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Bugs, and the North Fork Payette River The North Fork Payette River is a tailwater river, It is born from

Where to Fly Fish in the Fall (Southwest Idaho) South Fork Boise River   Close to home you cannot ignore

The Deadwood River The Deadwood River is a tailwater river which is born from the Deadwood Reservoir way high in

The Bruneau River Many years ago, on a hunch, I drove to the Bruneau River for a day of discovery

South Fork Payette River Right in the backyard of the Treasure Valley is a blue ribbon trout river known as

The word prospecting usually denotes someone crawling and climbing all over the mountains looking for gold.  We might associate the

Most people like to catch fish when they go fishing. That’s pretty safe to say. Why would any rational person

Recently my day-job brought me to Salinas, California to help move a warehouse. It was going to just be four

Upper Salmon River in the Fall America’s first recollection of the Salmon River comes from the journals of Lewis and

Fly Fishing the North Fork Payettte It never ceases to amaze me the lack of fly fishing pressure on the

Big Wood River Rhapsody    Ernest Hemingway said of the Wood River valley that it was the “Prettiest place on

Fly Fishing the SF Snake River by Trevor Sheehan The South Fork of the Snake River in eastern Idaho is

Fly Fishing the Malheur River Living and fly fishing in Southwest Idaho has its benefits.  Living in the West, especially

Spring Creeks  Spring creeks are one of Mother Nature’s gifts to fly anglers the world over.  Idaho in particular is

How’s the Fishing? How many times have you been out fishing and ran into another fly fisherman and were asked

Fishcation The bugs didn’t get the memo about this quarantine and many rivers are fishing exceptionally well. Unfortunately the logistics

My Friend the Malad River The Malad River is a Southwestern Idaho river and is among the shortest rivers in

Nymph Fishing the South Fork Boise River I woke up to the bright sunrise shining through my bedroom curtain and

Many of us are trapped inside and I’ve been keeping myself busy by sitting behind the vise tying flies and

Owyhee River, Oregon Flow Rate: 302 cfs Air Temp Midday: 92 degrees Water Temp: Not taken but cold   On

Canyons I had been told by a reliable angler of a little known trail that leads into one of the

The “Maddy”   I got a phone call one afternoon awhile back and it was an old buddy of mine

Home Water Being more or less a fish hobo for the last Decade I’ve had a great many opportunities to

Fly Rods and the Custom Fly Rods (Fish Guns) For most fly fishermen buying a new or used fly rod

Fish Hobo I didn’t start out to be a fish hobo is just happened. It took years of life’s ups

Drift Boats Years ago while I was bank fishing on the Madison River a light went on in my head.

Paying It Forward I got back from my last trip to Silver Creek with high hopes that one of the

Master of the Sport Over the years I’ve often overheard in fly fishing conversations the use of the term Fly

Emergers      When I first started fly fishing, I had a hard enough time just learning what a dry fly