The Greys River is located just east of the Idaho/Wyoming border
near Alpine, Wyoming. The river is about 55 miles long and flows into Palisades
Reservoir.
The Greys River area is considered by many northwest Wyoming locals to
be a one of their favorite multiple use playgrounds, the river offers great
trout fishing, kayaking, rafting and canoeing and there are many access
points along the road to access the river. The towering Salt River Range
to the west and the matching Wyoming Range to the east, both hosting several
peaks that reach above 11,000 feet in elevation, this results in an awesome
place to be. The surrounding mountains and their many canyons offer OHVing,
horseback riding, hiking, and trophy elk and deer hunting with many Boon
and Crocket records to prove it. This mountain valley is alive with the
sweet smell of wildflowers, the green forest floor is shared with yellow
Balsamroot, red Indian Paintbrush Yellow Arrowleaf, and purple Fireweed
The road out of Alpine will take you into
a fly fisherman's heaven. The drive up this gravel road along this river
under the towering
peaks makes this a wonderful scenic drive. For overnight camping there are
five developed campgrounds along the Greys River and hundreds of places
to camp if you don't want to stay in a developed campground. If you want
solitude & a little adventure, the Greys River scenic area would be a fine
place to pursue it.
Like many Wyoming rivers the fishing season on the Greys River is influenced by spring runoff so typically good fishing starts late in June when the river clears and continues on into the fall. The river's character offers some good undercut banks, pocket water, fallen timber and at times some very fast whitewater. Some fishermen float sections of the Greys River but it is normally floated with canoes and catarafts. In summer the river's flow can range from about 600 cubic feet per second up to 2000 cubic feet per second. One thing that makes fishing the Greys River such a pleasure is the easy access that is available to fishermen because of the proximity of the Greys River Road. The easy access is a double-edged sword as it makes too much of the river too easy to get to which increases fishing pressure however this is a boon for the wade fisherman that can access much of the river without a boat.
The Greys River has an ample population of Snake River Fine Spotted Cutthroat and Trout. The average fish range from 12 to 14 inches, but during the spring spawn many larger fish come up from Palisades Reservoir.
Hatches
The Greys River is home to Caddis hatches and Golden Stones hatches after the water comes down in June. July brings Pale Morning Duns, Yellow Sallies and Grey Drake hatches, Around the beginning of August, grasshoppers become abundant and are the predominate food source. After it cools down in the fall there are abundant Blue Wing Olive hatches. Nymph fishermen will find the Greys a very productive fishery using the nymph stages of all the above mentioned flies. Matching the hatch is not critical on the Greys River.
Flies
Effective Caddis patterns include. Elk Hair
Caddis, Peacock Caddis, and Goddard Caddis Good Stonefly patterns include
Stimulators Trudes
Royal Coachman's, Your Mayfly collection should include Parachute Adams,
Blue-Winged Olives, and Cahills, Terrestrial patterns should include Parachute
Hoppers, Dave's hoppers, and Chernobyl Ants. Attractor patterns that can
be effective are Royal Wulffs, Humpies, Madam X's, Turcks Tarantula's, and Double Humpies. Effective nymphs include Beadhead Princes, Pheasant Tails, PMD Emergers, halfbacks, Hares Ear, Pheasant Tails, Zug Bugs, and Anderson's Golden Stones. Good streamers are Double Bunnies, Kiwi Muddlers, Wooly Buggers, Matukas, Zonkers, Girdle Buggers and a JJs
Special.
The put in for the whitewater stretch (Class: III/IV at 2-4ft. IV/V- at 4-7ft.) Is at the confluence of the Little Greys and the Greys River. At lower flows the Greys runs clear and there are countless eddies. This river gets progressively harder as you float down river at high water levels. There are three distinct fairly technical rapids along with other spots to boulder hop and play. If you don't like the first rapid, get out before the second. Subsequently, if you don't like the second get out above Snaggletooth. The river runs along the road so it is an easy trip to abort. Snaggletooth is easily scouted from the road, there are many routes through this boulder strewn rapid. During high water the entire run turns into a raging brown torrent with scarcely a rock to be seen. Snaggletooth is a 4+ at high water. it looks worse than it is. Some declined to run it based on its look, but those who did run it found it not as pushy as it looked, with plenty of time to make your moves. The run can be extended with additional class 3's by going farther upstream to put in.
