By popular demand (if you can call one request “popular”), here are some photos from my second trip to “Chalkstream” this past Wednesday and my first trip to “Bonneville Creek” this year.
The humiliating day of skunkage in King Kong sized proportions gives way to the Intermountain West’s finest “Chalkstream” containing some sizeable fish. This angler was there for an incredible day of biking, beauty and dry fly excitement during a prolific hatch.
A couple of native trout conservation topics to keep tabs on in Idaho and Yellowstone.
Head on over to Island Park and watch the big cutts on their spawning run as they make their way from Henry’s Lake to Hatchery Creek.
Wildlife sound recorder Mike Kasic swims with Yellowstone cutthroat trout. Great footage! Concerns about the cutthroat’s plight, especially in Yellowstone Lake are also discussed.
Trying to restore native Yellowstone cutts, 6 lakes in the Flathead area of Montana had their fish limits removed.
Fishing for native trout in the deserts of Idaho, Oregon, Nevada and Utah. Cutthroats: Lahontan, Yellowstone and Alvords as well as redband trout and bull trout are the target species. Here’s the itinerary.