Year: 2013

  • Report 6/22/13

    Report 6/22/13

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    Grizz
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    "Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued” ~Socrates Oh, and what a good life it is right now in Henry’s Fork country. Opening day on the Railroad Ranch was met with blue skies, oodles of bugs and smiling anglers for as far the eye could see. All the old faces were in…

  • Report 6/12/13

    Report 6/12/13

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    Grizz
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    The fishing up around these parts has been nothing less than fantastic the past few weeks. The unseasonably warm weather has really pushed the bug movement into high gear…..and the Trout haven taken notice. For the most part, all throughout the system, the Salmonflies have finished their…

  • Dividends

    Dividends

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    René Harrop
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    Like anyone with more than a casual interest in the Henry’s Fork, I watch for any clue that can help to reveal the health of its fishery. Weather and stream flow combined with observations from time spent on the water can contribute to a sense of the condition of the trout population….

  • Sgamma Montana

    Sgamma Montana

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    Phil Sgamma
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    Opening weekend in Montana is always the 3rd Saturday in May, usually a time of high and muddy water throughout the region. The family and I were opening up the cabin on Henrys Lake and getting excited and ready for another guide season at TroutHunter. Our time together becomes a premium…

  • 2013: Looking Forward

    2013: Looking Forward

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    René Harrop
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    For several decades, it has been generally understood that fishing on the Henry’s Fork is shaped during the season when the least amount of opportunity is available. And while it is true that seasonal closures on some stretches of the river can provide relief to beleaguered trout that must…

  • Chased

    Chased

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    John Campbell
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    It’s March Madness and my brackets got pulverized. Soccer season is over and the school year’s winding down. It’s now I get itchy. It’s now I start to turn over like a lake, swimming the fine line of clarity and grit, and there’s only so much left to do: prep my annual Trouthunter…

  • The Thrill of the Chase

    The Thrill of the Chase

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    Pat Gaffney
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    In 1994 I took my first trip to the greater Yellowstone area. I travelled with a close friend who is infamously known in many circles as ‘Cheeseburger Paul.’ I met Paul when I was 15 inside his World Famous Ted’s Steamed Cheeseburger Restaurant. The steamed cheeseburger is a…

  • Report 4/9/13

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    Grizz
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    "We are lucky people” ~ Rene Harrop The sun is up in Last Chance. We’ve witnessed quite a welcome transformation over the past month. Transition’s, both in climate and attitude have improved greatly – as warmer days, ample sunshine and high spirits have torn away at winters cold, windy…

  • Deep Winter Session

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    Grizz
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    "In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer” ~ Albert Camus Late winter in the caldera, call it what you will; arctic anxiety, the shack nasties, doldrums, cold winter chill, frigid & frozen….whatever. The winters here in Henry’s Fork country…

  • Not that Georgia…

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    Marty Reed
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    When asked if I was available for a photo shoot by one of my good friends and professional photographer Dan Armstrong, I immediately jumped at the offer. He kinda left me hanging for a little while, I just assumed he was wanting to snap some shots of the world famous Henry’s Fork with some guy…