Category: Harrop’S Forked Tongues
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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 Island Park Dam will benefit from winter flows roughly equal to…
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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 all of October could not have been more…
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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 way to sunshine and pleasant temperatures from late…
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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 Day holiday marked the beginning of a time when the waters of Henry’s Fork country…
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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 altered only by the arrival of late October. With names like…
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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 related pleasures as fleeting as they are treasured. With virtually all…
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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 the following week. With disruptive wind added to unseasonably cold…
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Waiting for Salmon Flies
On a river largely defined by its diverse population of aquatic insects, the giant Salmon Fly hatch ranks near or at the top of the most anticipated events on the Henry’s Fork.It is widely known that nature operates on the basis of its own calendar and clock. For this reason, it is impossible…
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Life on the Lower Fork
Although it bears only one name, the Henry’s Fork could be several different rivers over the first fifty miles of its length. This applies especially to the distinctive fisheries that exist above and below the majestic Mesa Falls. Whereas the iconic section upstream exists nearly exclusively as a…
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A Cautious Look Forward
In some years, weather conditions in late winter and early spring will allow our local waters to reveal tangible information that will support a degree of confidence in predictions pertaining to fishing in a new season. Twenty-nineteen is not one of those years. Most of the uncertainty relates…