Use snow shoeing or cross country skiing if you want to fly fish the upper river. On the lower river there are good wading conditions at just below the Ora Bridge and around the Vernon Bridge. Float fishing between the two bridges also encounters good action. Smaller fish rising to emerging BWO and midges makes for the fast fishing during the waning daytime hours.
Winter fishing conditions have arrived in Island Park. The Tubs and Box Canyon are the best places to pitch streamer patterns. Afternoon BWO and midge hatches provide some top water fishing for a few hours on the lower river, and it looks like we will have good streamer fishing especially with the unsettled weather predicted for this weekend and beyond. Dress warmly!