Category: Fishing Reports
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Report August 5, 2015
Last week I decided to take a break from the Henry’s Fork and try a little fishing on one of my favorite rivers in the area. I headed over the pass and drove to the Gallatin River in Montana. I picked that section of the river that runs through Yellowstone National Park. This is as…
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Report July 20, 2017
Several years ago, a friend of mine that has guided on the Henry’s Fork for more than twenty years showed me a fly that he insinuated was a silver bullet when it came to fooling difficult fish on the famed Railroad Ranch section of the river. At the time I was very skeptical but I…
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Report July 6, 2017
I am writing this report just a half hour after coming home from a very interesting morning on the Railroad Ranch section of the Henry’s Fork. I arrived at the Log Jam parking lot at 7:30 AM, got geared up, and walked downstream until I found a spot that looked promising. I pretty much had…
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Report June 25, 2017
I just got back to Idaho from a two week fishing trip to Japan where I experienced some spectacular fishing for Japan’s native trout the Yamame, the Jewel of Japan, and the Iwana, a Japanese char somewhat similar to our eastern Brook Trout. I had beautiful weather during my entire stay and this…
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Report June 13, 2017
Been a little chilly up here on the caldera the last couple of days and looks to continue through today; the long term forecast is calling for highs in uppers 70’s, calmer winds, and minimal chances of rain. Box Canyon: Flows remain stable out of Island Park Reservoir at around 950 cfs and…
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Report May 24, 2017
Salmonflies! Salmonflies! Salmonflies! Let the madness begin. The adult bugs showed up in force on Sunday and I must say it has been a pretty impressive hatch to start. The big bugs are spread out from the Ora Bridge down to the Chester backwater. Below Chester there are a few bugs…
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Report May 17, 2017
You know what they say! If you like/don’t like the Idaho weather just wait five minutes it will change. After treating us to five days of beautiful Spring weather at the beginning of the month Mother Nature decided it was time to slip back into winter (almost). The blue bird weather of…
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Report May 8, 2017
April was a lion of a month weather wise but May has come in as gentle as a lamb. Over the years I have come to look forward to the months of April and October with great anticipation. In April the summer fishermen have not arrived yet and by October they have all but left.…
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Report April 26, 2017
It’s late April and after a long winter we locals look forward to some nice spring weather and some of our favorite fishing of the entire year. A weekend trip to Idaho Falls teased us with 70 degree temperatures, blue skies, green grass, blooming tulips and short skirts. But, as is often the…
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Report 10/2/16
"Time is a river which sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire." ~ Jorge Luis Borges The trout are really putting on that feed bag to stack on some extra…