upper-section

Upper Section is a stretch on South Fork Snake River, Idaho.

Also called First Section.

It is fishable and launchable.

Palisades Dam down to Conant. Perfect Fly Store: 'first or upper section', about 12 miles, four public launches, narrower water; best wade access from the Forest Service (Snake River Road) side, most of the highway side is private. BLM river-mile markers put Conant at mile 14.2. Backcountry Post: the upper section ends at 'the big bridge where the road crosses the river' (Swan Valley). Re-sourced

It is upstream of Canyon Section.

Sourced from 5 sites.

Sources: backcountrypost.com, Bureau of Land Management, The Perfect Fly Store (retrieved 2026-10-20), tlapc.com (retrieved 2026-10-29) and trroutfitters.com (retrieved 2026-10-29).

Access, closures and rules change; check with the state agency before you go.