Idaho Fishing: South Fork Fishing Report

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South Fork Sponsored by The Lodge at Palisades
Swan Valley, Idaho

Date	03-Sep-10
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Conditions : South Fork: Just a quick note.The flow dropped again this morning about 300 cfs to 8,000. Keep in mind these drops cause the wingless golden stones(mutants) to emerge. Hate to sound like a broken record but the water conditions are as good as they get. Look for mahogany duns and blue wings in the riffles.

We have word that flow out of Palisades Dam has been dropped to 6000 cfs to aid in the search for a missing person. A boating accident happened yesterday around 6:30 PM just above the Spring Creek launch site. Since then a boat and person are missing on the river below. Expect some congestion on the river below and lowered flows until this situation is resolved.

Reported by: Jimmy's All Season Angler

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About: - It is between the Henry's Fork confluence and Palisades Dam that the South Fork is known as one of the finest dry fly rivers in North America. All of the Fish in the South Fork are wild and fish between eight and sixteen inches must be released because they are the prime breeders. Fishing Articles on the South Fork: Fishing The Famous South Fork of the Snake River			Brook Browns Cutthroat Rainbow Whitefish

Misc Info: - The South Fork is now open year round to provide additional angling opportunity and give anglers the chance to help native cutthroat trout by harvesting non-native rainbow trout. Fishing below the dam for spawning rainbows has been excellent in the past two weeks. The limit on rainbow trout has been removed, and we encourage anglers to harvest all rainbow trout they catch. No cutthroat may be harvested. The South Fork tributaries (Burns, Pine, Rainey, and Palisades creeks) are now all closed to cutthroat trout harvest and do not open until July 1.