Fishing Report

It’s time to start fishing reports for the 2020 season. While winter is fighting hard to keep its icy cold grip on East Idaho things are certainly starting to warm up. This year February was pretty dry this year compared to last year. Very little precip this year especially when you look at last year’s snow fall for the same time period. However we are a long way from being in the clear! I expect 2^nd winter will be here at any moment. One thing February did bring this year was very cold temps! -33 at my little cabin here in Island Park was the lowest…..so far. I took my first outing of the year this past week. Temps got into the upper 30s and I had to get out of the cabin. It was worth the trip. I always enjoy driving from Ora Bridge and looping around to Vernon and then the Fun Farm this time of the year. When I got to Ora, Fish were rising on the slow bank to midges consistently. A #16 griffth gnat is all you need. The hatch of midges on Friday was at its peak from about 2:00 lasting until about 4:30. Before that time a red zebra midge worked wonders. I also walked the boat ramp and the only way you’re getting a boat in there is to drag it. I noticed that somebody had drug a raft in. The same is true at Vernon. You would have a much easier time getting a boat out at the bridge then you would at the ramp. While I had the river to myself on Friday, Saturday was a different story. There were folks in all the usual places. I did take a walk up river from the Vernon Bridge and found plenty of water to fish. There have been whisperings of blue wings but I didn’t see a single mayfly on Friday or Saturday. If you have black or brown rubber legs and some red zebra midges you should be set for the early season fishing on the Henry’s Fork. There is a large shelf of ice at the fun farm but if you wanted to walk up river the fishing should be great and make sure to include blue wings in your fly box as we should start to see them before too long. Pray to whoever you like for a wet spring and a slow melt!