Category: Shop Talk
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Tradition…
Tradition Blues In the true spirit of fortified tradition, let us never forget the gift of a resource and the ethical responsibilities that lie within. The Harriman Ranch expanse of the Henry’s Fork is the ultimate and final stronghold in dry fly fishing tradition. It has been been respected…
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Tread Lightly
"Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt Love is astir in the waters of the Henry’s Fork. Love of a more primitive nature that is. Yes indeed fishy friends, our resident rainbow trout are currently involved in their yearly spawning rite. The section of…
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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 it just don’t…
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Pile of Guts
In anticipation of sun eclipsing mobs of Salmonfly adults, the native anglers here get a little up-tight and walk around with a hard case of itchy trigger finger, twitching helplessly with a nervous tic for hours on end. A few quick hours on some of our local still-waters is a quick and sure…
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Osprey Rescue
A young female Box canyon Osprey was rescued by our two veteran TroutHunter guides, Brad Miller & Doc Martin Reed as well as our tongue twisting shop manager Chris "Grizz" Andelin. From the good folks at ISLAND PARK NEWS check out the story [click here] UPDATE SNIPPETS: From The Henry’s Fork…
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Bear Attack
Rich and I walked from his house at about 6am for a morning of chasing elk. We headed in to the woods behind his house with the intent of using the power line as a quiet route from which we had hoped to hear a bugle or two. The morning was generally uneventful other than…
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Jon Siehl Interview
Originally posted in The Drake. Written by Geoff Mueller Last Chance, ID [Last Friday we posted a short piece on Last Chance, Idaho, flyshop, The TroutHunter. Co-owner Jon "The Animal" Stiehl joins us today, filling you in on the dirt: High times, low times, drunken A-Bar debates, scraps…
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Interview with an Osprey
After returning from their winter habits, the Osprey have just recently began to return the Henry’s Fork. One was kind enough to take a break from trout hunting in Last Chance Run to perch up with us and answer a few questions. FNR: ( Forkin News Reporter): Where did you grow up? Osprey: Over…
