03-26-2012, 06:46 PM
The South Fork is my favorite to fish when I want to catch a lot of fish. If I catch a fish over 20" on the South Fork I'd consider that a pretty nice fish for the river. I know there are some really nice browns in the river but I usually catch more quantity of fish than quality. I catch more big fish on the Henry's Fork or the main Snake from Menan down. The fish I usually catch average 14"-16" but you can catch so many that it makes it fun. There are a ton of fish in that river! I also like it because you can catch fish there so many different ways on a consistent basis. The most consistent way to catch a bunch of fish IMO is to nymph it. Patterns like rubber legs and your standard nymphs and midges usually work fine. My favorite way to fish it though is throwing streamers, usually for browns. Thats usually how I get into the bigger fish as well. Its also so close to home and that makes it a lot of fun to fish.
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