Category Archives: Idaho
Hot Weather? Salmon River Fish Move to Tributaries
Concentrate on Tributary Mouths and You’ll Find Fish I used to interview the chief biologist for every major stream in the northern Rockies—each year—and I learned a ton of useful information from many of them. There were things that we … Continue reading
Posted in Conservation, Idaho, Northern Rockies
Tagged bull trout, Cutthroat Trout, Salmon River
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Idaho’s Clearwater River Spey Clave
Spey claves offer great instruction and a chance to catch steelhead. Learning to Spey cast and having a blast on Idaho’s Clearwater As you may have read in my most recent post, I got skunked and dunked on the Clearwater … Continue reading
Posted in Idaho, Industry, Northern Rockies, Spey
Tagged George Cook, Red Shed, Spey Clave
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Idaho’s Clearwater River and steelhead
GT gets blanked on the big river Err. Steelhead. I had a pretty good run of luck on the Clearwater until last year when I hooked three or four fish and never beached one. Prior to that I think I’d … Continue reading
Skating for Steelhead 101
Peter Crow’s Go-To Steelhead Dry Natural inclination these days is to go with a variety of sink-tips to get your metalhead. I did that last year on Idaho’s Clearwater River and hooked four fish from one pool and then thought, … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Idaho, Northern Rockies, Spey, Steelhead
Tagged Clearwater River, Dragonfly skater, Peter Crow
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Fly Profile: Elk Hair October Caddis
Dan Curtis’ Elk Hair October Caddis Ok, I’m all fired up because it’s late August and there’s already fresh snow on the mountains and the weather forecasters are calling for frost. All I can think about are fall hatches and that … Continue reading
The Western Spruce Month Fly Fishing Blitz
The West’s New Spruce Moth Blitz NOTE: This article previously appeared in Fly Fisherman Magazine. Thought you still might glean some valuable information from these words. If I remember correctly, some people were pissed to see the spruce moth hatch … Continue reading
Posted in Flies, Idaho, Montana, Northern Rockies
Tagged Big Hole River, Gallatin River, Madison River, Spruce moth
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The Henry’s Fork Bounces Back
Whitefish Ed and the rest of the crew Word out on the Henry’s Fork is that the river is back, meaning it’s progressed from a few years ago when anglers insisted that the state begin stocking the river with hatchery-raised … Continue reading
Drink of The Week: Moonshine
Moonshine Madness, Salmon, Idaho style Maybe I shouldn’t admit this, but I once built a still under my grandparent’s deck. I got a few dribbles of liquid, not much, but enough to have probably caused my frustrations with
Posted in Cocktails, Drink of the Week, Idaho, Northern Rockies
Tagged Idaho, Moonshine, Salmon River
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Steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon River
Big Swings, Moonshine Swigs and Steelhead on Idaho’s Salmon I couldn’t take it any longer. The two-hander’s been sitting in the closet and the steelhead have steadily swam upstream in Idaho since last fall. Now they’re just two and a … Continue reading
Winter Campout: Idaho’s South Fork Boise River
It’s as easy as this—you get your winter-weary ass off that couch, tie a few Zebra Midges and Brassies, plus a few Parachute Baetis, and you drive an hour from Boise or as long as it takes from anywhere else … Continue reading