Your pal is right about fishing deep and mean in that stretch. Early in the
year last season Carol and I fished the deep runs using 175-grain Cortland
QD heads (cast fine on a 5 or 6-weight) and weighted nymphs. We caught some
BIG rainbows.
Les J.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jere Crosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Re: Henry's Fork
> Timing is everything. I just received an email from a friend, who lives
in
> Yakima, and who spends time, over this way trout fishing. He was here,
for
> an extended stay over the Memorial weekend and fished the run that you
> mentioned, Warm River down. They had good fishing catching the tailend of
> the stonefly hatch. Just prior to the opener, that was one of the only
runs
> open and received lots of pressure because of that and the bugs. Steve had
> fine, dryfly fishing. We fished it, a week later, and it was slow. I
> stayed up top, there were a few big bugs around, but the fish were not
keyed
> on them. The word is, on that stretch, and Steve confirmed what I was
told,
> is to go deep in the fast runs with big nymphs when no major hatch to
bring
> them up. He fished Box Canyon and it was crowded, but did OK, and then
they
> put in below the Ranch and below the Falls, where they slide the boats
down
> a 1/4 mile stretch off a high bank! I've read about it, but can't imagine
> it, expecially in my new boat that I haven't put my first, good scratch in
> it yet. They slide down several rubber rafts, that he says are easier to
> prevent from "taking off and getting away from you" and a guide slide a
> glass boat over the edge and it took off for 100 yds, or so, bouncing off
> trees, hit a big boulder, and turned upside down! He said the fishing was
> great for big fish with few daring the hike in, but it's class 3 stuff and
> quite a run. He likes the South Fork Canyon and will be back for an
> overnite float in Aug. Predictions were poor for the South Fork, at that
> time, but maybe last weeks heavy snows will change that forcast.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Les Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 12:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Henry's Fork
>
>
> > Jere,
> >
> > Have you made the drift from Warm River to the takeout at the upper end
of
> > Ashton Reservoir? That has always been productive for me and doesn't get
a
> > lot of traffic. When I lived in Jackson Hole during 2000 we fished that
> > stretch a lot. It has an outstanding stonefly hatch but that may have
> > happened already.
> > Les
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jere Crosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 9:20 AM
> > Subject: Henry's Fork
> >
> >
> > > No ticks, but had our ups and downs. Put in mid-day below Ashton on
the
> > > Henry's Fork and fish were podded up keyed on something? I started
with
> > my
> > > "change a fly every other cast routine" and hooked up on a floating,
> > > green-drake nymph. I tied one on my wife's line and she hooked up.(I
> had
> > > seen, one green drake on the water) Then nothing and fish were
> > everywhere.
> > > It sure looked like caddis pupa they were taking with snappy rises and
> no
> > > adults, to speak of, visible. Then we watched a local, one guy in a
> boat,
> > > play several fish and when we float by we yelled to him and he
responds,
> > "no
> > > hackle flav". I found a #14, olive body and we hooked 6-8 more fish.
> You
> > > could sit right on top of them, near the seam and pound cast after
cast
> up
> > > stream and strip back and every once in awhile, hook up. I'm sure
that
> is
> > > not what they were after, but they'd take an olive May, in the film,
> once
> > in
> > > awhile. There were some gulls, right in with them and you could watch
> > fish,
> > > bumping into the gulls. We landed one! Once the initial, down river
> run,
> > > it was very difficult to bring them back to the boat. They were
> rainbows
> > > and would sway, back and forth below the boat when you eventually
gained
> > > water(ground) on them; finally the hook would pull out. The wind blew
> > like
> > > crazy after launching and made it very difficult and exhausting.
> > > Fortunately, you could anchor up close to fish. We wondered about the
> > water
> > > temp, after Island Park received all the snow, but waded wet, just not
> for
> > > long! Jere
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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