Category Archives: Idaho
Fin Chasers Carp Classic 2012 ready to roll
Met up with Brooks Montgomery a few days ago at the Orvis Guide Rendezvous in Missoula and he gave me the dirt on Carpapalooza 2012, technically known as the Fin Chasers Carp Classic. I’m telling you, if you want to … Continue reading
South Fork Boise: Update on bull trout
Back in January I was speaking with Nick Coe, who works with Icy Bay Lodge out of Yakutat, Alaska, a silver salmon fisherman’s paradise. He spends winters in Idaho and recently sent a text with some interesting pics after fishing … Continue reading
Men’s Journal: Save NW Salmon Now!
I love it when mainstream media covers outdoor subjects and Men’s Journal, which reaches an astronomical number of subscribers, did just that recently, in a piece on dwindling salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest. They focused on the Idaho’s Salmon … Continue reading
Save the St. Joe and Coeur D’ Alene Cutthroats
I’m a big fan of fishing in north Idaho and I love that area’s cutthroat streams, including the Coeur d’ Alene, St. Joe, Lochsa, Selway, Kelly Creek and Clearwater. Over the past four years there have been catch-and-release only regulations on … Continue reading
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Tagged Coeur d' Alene, Pend Orielle, St. Joe
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Near Record Fish Count on Idaho’s South Fork Snake
The South Fork Snake is one of Idaho’s best trout fisheries—some would argue that is the gem state’s best fishery—and it hosts some solid rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout. It gets a lot of pressure from locals and the outfitting … Continue reading
Brown Drakes and Guide Nightmares on Silver Creek
Ketchum, Idaho is one of the greatest places on earth and if I had it to do all over I wouldn’t have moved away from there back in the mid-1990s. For the angler, you’d be hard pressed to find a … Continue reading
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Over Idaho Waters: Drones in the Sky.
If you’re fishing in Idaho this year you may see something other than a bald eagle or a raven flying through the sky. That’s because an Idaho Power Company biologist decided that drone aircraft would be
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Rene Harrop Predicts Sweet Fishing on Henry’s Fork in 2012
All of you probably know that Rene Harrop is the man, an eastern Idaho angling legend who is indelibly tied to the Henry’s Fork River, including the famous Harriman/Railroad Ranch section that is, arguably, the best dry-fly trout water in … Continue reading
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Tagged Henry's Fork, Rene Harrop, Whitefish Ed
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Eastern Idaho Carp Classic 7
Big fun, big fish on Idaho’s Blackfoot Reservoir. Wanted to let all of you know that an event is taking place in eastern Idaho that shouts-out to all who love warmwater fishing