Year: 2014

  • The Beginning

    The Beginning

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    René Harrop
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    The Henry’s Fork is known as possessing a very dense and diversified population of mayflies. It exists in a region that features four distinct seasons with each containing its own menu of aquatic hatches. Mayfly hatches seem to arrive in sequence according to weather conditions rather than a hard…

  • Report 4/3/14

    Report 4/3/14

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    Grizz
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    HENRY’S FORK REPORT – APRIL 3, 2014 It’s been typical springtime weather this past week. The final week of March brought with it highs temps in the 50’s, a nice thick snow storm and a windy rain/snow blend. This year, March came in like a lion and looks to be leaving in the same fashion….

  • Report 03/25/14

    Report 03/25/14

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    Grizz
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    "You can’t get too much winter in winter”, Robert Frost said that, and oh how right he was. And although our winter type weather is far from over, the arrival of spring has been cause for celebration. Spring is a welcome turn in both climate & attitude here in Henry’s Fork country. The…

  • First Rise

    First Rise

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    René Harrop
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    For a fly fisher, surviving winter at high elevation is usually an arduous and inconsistent process. Snow and bitter cold temperatures can dominate the weather for months at a time and a visit to the river is often times only to watch through the months of December, January, and February. With…

  • Scorpion Dreams

    Scorpion Dreams

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    Tim Fischer
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    TroutHunter guide, Tim Fischer, is spending the winter as assistant manager at famed Casa Blanca Lodge on the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. He sent us this account of his first permit on the fly… I found myself afloat on Espiritu Santo bay with guide Rene and a British chap named Michael, who…

  • 2013: A Review

    2013: A Review

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    René Harrop
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    As in all recent years, the attention of the Henry’s Fork community was trained on winter flows from Island Park Reservoir at the arrival of 2013. And while carry over storage in the reservoir rather than abundant early snowfall make it possible, negotiated flows were again adequate for trout…

  • TroutHunter Tippet Reviews

    TroutHunter Tippet Reviews

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    Rich Paini
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    TroutHunter tippet is truly superior. Don’t just take our word for it…click the links below. FLY FISHERMAN MAGAZINE Overall Winner 2012 Tippet Shootout. THE FIBERGLASS MANIFESTO TroutHunter tippets in nylon or flourocarbon have become an easy first choice. Why? Cause it just don’t…