South Fork of Snake River

[MatchT]

I will be heading out to fly fish Byington to Wolf tomorow in search of Salmon fly hatch. Any tips are appreciated. I will post results...pms ok too.

Thanks
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[kglissmeyer]

You will be too low where you described. They were just below Burns Creek down almost to Cottonwood yesterday, So, by tomorrow they will be somewhere in the canyon. You will probably need to float from Conant through the canyon if you want to run in to the hatch.

On the other hand, there is an epic Yellow Sally hatch also going on. Watch for where the gulls and terns are massing and you will find those bugs. Although they are called "Yellow Sallys" the most prevalent are a size 14 with an olive body and a dun wing.

I would fish a tandem rig of a large salmonfly dry trailed by an olive Sally on a 24" dropper.

Good luck!

Kelly.
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[flygoddess]

Kelly knows his shizz Match. Look forward to your report!
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[MatchT]

Thank you Glissmeyer.

I shall report back. I hope to avoid the crowd by going mid-week due to holiday my weekend is booked with non fishing events.
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[chrome_junky]

I fished it the last three days. Sunday and Monday I fished around hiese and did pretty good. All fish took chubby cherbs with a tandem yellow sally. Tuesday I fished from conant to cottonwood. Hit an awesome pmd hatch around 3pm. The duns were some of the biggest I've ever seen. Some were around a size 14. Cleaned up a riffle with a cripple pattern. The rest of the evening the fish were all over yellow sally's and chubby cherbs. It's been a good week so far I'll be back on the river Saturday.
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[MatchT]

Launched at Byington did not make it up to spring creek.
There were salmon flies hatching but not large numbers. Yellow Sallies where everywhere and indeed are olive in color when we started around 11am.

Fish took salmon flies in water where fish weren't rising. It was great. Later in the day yellow sallies with orange stimulators were doing very well. Then towards sunset we were being entertained by caddis-taking fish as the mosquitos proceeded to punish us.

It was a great day of dry fly fishing. Best I've ever -experienced. The salmon-fly-taking-fish are a blast.

On one occasion as I was tying a tandem setup...a splash near me caught my attention....a huge fish swam next to my legs in knee high water....at first glance I thought it was a beaver and spooked me...but it was fish....perhaps a carp but really woke me up.

Thanks for the tips...
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[Deepcreek]

no carp up t5here,big brown maybe?[]
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[chrome_junky]

There are carp up there. A few years ago I watched my buddy snag one and land it right where Rainey creek dumps in to the South Fork.
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[IdahoBrett]

Any fat rainbows ? PS practice catch and release on rainbows !
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[chrome_junky]

On the South Fork you need to keep the bows. Save the cutthroat. Eat the bows. You will be hard pressed to find I better eating fish than a south fork rainbow.......
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[MatchT]

Mostly Cutts and browns but did keep 3 bows.

Dry fly action was great didn't have to use wet flies...
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[sorefeet]

[quote chrome_junky]There are carp up there. A few years ago I watched my buddy snag one and land it right where Rainey creek dumps in to the South Fork.[/quote]

You sure it wasn't a Utah Suckerfish? I've seen those pushing 5lbs in the South Fork and foul hooked a couple myself. But I've never heard of carp being present that far up in the river. See link for pic.

http://dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov/rsgis2/search/...m=catoarde
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[MatchT]

Chrome might have actually pulled the fish out of water and able to give a more positive ID.

My limited experience has been seeing some really fat hogs at Tilden bridge below Blackfoot. they are big in the belly more football shape.

The fish that splashed near me and coasted near my legs gave a side view of its profile, it actually appeared to be dying and not swimming straight. Again a first glance it reminded me of the big-a## carp at Tilden.

It could have been a brown or a bow and it would have been a dandy at about 30" or more in length. Really caught me off guard.

At the South Fork, I typically land whitefish 2-1 ratio or worse for trout. This day, using dries, I batted 1000 on trout. I appreciate tips on patterns as I do not typically match the hatch very well and have to resort to nymphing.
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[chrome_junky]

I know it's easy to dismiss someone's internet claim but I assure you I have caught enough carp on my fly rod to completely positive of what I saw.
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[ivorytip]

theres plenty of carp in south fork. all u guys afraid of using worms just dont ever see them[] haha jkjk, i snagged a huge 20lb carp last fall right below the damn, looked like a pig with fins, almost by where the new bridge is. no reason for there no to be carp up there.
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