Year: 2015
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Report 5/15/15
THEY’RE HERE!!! The most colossal of all stoneflies, pteronarcys, have begun their yearly migration to take flight. If there’s one hatch that produces copious amounts of high energy fly fishing, it’s this one. These monster bugs drive the trout, and the trout angler, absolutely bananas….
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May
At tall elevation, the arrival of May marks the true end of winter, even in years like 2014 when Bonnie and I moved back to Island Park in a whiteout blizzard as heavy as any I have ever experienced. While remnant snow drifts from the winter past will often remain through most of the month,…
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Report 5/2/15
"When you are on the river, ocean or in the woods, you are the closest to the truth you’ll ever get" – Jack Leonard This continuation of rather pleasant weather has kept the fishing opportunities solid here on the Henry’s Fork. The snow is all but gone and access to your favorite stretches…
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2014 Ranch Recap
2014 Ranch Recap by John McDaniel General Comments During 2014, I fished and guided on the Ranch from 15 June until 15 September. I invested 584 hours on the water and my clients and I landed 118 good rainbows. 2014 provided my best and worst ever stretches of personal fishing; in addition,…
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Report 4/9/15
"In winter, I plot and plan. In Spring, I move.” – Henry Rollins There’s a lot of movin’ and shakin’ going on up here in Island Park these days. The extremely mild winter of 14-15 is all but over and the snow has receded from the banks of the mighty Henry’s Fork. Spring conditions…
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The Road to Last Chance
It is only during the last four years that a winter drive to Last Chance from St. Anthony was not usually prompted by a business matter or a quick in and out visit with the TroutHunter guys. This changed rather abruptly when the water from Island Park Dam to the north boundary of the Harriman…
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Tread Lightly
"Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt Love is astir in the waters of the Henry’s Fork. Love of a more primitive nature that is. Yes indeed fishy friends, our resident rainbow trout are currently involved in their yearly spawning rite. The section of…
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Signs
At a mile or so above sea level in the northern hemisphere, winter’s journey to the season of renewal is marked by pitiful increments of advancement in temperature and daylight hours. It is not until February when the average high inches above the freezing mark and sunset moves past 6 P.M….
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Report 2/4/15
It’s a winter wonderland up here in Henry’s Fork country. What better place to spend a day fly fishing for trout? The river isn’t crowded, the trout are hungry and hooking big wild rainbows in this winter setting is tough to beat. If you’ve got that fishing itch, the Henry’s Fork in…
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2014: A Strange Year
In a winter rescued by late snow in March and April, flows on the Henry’s Fork met survival needs for trout and insects. And while short of the ideal levels of recent years, water managers and the Henry’s Fork Foundation deserve credit for considering the fishery at a time when low…