Year: 2012
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Transition
In a land where seasons respect no fixed date, spring in Henry’s Fork country is a process of separation between the longest and shortest seasons of the year. For an angler, winter can be a six month ordeal that arrives abruptly with heavy snow and frigid temperatures that care nothing…
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Call from the Hall
As a sports fan, March is arguably the best time of year. It’s hard to beat the intensity and excitement of a buzzer-beater in NCAA Basketball’s March Madness Tournament, but there is also the NFL’s free agency period, the NBA trade deadline has just passed, the NHL is in the midst of its…
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Report 3/15/12
March: In like a Lion – Out like a Double Bunny? From: A-Bar Warming Hut Location: Exactly 6.7 miles East of the Continental Divide (6,250’) Words: Chris "Grizz" Andelin Images: Bryan Gregson Photography Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. ~ Elizabeth…
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Winter’s Beat
As I go outside to start my truck, the morning air is damn cold, the kind of biting cold that freezes my nostrils when I breathe in, and leaves my breath frozen to my beard. Add to that cold a swift north wind, and you have yourself a recipe to stay in the cabin close…
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2011 in Review
No year-end summary would ever be complete without describing how water, in its various forms, affected the fishing during a season that has just ended. On the Henry’s Fork it begins with the snow pack which combines with water carried over in the Island Park Reservoir to determine winter…
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Midges, Black Ice & Vitamin D
From: TroutHunter Field Desk Mid-Jan, 2012 Location: Beautiful downtown Last Chance, Idaho One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb In our case, here in Last Chance, we may need a few more kind words to warm us up through one of our historically long winters. You see, up…