Tailwater · Mixed · Wyoming

Snake River

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The Snake through Jackson Hole runs under the Tetons themselves, which makes it hard to keep your mind on fishing, and it's home to the Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat — a distinct native form found almost nowhere else, peppered with tiny spots and willing as anything to eat a dry.

Species

Closed season

Out of season. Plenty of other water available now.

Closed — confidence not applicable today.
Water temperature for cutthroat trout
Ideal
9.7°Cideal 9–15°C
0°14°28°
Why this score · for cutthroat trout
  • Temperature10028% weight
  • Flow8022% weight
  • Clarity8518% weight
  • Feeding Time5013% weight
  • Pressure757% weight
  • Insect activity6212% weight
Conditions
Level
3.62 m
Water temp
9.7°C
Clarity
Clear
Air temp
20°C
Wind
SW 14 km/h
Gentle breeze
Pressure
1013 hPa
Rain · 24h
0.0 mm
No rain
Rain · ahead
0.0 mm
No meaningful rain · next 48h

Live readings only. Trends shown where the gauge supports them.

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.
Through the year
0–3 scale · June highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Black MidgeHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Freshwater ShrimpHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Western Blue-Winged OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
Pale Morning DunHatch
2
3
3
2

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

Gallery · 1
  1. Terrain map of the venue
    Terrain map
Permits & access
Permit required — see local rules.
  • Wyoming licence
  • Native fine-spotted cutthroat conservation rules apply — handle and release gently
  • Flow tracks the Jackson Lake Dam release.
Directions
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About this water

The Snake through Jackson Hole runs under the Tetons themselves, which makes it hard to keep your mind on fishing, and it's home to the Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat — a distinct native form found almost nowhere else, peppered with tiny spots and willing as anything to eat a dry. It's a braided, log-jammed drift-boat river below Jackson Lake Dam, the flow set by releases, not weather. You float it, throwing big attractors at the bank willows. The fish aren't huge but they're native, beautiful, and eager, and the scenery does the rest.

  • Mixed
Seasons & zones
  • Trout1 April → 31 March
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