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Henry’s Fork Fly Fishing Report – May 18th, 2014 by Chris "Grizz” Andelin, TroutHunter "Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun” ~ John Lennon The early season trout health on the Henry’s Fork…
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Mother’s Day and Willows
In recent years I have sometimes struggled to separate the personal importance of fishing hatches larger than size 18 or leaving the season of gloves, heavy fleece, and covered ears. In most years, however, both comforts tend to arrive together…
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Report 5/5/14
Good news sports fans. The snow continues to recede and our frozen landscape is rapidly being replaced by a picturesque glimpse of the warmer seasons to come. The baetis continue to dominate the dry fly game and we’re starting to…
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Report 4/12/14
"It’s those changes in latitude, changes in attitude…nothing remains quite the same” ~ Jimmy Buffett Change is good and subtle increases in water temperatures have truly accelerated the baetis emergence. Alongside prolific daily midge hatches, anglers can now compliment their…
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The Beginning
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…
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Report 4/3/14
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…