• 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.…

  • Yesterday was the opening of the fishing season on the Railroad Ranch section of the Henry’s Fork. This is a much anticipated event in the lives of many fly fishermen both near and far. On opening day you are likely…