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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,…
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Report 03/25/14
"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…
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First Rise
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…
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Scorpion Dreams
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…
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2013: A Review
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…
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TroutHunter Tippet Reviews
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…
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Reunion
For at least half of the year, my attention is leveled on the Caldera section of the Henry’s Fork in Island Park where gentle currents and mostly wadeable water are the primary characteristics of the fishery. By late fall, however,…
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Connection
Like our ancestors and most other warm blood creatures, the instinct to leave the mountains of Island Park kicks in when the hours of darkness begin to noticeably exceed daylight. This typically occurs during the latter weeks of October and…
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Autumn
A September snow arrives silently in the high country like an uninvited guest. And while not a lasting feature of early autumn, the white messenger issues a sobering reminder of what lies directly ahead for the Henry’s Fork community. For…
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Report 9/24/13
Fall on the Fork is a wonderful time indeed. The days grow shorter, the air has a certain bracing feel & the trout are putting on the feedbag in preparation for a long cold winter ahead. For the fly angler,…