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2008-10-12 12:00:10
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2008-09-21 12:01:40
Box Canyon: Fishing in the "Box" continues to be productive with small beadhead nymphs and streamers. There is alot of moss and flotsom in the water so be prepared to spend some time cleaning off your rig during the day. A few of our favorite beadhead nymphs are red and black Krystal Zebra...
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2008-09-01 19:06:13
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2008-08-16 12:01:40
Box Canyon: The "Box" continues to produce good fishing. Best results have been with small beadhead nymphs and streamers. Try streamers early and late in the day and nymphs from late morning through the afternoon hours. For streamers we suggest Sculpzilla's, Olive Zonkers, Olive and Black Slump...
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2008-07-26 12:01:40
Box Canyon: The s, Caddis, Golden Stones, Yellow Sallies and Epeorus mayflies also on the water. Water flows are now a little below average and the fishing has been excellent.
Yellowstone National Park: There are excellent fishing opportunities right...
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2008-07-16 12:01:40
Box Canyon: Fishing in the "Box" continues to be very good. As I have reported in the past, this may not be the first choice for the dry fly purist but it is a place that tends to produce fish on a very consistent basis. This is not to say that you cannot catch fish on a dry fly, you just...
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2008-07-02 12:01:40
Box Canyon: The "Box" continues to produce great fishing day after day after day. Granted, this is not the first choice for a serious dry fly fisherman. However, if you are an avid nymph fisherman, or you don't mind fishing two fly rigs under a strike indicator, this is the place for you. I...
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2008-06-16 17:24:41
Box Canyon: The Box has fished very well over the past couple of days and I predict it will continue to do so. Our guides are having their best luck fishing tandem rigs of rubber legs and smaller beadhead nymphs. We suggest black, brown, and coffee/black rubber legs in sizes #4 and #6 teamed...
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2008-06-06 12:01:40
Anglers that came to the Henry s great guiding instincts that turned the latter half of the day into a slug fest with several of the biggest rainbow trout I have encountered anywhere. I have spent the last 33 years of my life in the fly fishing industry and I have met, known, or worked with...
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2008-05-26 12:03:40
Saturday, May 24th, was the Idaho general fishing season opener and anglers across the state were greeted with high, and in most cases, muddy water due to the Spring snow melt. The Henry's Fork was no exception. In spite of the higher than normal flows the Box Canyon, which has clear water by the...
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2008-05-22 12:01:40
Each Spring Rene, Marty and I manage to get out on the water in late May for a few hours. The ritual, which is always met with great anticipation, is predictable: We meet at TroutHunter and buy a few gigantic orange flies, proceed to the Grubstake to load up on Natty Lites and ice, then laugh our...
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2008-04-20 14:21:21
Historically we no longer expect to add to snow pack levels after the 15th of April. What we have by mid-April is all we should expect to get. However, as I write this report a huge storm is coming across the border from Canada, it is expected to arrive sometime during the next 24 to 36 hours...
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2008-03-23 13:07:56
We are more than 80% into our 2008 snow season and snowpacks are still looking very good. The latest figures for the Henry's Fork drainage puts us at 111% of average for our snowpack and 106% of average for water content. Over in Montana the most recent reports show the Madison River drainage at...
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Harrop's Forked Tongues
2008-08-16 12:01:40
s Lake, we switched to floating Callibaetis patterns. The constantly moving trout were a challenge to intercept with a perfect cast that also required a little luck as the artificial competed with hoards of naturals for attention.
A solid two hours of wonderful dry fly opportunity and enough...
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2008-07-15 12:01:40
More than five decades separate my first float through the Harriman Ranch and a pleasant July morning in 2008. An invitation to join my TroutHunter partner Rich Paini and his fellow Henry Harrop
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2008-04-20 14:30:29
Appearing at least weekly, April showers of the white variety continue to punctuate a very unusual Spring in the flat land. Navigating the ice ledges continues to add an extra element of excitement to fishing the bank feeders along the edges at Fun Farm but otherwise, access to the lower Harrop
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2008-04-16 12:01:40
For the first time in nearly twenty years Bonnie and I will not be moving back to Island Park on the first weekend of May. The new month was greeted on Thursday by a brisk storm that deposited a couple of inches of snow overnight. While it had melted away by noon here in St. Anthony, it was a...
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2008-03-30 10:23:59
The end of one of the driest summers in memory found IP Reservoir at a perilously low level. Prospects for adequate winter flow on the s Fork has dodged a monumental bullet that could have devastated the fishery were the winter to have been made more friendly to human comfort. Water levels through...
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TANGLES - guides' blog
2008-10-28 13:04:46
The sun was bright and the air was crisp as we hooked the 16' crestliner fishing machine to the trailer hitch.
Yes sir......another beautiful fall day in Idaho.
We loaded too many rods and even more reels lined with fly lines for every depth. Why do we do that when we end up fishing the same...
