05-05-2016, 03:58 PM
Above Fontenelle is cloudy on rainy days or warm days. It is a great spot in the summer with the hatches, but in the spring it is cloudy.
Below Fontenelle is pretty clear until you get to the point where Big Sandy enters the green. Big Sandy clouds up the lower stretch pretty good.
Wtih Fontenelle as low as it is right now they are going to let it fill up.
Public Access is good below fontenelle to the Trona Mine. The Trona mine down stream to Green River is a checkerboard public and private, however it is primarily rock springs grazing land and they are not known for disliking trespassers or caring.
However, Wyoming private land does not have to be posted. It is your responsibility to know where you are at all times. Seedskadee national refuge is all public land and is open to fishing.
I fished there last weekend and it had a share of anglers right below the damn and drift boats galore in the snow.
Wade fishing in my mind is a better way to go than drift boats, because you have to find an area to park or stop the boat to effectively fish a run. They cover a lot of water and do not get casts into all of the holes. The longer and more accurately you can cast the better off you will be.
I use a skagit line (Big flies) or scandi line (small flies)cast when I am pitching streamers. It is a good technique to catch fish on a two handed rod and I do not need any room behind me to make casts.
In Seedskadee there is some deep water, so don't be afraid to throw a sinking leader or tip to get your fly down low to do business.
As far as fly selection in this stretch of the river.
In fast moving water swinging streamers Crawdad patterns are the ticket a lot of the fish are chuck full of crawdads (to the point you can feel the crawdads in the stomach when handling the fish), wooly buggers are a solid pattern, leaches are ok, sculpins (my favorite pattern) are ok.
In slower moving water a nymph pattern can work depending on the hatch. I do not do much of this right now, because I prefer swinging streamers on a two handed rod. I did see a few people catch fish bobber fishing. I would think that straight line nymphs could be fun on the river, but after two handed fishing with streamers, nymphing seems like a lot of work.
Dries should turn on in the next few weeks as the winged vampires emerge and start to ring havoc. Do not forget bug spray on a warm day.
Good luck and if you see a guy in duck hunting waders with a two handed room throwing meat come say hello.
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Below Fontenelle is pretty clear until you get to the point where Big Sandy enters the green. Big Sandy clouds up the lower stretch pretty good.
Wtih Fontenelle as low as it is right now they are going to let it fill up.
Public Access is good below fontenelle to the Trona Mine. The Trona mine down stream to Green River is a checkerboard public and private, however it is primarily rock springs grazing land and they are not known for disliking trespassers or caring.
However, Wyoming private land does not have to be posted. It is your responsibility to know where you are at all times. Seedskadee national refuge is all public land and is open to fishing.
I fished there last weekend and it had a share of anglers right below the damn and drift boats galore in the snow.
Wade fishing in my mind is a better way to go than drift boats, because you have to find an area to park or stop the boat to effectively fish a run. They cover a lot of water and do not get casts into all of the holes. The longer and more accurately you can cast the better off you will be.
I use a skagit line (Big flies) or scandi line (small flies)cast when I am pitching streamers. It is a good technique to catch fish on a two handed rod and I do not need any room behind me to make casts.
In Seedskadee there is some deep water, so don't be afraid to throw a sinking leader or tip to get your fly down low to do business.
As far as fly selection in this stretch of the river.
In fast moving water swinging streamers Crawdad patterns are the ticket a lot of the fish are chuck full of crawdads (to the point you can feel the crawdads in the stomach when handling the fish), wooly buggers are a solid pattern, leaches are ok, sculpins (my favorite pattern) are ok.
In slower moving water a nymph pattern can work depending on the hatch. I do not do much of this right now, because I prefer swinging streamers on a two handed rod. I did see a few people catch fish bobber fishing. I would think that straight line nymphs could be fun on the river, but after two handed fishing with streamers, nymphing seems like a lot of work.
Dries should turn on in the next few weeks as the winged vampires emerge and start to ring havoc. Do not forget bug spray on a warm day.
Good luck and if you see a guy in duck hunting waders with a two handed room throwing meat come say hello.
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