Redband Roundup – Wish You Were Here

Last weekend was the annual trip to the South Fork Boise River. The fishing was excellent, with enough 16″-20″ redband trout surface feeding and brought to hand to slake my winter fishing drought. Wish you were there.

The best kind of frustrating

Fly fishing South Fork of the Boise River brings to mind that fly fishing to rising trout can be the best kind of frustration there is.

South Fork of the Boise Idaho

South Fork of the Boise River below Anderson Ranch Reservoir

My fishing buddy, Dan, picks me up in Mendon, Utah at 6:00 am. We’re heading on a three day, three river fishing trip in Idaho: South Fork of the Boise, Big Wood and Big Lost. The first leg is filled with the usual fish banter, and an interesting experiment by Dan in tying flies with his vise mounted to the door handle (he successfully designs and ties a double midge CDC pattern).