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2008-10-16 12:01:40
Okay, so I apologize for the lack of an update for a couple months, but you try running 70-something trips to date in your first year of guiding full time and see if your fingers want to type at the end of the day. Between rowing and tying and UNTYING knots, I s 23 inch beauty can attest.
Thanks to...
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2008-06-16 12:01:40
My appreciation for Tennessee grew tremendously following my latest guiding experience. My fondness for the state was previously based solely on a gentleman named Jack Daniels but now I have two more reasons, Trey and Jared. Trey played ball for the Broncos, Jets, and Bills as a center, and Jared...
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2008-05-06 12:01:40
It was 52 degrees with intermittent, gusty winds at game time on Cinco de Mayo at the Vernon boat launch for the first game of the season between the hometown Fish of the Fork and the Visiting Anglers from Texas and southern Idaho, respectively. The fish got some strong pitching in the early...
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2008-04-16 12:01:40
With the weather showing some signs of Spring, Brad Miller and I have gotten out on the water quite a bit recently. We began in late March, swinging streamers around the Chester backwaters, and the Fun Farm and Del Rio bridges for aggressive, early season Henry's Fork fish looking to pack on a...
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2008-03-16 12:01:40
Let me give you a taste of the chase for some of the biggest brown trout in the world at the end of the earth.
I fall out of bed after six hours of sleep as we had dinner at midnight the night before. The cooler is in the truck and 12-14 foot two handed rods loaded with short-head...
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Travelogue
2008-05-10 12:01:40
Another morning shared with the mosquitoes!! It's 5:30am and Ned and I are getting ready to launch the boat for my third and final day in the glades. The tides will be low between now and about 10am. He fires up the Yamaha and idles through the Manatee zone between us and the Tarpon. The first...
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2008-05-01 12:01:40
I fly in, get my $20 rental car, drive for an hour and a half, sleep for three hours, and meet Capt. Ned Small at the boat ramp. So here I stand, on the front of a skiff in the Everglades, and we see Tarpon in the first spot we stop.
To make a long story short, I dropped the line out of my left...
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2008-04-16 12:01:40
When I awoke to the morning call to prayer I realized that Island Park, Idaho was a long way away. It had taken us 32 hours of travel including an obligatory wide stance photo op at the stall made infamous by Idaho Senator Larry Craig. This celebration of absurdity prompted the first brush...
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2008-04-08 12:01:40
Life is good at 17 degrees 30 minutes north. The weather has been perfect. There has been just enough wind over the last few days to keep the anglers cool and the fish comfortable. The clouds have been small and sparse creating excellent fish spotting light. As result there have been a...
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2008-04-06 12:01:40
April 3, 2008
We just finished the first day of fishing. 7 more to go. We are in Placencia, in southern Belize. We have a great group of folks in addition to Jon, Millie & I. Our good friends, Tim & Joanne Linehan (fishmontana.com) happen to be staying at Dianni's Guest House as well. Craig...
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Upcoming Events
2008-09-16 12:01:40
DRIFT @ TroutHunter - Friday, September 26th
All proceeds to benefit the Henry's Fork Foundation
A stunning visual journey, DRIFT combines the highest quality film production, world class flyfishing and an eclectic group of anglers to create the most definitive film about the sport to...
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2008-08-05 12:01:40
AN EVENING WITH DOUG PEACOCK
Renowned American Naturalist, Outdoorsman he prefers solitude to groups and battles for the protection of wilderness with his pen and his voice.
Although living with the Hayduke legacy strained Peacock's friendship with Abbey, they remained close until Abbey's...
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2008-08-01 12:01:40
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2008-06-01 12:01:40
The 24th annual Henry's Fork Day is June 21, 2008. It is largest event for the Henry's Fork Foundation, the voice of the river. Please support the Foundation and attend this event. If you are interested in donating cash or auction items, it would be greatly appreciated. Call Rich at...
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2008-06-01 12:01:40
Simplifying CDC
A Fly Tying Class with Leslie Harrop
Saturday June 14, 2008
1pm 4pm @ TroutHunter
This workshop will cover various applications using Cul de Canard. You will learn a variety of techniques for tying wings, legs and tails. $40.00 per person which includes all materials. ...
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2008-05-25 12:01:40
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2008-05-02 16:10:55
Between May 1st & May 22nd we are offering Guide Trips for $375 for one or two anglers. A streamside lunch is included. We will even throw in rental rods & waders. There is no sales tax. Flies, terminal tackle, and guide gratuity are not included. We are also offering a guide / room combo for...
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Stream Flows
- HENRY'S FORK below I.P. Reservoir
- Flow (cfs): 207
- HENRY'S FORK below Ashton Dam
- Flow (cfs): 969
- HENRY'S FORK at St. Anthony
- Flow (cfs): 1400
- MADISON below Hebgen Lake
- Flow (cfs): 680