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The 2019 season provided periods of excellent fishing. My clients and I landed 149 good rainbows in 513 hours on the water. (From this point forward each time I address a “rainbow” or a “fish” it will be a rainbow…
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After the Storm
In winter, nearly any visit to the place I call home for six months of the year carries a sense of excitement, but the last drive to Island Park was more of an adventure than I had planned for. Though…
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The Henry’s Fork 2019
In the season of gifting it is once again nature’s bequest of water that brings another year to a close on the Henry’s Fork.As in the previous year, 2020 has arrived with the comforting knowledge that the aquatic community below…
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Enter Winter
Knowing that the most consistently pleasant weather of the current fall could not continue much longer, the blast of snow during Thanksgiving week came as no surprise. The month-long respite from the extreme cold and precipitation of late September and…
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A Gift in Disguise
Even hardened residents of Island Park will admit to a much colder fall season than is common in the high country.With physical comfort as the main casualty, snow, cold, and wind became persistent features of weather that only occasional gave…
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The Flavors of Fall
Like a fine meal, the flavors of fall in the high country are spread on a striking visual setting where the primary entrée is fly fishing but the tasty choices are multiple. It is now many years since the Labor…
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A Guide’s Day Off
It seems to arrive each year at about this time when four of the busy six- month guiding season now lie behind. Sun weathered and somewhat gaunt, the guides of TroutHunter wear a hollow-eyed expression of weariness that will be…
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Seasonal Adjustment
Like the multicolored flowers that once adorned the expansive meadows of Harriman, the fat of the fishing season has become just a memory. The long days of early June and well into July bring with them a collection of trout…
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Report June 29, 2019
The other night my wife and I decided to try a little evening fishing at one of our favorite spots in the Last Chance area. We arrived at the river around 7 pm and were surprised that no one else…
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The Vagaries of Mountain Weather
In Island Park, Idaho, there is little uncommon about morning frost and snow on the Henry’s Fork, unless it occurs on June twenty first. This was the weather that greeted the first day of summer and continued through most of…