Year: 2018

  • Jamie McLean Band Live @ TroutHunter August 13 & 14

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    Rich Paini
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    Jamie McLean Band Live @ TroutHunter Monday & Tuesday, August 13th & 14th. 8:00 PMBarbecue Dinner: 5:00-8:00 PM. Burgers, brats, chicken, and all the fixins’. $10Live Music: 8:00-11:00 PM. $10. Dinner & Live Music: $15Folks-This a very special treat for those in Island Park. The Jamie McLean…

  • Report August 10, 2018

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    Rick Smith
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    Over the past ten days or so I have not had to leave the area to find good fishing. The fishing right out my backdoor has been excellent courtesy of a consistent/predictable and strong PMD hatch. Why it took so long for the PMD’s to get going no one seems to know. With the arrival…

  • A Guide Day

    A Guide Day

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    René Harrop
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    It is an exciting day that begins early at the TroutHunter fly shop. Normally, I am there as just another fisherman who, either alone or with my family or friends, would be fishing independently. However, at eight a.m. I have joined a dozen or so expectant anglers in preparing for a day of…

  • Fishing Report July 31, 2018

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    Rick Smith
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    I decided to give the Henry’s Fork a rest this week and headed over to Montana to sample the fishing on the Gallatin River. I chose that portion of the river that flows through Yellowstone National Park. If you are not familiar with this section of the river it runs through high country meadow…

  • Report July 22, 2018

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    Rick Smith
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    To say that fishing on the world famous “Railroad Ranch” section of the Henry’s Fork has been disappointing would be an understatement. I’ll stop at disappointing because if I call it anything less my boss probably would not post my report. Most seasoned “Ranch” fishermen attribute this…

  • Report July 16, 2018

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    Rick Smith
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    Last Friday after work I decided to head down to one of my favorite spots in the Ranch. As I was gearing up I could hardly contain my excitement. The conditions were perfect. There was no wind, not even a breeze, there was a slight hint of humidity in the air and some high thin…

  • Report July 6, 2018

    Report July 6, 2018

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    Rick Smith
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    I am happy to report that on the 4th of July the PMD’s and caddis that seemed to be in hibernation woke up and treated us to the kind of hatches we have been anticipating. With the arrival of these hatches came rising fish and fishing opportunities that we fishermen have been anxiously…

  • Summer

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    René Harrop
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    In the high country of the Henry’s Fork, it matters little that weather does not conform to the typical expectation of the season known as summer. Occasional morning frost well into June combined with periodic hail storms turn the Island Park landscape into a scene reminiscent of winter. It…

  • Report June 30, 2018

    Report June 30, 2018

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    Rick Smith
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    Last evening as I was driving over the Osborne Bridge on my way to the late Jim Dean’s celebration of life gathering at the Ranch Hand’s Cabin in Harriman State Park I noticed a great number of insects in the air over the river. A close examination of the bugs revealed that they were brown…

  • Report June 23, 2018

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    Rick Smith
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    It has been quite a few years since we have had such a wet month of June. The unusually cool and rainy weather has affected fish and fishermen. Both have had to deal with rapidly changing weather and water conditions. There were a few days last week when water levels increased by over 700 cfs…