Freestone · Mixed · Idaho, US

Fall River

Taking Pictures on the Fall River - Henry's Fork - Autumn in Idaho 3

Fall River drains the wild southwest corner of Yellowstone and comes down through lodgepole country into the Henrys Fork system.

Tomorrow · About as good as it gets
Sculpin Streamer
Forecast · Tomorrow
About as good as it gets
On the feed top to bottom — start on the rises with a dry, drop a nymph if they stay down.
90% projected
Today's fly
Sculpin Streamer
Sculpin Streamer
Conditions on the water · Tomorrow
Live gauge
Level
Falling
0.21 m
Dropping after lift
Water temp8.6°C
ClarityClearing
Weather7°C
WindN 10 km/h
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm
Rain · ahead0.0 mm

The nearest gauge doesn't record temperatures, so we've estimated it — defer to the river keeper's advice.

Water temperature for Cutthroat Trout
Cool — slow
9°C est.ideal 9–15°C
0°14°28°
How to fish it · for Cutthroat Trout
When
Nymphing can work through most of the day.
Where
Cover mixed depths.
Method
Start with tight-line nymphs and adjust if fish rise or drift higher.
Kit
9 ft #4 rod, floating line, 12 ft tapered leader to 4–5 lb fluoro tippet.
Why this works
Good — water clarity is right today, though insect activity could be better.
Likely species
Hatch timeline · tomorrowPeak at 11am

12pm(now) — Western Blue-Winged Olive

Stage: On emergersApproach: Emerger or dryActivity: 32%
Also:Black Midge29%
Peak emergence window5 food groups active

Peak activity at 11am — Western Blue-Winged Olive (Western Blue-Winged Olive, Peak emergence window)

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey(1)

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Evidence
Records-basedModerate confidence

Based on species-occurrence records, not local invertebrate surveys.

Through the year
0–3 scale · October highlighted
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Brown DunHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Western Green DrakeHatch
2
2
Flav (Small Western Green Drake)Hatch
2
3
2
Mahogany DunHatch
2
2

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Cutthroat Trout fly box
SD
Sex Dungeon
2-6 · Pattern
Proven pattern for this period
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Idaho licence
  • Some lower-river irrigation diversion; check Idaho Fish & Game for reach regulations.
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 2
  1. Taking Pictures on the Fall River - Henry's Fork - Autumn in Idaho 3
  2. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
About this water

Fall River drains the wild southwest corner of Yellowstone and comes down through lodgepole country into the Henrys Fork system. It's an overlooked freestone — rainbows and cutthroat in pocket water and runs that see a fraction of the crowd the famous Fork gets just over the hill. There's irrigation pull on the lower river, but up high it's lovely, lightly-fished water for an attractor dry. People drive right past it to fish the Railroad Ranch, which is fine by anybody who'd rather have it to themselves.

  • Mixed
The full read · show the working · for Cutthroat Trout · confidence 90%
How the 76 is built — score × weight = contribution
Temperature78 × 28%21.8
Flow80 × 22%17.6
Clarity85 × 18%15.3
Feeding Time70 × 13%9.1
Pressure75 × 7%5.3
Insect activity60 × 12%7.2
Conditions total= 76
Can you trust it?
Water temperatureair-to-water estimateestimated
Level / flowon-river gaugeobserved
Prey activitymodelled from regional profilemodelled
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout Saturday of Memorial Day weekend → 30 November
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