Boaters should beware of potential logjams throughout and a nasty mid-channel hole as you near the take-out at the campground.
The Henry's Fork of the Snake River, located in
eastern Idaho, is one of the most famous trout streams in
all of the United States. It's legendary hatches and abundant
large wild rainbow trout make the Henry's Fork one of America's
top fly-fishing destinations. The river flows for approximately
150 miles and within its journey passes some of the more
classic dry fly water in the United States. Gentle flowing
meadowland, pocket water, and spring creek like sections
make up much of this legendary fishery made popular by Avril
Harriman the railroad man. The Henry's Fork of the Snake
is a spectacular river and fishery. Anglers come from all
over the world to this river to fish its diverse and productive
waters. More........
The South Fork of the Snake is in southeastern
Idaho close to the Wyoming border. The South Fork begins
as it flows out of 20 mile long Palisades Reservoir in the
community of Swan Valley, forming a 64-mile stretch of legendary
tail-water fly-fishing. The South Fork is also a beautiful
river for flat water rafting, canoeing and kayaking. If you
float this river in a canoe know what you are doing as it
is big water and its flat-water appearance can fool you to
its dangers. More.........
The source of the mighty Snake River is in Yellowstone National
Park, from there it flows past Flagg Ranch south through
the John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and into
postcard perfect Jackson Lake in Grand Teton National Park.
Below Jackson Lake Dam, the river meanders through Grand
Teton National Park. Above the river to the west, the Grand
Teton mountains rise suddenly, with no foothills to soften
their dramatic rise to the sky. These are mountains the way
we always expect mountains to look, The snowcapped, Grand
Tetons are America's quintessential mountain range, rearing
up with sawtooth like exaggeration crowned by the 13,770-foot
Grand Teton. More.......
The Snake River as it leaves Grand Teton National Park is
equally as breathtaking as it is as it flows through the
Park but allows you to see the Grand Teton Mountain Range
from different angles and vantage points. This escarpment
of perpendicular granite is awesome no mater which angle
you view it from. There also good views of the Sleeping Indian
in the Gros Ventre Mountains to the east. More.......
Snake
River Canyon• Pritchard
Creek to Sheep Gulch - Jackson Hole to Alpine
A blue sky overhead hosts a few cumulous clouds, the towering
Snake River Range overwhelms you on the right but the majestic
Wyoming Range balances it on the left, an osprey plucks an
unsuspecting trout from its watery home with a quick swoop
from the sky and some handy work with it's talons. You can
count your blessings when you're floating down the mighty
Snake River that divides these two mountain ranges here in
the bottom of Wyoming's Snake River Canyon. The Snake River
is a gorgeous ribbon of blue, green and white that comes
alive and deposits itself in you face on a regular basis
in this imposing canyon where towering spruce, pine and fir
trees wear rags of moss and bald eagles perch watching the
parade of kayakers, fishermen and rafters float by. More...........
Yellowstone
River• Yellowstone
Park - Gardinger MT - Livingston MT - Big Timber MT
The Yellowstone River drainage
hosts exceptional scenery and some of the most diverse
wildlife on earth. You can see elk, bison, grizzlies,
moose, majestic mountains, canyons and waterfalls. And
is a world-renowned trout-fishing destination.
It begins in the Teton Wilderness in northwest
Wyomingís rugged Absoraka Mountains 671 miles upstream
from the confluence with the Missouri, from here the
Yellowstone winds unencumbered by dams all the way to
South Dakota's rolling prairies,
The upper Yellowstone is pretty much as it
always has been, and is being managed by Yellowstone
Park and Montana Game and Fish for the welfare of the
fish and wildlife that live around it. This has preserved
one of the best trout rivers, outside of Alaska or Canada.
Winding through Yellowstone Park and into Montana to
the town of Big Timber, the famous trout water of the
Yellowstone flows for nearly 250 miles. More......
