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Offline jackelope

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St. Joe?
« on: May 30, 2022, 06:09:07 PM »
Anyone ever fly fished the Joe that’s interested in sharing some info or pointers? Happy to chat via pm.
Also I’m looking for interested parties for a 3 day weekend trip over there if anyone is interested.
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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #1 on: May 30, 2022, 06:15:50 PM »
I've fished it a few times above Avery a little ways in the canyon. A little later in the summer. We did really good on hoppers.

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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2022, 06:16:50 PM »
Didn’t fish it but hunting in there, awesome country.
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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2022, 07:38:29 PM »
What are you looking to know? My cousin lives in St. Maries and fishers the Joe pretty regularly.  Shoot me a PM and I'll see what he is willing to offer up to an "apple maggot ".  :chuckle:
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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2022, 07:52:06 PM »
What are you looking to know? My cousin lives in St. Maries and fishers the Joe pretty regularly.  Shoot me a PM and I'll see what he is willing to offer up to an "apple maggot ".  :chuckle:

Really just looking for a decent starting point with some campsites. I assume there’s a ton of campsites.  Part of the problem is that there’s so much access and so many places to start. I feel less than confident about throwing a dart at a map. I’ll shoot you a pm. See if your bro is willing to share anything with a dirtbag like me.
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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #5 on: May 30, 2022, 07:52:33 PM »
PS I had no idea we were called apple maggots.
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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2022, 11:16:37 PM »
Jackalope-
We camped in 2019 at Conrad crossing campground on the lower camp on the river. Awesome spot to camp right on the river. Upstream is a spot called Gold Creek, nice as well, more open on a nice bend in the river. I fished there and caught cutthroats up to 13”. Beautiful trout. If your a rock hound the river is laced with all kinds of cool geologic rock. I took a few home for my garden!
I would love to go back and explore more of the area….

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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2022, 01:31:21 AM »
Ill tell you that driving up from Avery along the joe there is alot of campsites, but with summer brings the campers. There is alot of people camped along the river. The upper north fork can be a little more empty and if you are willing to travel way up the joe near MT border there is far less people. I also know of several lakes in a area that you can hike into in that area

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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2022, 06:50:07 AM »
...and check your timing.  Was scouting that way two weeks ago and the river is way to high to fish at present.  High water projected to stay around a little longer than usual this spring.

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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2022, 06:56:47 AM »
there is a ton of snow in those mountains still. 6k feet there is 85" still those rivers may be high for a while

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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2022, 07:14:07 AM »
Pm sent

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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2022, 09:06:28 AM »
Used to go a couple times a summer when I was a kid. We would hop over moon pass road from Wallace and fish pretty much wherever and have a good time. Caught my biggest trout (not saying much) over there. I was just thinking about heading over in the next year or two myself with the kiddos.

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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2022, 10:12:56 AM »
Big, fluffy dry fly on top with a bead head pheasant tail nymph 12"-18" below on a dropper  :tup:
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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2022, 10:16:17 AM »
Thanks y'all. I'm thinking of a July trip, so snowmelt and runoff aren't a big issue for me. I kinda figured there would be lots of options as far as where to go and where to camp, etc. I get a little overwhelmed when there are lots of options because I'm convinced I'll always make the wrong decision.
I appreciate all of your insights and advice.
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Re: St. Joe?
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2022, 10:23:04 AM »
Big, fluffy dry fly on top with a bead head pheasant tail nymph 12"-18" below on a dropper  :tup:

This should pretty much handle it. Maybe a lightening bug in place of the PT if there are lots of caddis around. By mid July there should be stoneflies around so big and fluffy gets it done. Plus they're mostly cutthroat so they'll usually hit anything up to and including chicken bones.
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