A Fly Fisherman's Diary: June 2008

This year we decided to go on a family vacation up to Jackson Wyoming with my wife's side of the family. Knowing that this was home to the Snake River I was thrilled with the idea. However I began to get dismayed as I began calling guides and fly shops to hear from one after another that do to higher than normal aounts of runoff the snake was totally unfishable and running like chocolate milk. I began to get worried that I was not going to be getting any flies in the water this year. Luckily after calling guide after guide, praying, and pleading that I would find the one guide who knew the secret spot to turn our luck around. After speaking to 5 or more guides I found my my answer. Turns out that the South Fork of the Snake is a tail water so it's not as affected by the runoff as the rest of the river and most guides don't have the permits to guide on this section. (special thanks to World Cast Anglers)

Bright and early after a long sleepless night of dreaming about landing monster trout Aimee my sister-in-law (the only other one in our group wise and mature enough to appreciate fly fishing) and I, gity, and ready to get to fishing took off to to meet our World Cast Guide Keith, the fly fish master of Victor, Idaho.

The water was a bit mirky so dry flies were going to be out of the question, not that I mind a day of nymphing. It was cold, we had forgotten our jackets and the fishing started slow. Just as I started to worry that our fishing trip may turn into a sight seeing trip my indicator shot below the surface and we had our first fish on. Moments later Aimee landed her first and we where in for a day of fast action and a 75+ fish day. Although it was a close call, and after some friendly debating and close picture inspection I succeeded the biggest fish of the day to Aimee with a nice 19" rainbow, and with my close second at just over 18" we didn't have anything to complain about.