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.

South Fork of the Snake & Teton Rivers – Scenic or Recreational Waters?

Things to keep an eye on. Anyone familiar with the Teton Valley or Swan Valley in Idaho knows about the rivers flowing through them: The Teton River runs through the former and the South Fork of the Snake River through the latter. The BLM is considering if parts of these two rivers should be designated as scenic rivers or recreational rivers. Here’s a nice article (from the Rexburg Standard Journal) about the efforts on these two rivers. This website has information about wild, scenic and recreational designations of waters.

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 Boise – Prelude to Fishing

I never thought a female would become such an integral part of our spring excursions (which I kind of think of as a “guy” thing). But Judie is starting to become a part of our Idaho fishing world. And, well…OK, OK, time to come fully clean—we’ve been seeing each other consistently for three years now. [...]

South Fork and Henry’s Fork of the Snake – Report

Last Friday (Ocotber 17) and Saturday (October 18) saw Dan (for long-time readers, that’s Talking Bull) and I plying the waters of the forked Snake. Kevin (from The Cutthroat’s Spot) was kind enough to give us some insider information (he lives ten minutes from the South Fork—lucky bugger!) on the river. We heeded his advice [...]

Blackfoot River and Beyond

We have returned from our little fishing foray (and I survived the motorcycle expedition – more on that in the next post). If you read the route and map from the last post, you would know that we planned on fishing in Idaho on the upper Blackfoot River and some areas around it on day [...]

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).