Snake River (Wyoming)

Native cutthroat country in the shadow of the Tetons.

The Snake River rises in Yellowstone and flows south through Jackson Lake and out into Jackson Hole, where it carves the valley at the foot of the Tetons. The Wyoming reach is the heart of the range of the Snake River fine-spotted cutthroat — a subspecies found natively only in the upper Snake drainage.

The fishery runs from Jackson Lake Dam downstream through Grand Teton National Park, past the town of Jackson, and into the Snake River Canyon below Hoback Junction. The character changes constantly — from braided gravel runs in the park to deep canyon water below.