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Fishing Reports – 2012

We cover the largest service area in the region including the Henry’s Fork, South Fork, Madison, Teton, Yellowstone Park, area lakes and more. Stay close to the action with our up to date fishing reports.

Fishing Report

Dec 11, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Don't expect much to change over the next several months with regards to the fishing report. In fact, you really shouldn't call it a report at all due to the lack of anglers actually fishing and…

Fishing Report

Nov 29, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Don't expect much to change over the next several months with regards to the fishing report. In fact, you really shouldn't call it a report at all due to the lack of anglers actually fishing and…

Fishing Report

Nov 5, 2012 | Mike Lawson

By Justin Waters

Well folks, with winter just around the corner this report will be a little repetitive. I would like to thank all the people who have come into the shop and share their fish…

Fishing Report

Oct 22, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Fishing report by Justin

Well first off I would like to say thank you to all the folks that I have seen/met on the river or in the shop this year. What a great year it has been on the fly….

Fishing Report

Oct 3, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Upper Henry’s Fork

As of today we are seeing some cooler weather. We expect to see temperatures in the 50's the rest of the week. Unfortunately, it has not brought too many clouds yet. The cooler…

Fishing Report

Sep 20, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Upper Henry’s Fork

We are still seeing higher temperatures in the mid to high 70's range which has kept the hoppers and terrestrials alive, but we haven’t seen any good Mahogany Dun or Blue Wing…

Fishing Report by Justin Waters

Sep 9, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Upper Henry’s Fork

Kokanee Salmon are still moving upstream from the Island Park Reservoir. Large trout are certain to follow. We’ve had good reports from anglers fishing below the confluence…

Fishing Report

Aug 27, 2012 | Mike Lawson

This week we received some great news from the Henry’s Fork Foundation. A proposal from Pacificorp, the company that manages the Ashton Dam, planned to draw the reservoir down an additional 5 feet to complete their project to rebuild the…

Fishing Report

Aug 9, 2012 | Mike Lawson

This has been a great week. A number of good things happened.

Fishing Report

Jul 30, 2012 | Mike Lawson

The weather has been sunny and warm, and as a result the bright days have kicked on the terrestrial fishing throughout the area. Flies continue to hatch throughout the Last Chance area and the…

Fishing Report

Jul 15, 2012 | Mike Lawson

The moisture and cooler weather has been a welcome relief in recent days. The forecast is for the mild weather to continue during the coming week. This should help the fishing conditions…

Fishing Report

Jul 5, 2012 | Mike Lawson

The prolonged hot dry weather has slowed the fishing on the Henry’s Fork below Ashton. It is always tough when the lower river shuts down. It always produces some of the best fly fishing in the…

Fishing Report

Jun 22, 2012 | Mike Lawson

First off we offer our sincere apology that the fishing report has not been updated since June 3. Hopefully we can redeem ourselves with a glowing report now. There’s a lot of good stuff to report…

Fishing Report

Jun 3, 2012 | Mike Lawson

It’s that time of year again. As we get into the month of June, the best dry fly fishing is about to take place on the Henry’s Fork. The cold days are over and with great water flows, sunny days,...

Fishing Report

May 20, 2012 | Mike Lawson

One word pretty much summarizes the fishing report for the Henry’s Fork… Salmonflies! However……

Fishing Report

May 5, 2012 | Mike Lawson

As I'm writing this report there are snow flurries dancing through the air outside the fly shop, and I find myself thinking, “Man, I wish I was back in the Bahamas.” The past few weeks have been a…

Fishing Report

Apr 19, 2012 | Mike Lawson

We're definitely starting to ramp up efforts around the shop. Spring cleaning has begun and boxes of new merchandise have started pilling up. More anglers are stopping by to renew their fishing…

Fishing Report

Apr 6, 2012 | Mike Lawson

By Mike Lawson

Jake Wells usually does our fishing report but he is off chasing bonefish in the Bahamas while Chris and I are left here to man the business. We’ll get caught up on our days off…

Fishing Report

Mar 19, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Fishing over the course of the next few months will be largely dependent on the weather. The biggest change is that much of the lower river is off color due to field runoff from last week's warm…

Fishing Report

Mar 2, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Depending on the weather, fishing is going to start getting good…really good.

Feel free to call the shop for any recommendations if planning on hitting the river or just to talk fishing…we're…

Fishing Report

Feb 21, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Who knows what we'll have in store as far as weather, but hopefully we'll start to see a slowly increasing warming trend over the next two months. It is definitely time to start filling those fly…

Fishing Report

Feb 2, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Little has changed in way of fishing tactics or conditions.

Feel free to call the shop for any recommendations if planning on hitting the river or just to talk fishing…it’s kind of boring for us…

Fishing Report

Jan 17, 2012 | Mike Lawson

Little has changed in way of fishing tactics or conditions.

Feel free to call the shop for any recommendations if planning on hitting the river or just to talk fishing…it’s kind of boring for us…