We drove up to West Yellowstone Montana Tuesday and the Henry's Fork looks perfect, as did the Madison around Island Park and the Henry's Lake outlet. Gonna head up to the Henry's Fork again and spend some time fishing it.
The fishing oportunities this year are a little thin but still enjoying the beautiful country here. We'll be heading to Montana for a few days next week, really looking forward to it. Will keep posting.