The Teton River begins its journey to the Columbia in the
upper reaches of postcard perfect Teton Valley. Much of this
mountain valley is pasture, grain and potato fields, and
open range bordered by the forested hills of the Big Hole
Mountains and the famous peaks of the Grand Teton Range.
The rugged peaks of the Tetons and the forested hillsides
of the Big Hole's stand in stark contrast to each other,
this diversity adds character to the Teton River Valley.
The upper Teton River is a meandering spring creek that is
a fly-fishing nirvana. Huge rainbow and cutthroat trout live
throughout the entire river. This is a dry fly paradise!
Mayfly hatches are prolific and often there will be four
or five different hatches at the same time. The Narrows (the
lower Teton) has all the adrenaline rush attributes of any
class IV and V whitewater river. The Teton River is a diverse
waterway providing the gamut from tubing to world class whitewater
and trout fishing. More......
The Gros Ventre River (pronounced 'grow-vont')
flows from it's headwaters in the Gros Ventre Wilderness
which forms much of the eastern boundary of Jackson
Hole and lies mostly to the south of the river. The
Gros Ventre is a swift medium-sized freestone river
providing plentiful pocketwater, runs and pools. There
are not many riffles on the Gros Venture. The River
contains expansive open terrain with exposed sedimentary
rock layers of many colors, cliff bands, dense forest,
and narrow canyons. In places the color scheme of this
beautiful river valley resembles the southwest. The
river alternates between a broad cottonwood-lined bottom
and narrow canyons. Views of the Grand Tetons Range
are spectacular. It is a beautiful, undeveloped region
with abundant wildlife. The Gros Ventre River is home
to the Snake River Fine-spotted Cutthroat Trout, and
whitefish. Brookies are in some of the tributaries of
the upper Gros Ventre drainage. Early season kayaking
is classic, the fishing is remarkable, and photographers
will have no shortage of subject matter. More......
Tucked in the southwest corner of Yellowstone
National Park, the Falls River basin is truly a fisherman's
and waterfall lover's paradise. The Fall River is aptly
named because of the many waterfalls along its tributaries.
This is the major river that drains the Cascade Corner,
of Yellowstone Park. The four major streams in the Fall
River drainage are the Belcher River, Boundary Creek,
Mountain Ash creek and of course the Fall River. They
begin on the Madison and Pitchstone plateaus and they
carve canyons across Yellowstone Park's southwest corner.
Some of Yellowstone's most beautiful waterfalls are
in this area. As the runoff of many creeks drop off
the Madison and Pitchstone Plateaus, many waterfalls
are formed. With nearly 80 inches of annual precipitation,
the Falls River drainage is one of the wettest portions
of Yellowstone National Park. The Falls River is a backpacking,
fisherman, and photographer's nirvana. More......
The Salt River is a small river that originates on the western
slope of the Salt River Mountain Range just south of the
town of Afton. It flows north through scenic Star Valley
Wyoming between the Salt River Range of Wyoming and the Caribou
Range of Idaho into Palisades Reservoir at its confluence
with the Snake River. On it's way it meanders through miles
of ranch land until it reaches on Idaho-Wyoming border. The
Salt River is home to Brown, Rainbow, Brook and Snake River
Fine Spotted Cutthroat and Trout. The Salt is a flat-water
river but does offer scenic canoe, kayak, rafting and tubing
floats. More......
The Grey's River is located just east of the Idaho/Wyoming
border near Alpine, Wyoming. The river is about 55 miles
long and flows into Palisades Reservoir. The Grey's River
area is considered by many northwest Wyoming locals to be
a one of their favorite multiple use playgrounds, the river
offers great trout fishing, kayaking, rafting and canoeing
and there are many access points along the road to access
the river. The towering Salt River Range to the west and
the matching Wyoming Range to the east, both hosting several
peaks that reach above 11,000 feet in elevation, this results
in an awesome place to be. The surrounding mountains and
their many canyons offer OHVing, horseback riding, hiking,
and trophy elk and deer hunting with many Boon and Crocket
records to prove it. This mountain valley is alive with the
sweet smell of wildflowers, the green forest floor is shared
with yellow Balsamroot, red Indian Paintbrush Yellow Arrowleaf,
and purple Fireweed. More..........
