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Irrigation Release into Idaho’s Big Wood River May Devastate Fishery

When I lived in Sun Valley, for six years in the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, I used to wander down to the Big Wood River below Magic Reservoir and fish for rising rainbows and streamer-chowing browns. We caught some … Continue reading

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Streamer 101 with Kelly Galloup

All you need to know to smack them. If you’ve thought about chasing the Madison River’s largest brown trout, at once envisioning yourself in a photo hoisting a five-pound-plus hookjawed male, now is the time to do so—air temperatures in … Continue reading

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