Snowy Range Fishing Report

Snowy Range Fishing Report:

Snowy Range Fishing Report/Medicine Bow National Forest.

The Snowy Range Alpine Lakes provides anglers with beautiful high alpine scenery. Sugar loaf recreation area offers anglers access to the Shelf lakes.  Libby and Lewis Lakes.  North and South Gap Lakes. Golden trout. Brook trout. Bear River Cutthroat trout. Brown trout, as well as, Rainbow Trout are plentiful.

With cold air and water temperatures fish feed all day long. Therefore, dry fly fishing is especially great on all the lakes and streams right now. The Snowy Range is a great alternative to find colder water temperatures when other waters are warming up.

Best flies for the Snowy Range

Hopper patterns. Terrestrials. Parachute Adams. Elk hair caddis. Standard basic dry flies work well. Common still water patterns such as balanced leeches. Chironomids and small streamers also work very well.  Check out our top custom tied flies here:https://highplainsflyfishing.com/shop/

Best time to fish the Snowy Range

The Wyoming Department of Transportation typically plows open Highway 130 before Memorial Day.  However, some lakes and streams are accessible by foot.  Memorial Day weekend through October/November are the prime summer seasonal months.

Check out the Wyoming Department of Transportation link below for opening dates.         https://www.wyoroad.info/pls/Browse/WRR.RoutesResults?SelectedRoute=WY130

Please call us at 307-399-9464 for current fishing conditions.  We have the best custom fly patterns for your success on the Snowy Range Alpine Lakes.

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North Platte River Fishing Report

North Platte River Fishing Report:

North Platte River Fishing Report August 2018. The Upper North Platte River near Saratoga,Wyoming is fishing great with Dries,Nymphs,and Streamers. The morning Trico hatch is in full swing producing pods of sipping trout. Most afternoons are spent casting hopper patterns utilizing dry dropper rigs. Nymph fishing with two fly indicator rigs continues to put numbers in the boat in faster, more oxygenated runs and riffles. The streamer bite is there to the dedicated anglers who prefer to throw big meaty articulated streamers. Actually our preferred method!
Miracle Mile,Grey Reef, and Saratoga sections all have Hopper,Trico,Pmd,and Yellow Sally hatches along with good numbers of caddis in the evenings. August is a great month to be on the river with consistant warm weather and great low water condition hatches that occur daily. Please call us at 307-399-9464 for current flows and daily conditions. We have the river dialed and would enjoy talking fishing with you!

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