Monday, April 12, 2010

South Fork










This river has been on my list for a while. It finally was time to hit it. The weather was looking good so we headed out. It was actually much closer than i had ever realized. The drive up took about 3 hours. We got to the fly shop just after dark and we set up the tent. The South Fork Lodge let us set up on the lawn behind the shop. It was a lot colder than we had planned, dropping to 17 degrees the first night. But the tent heater did its job nicely. The river the next morning was cold and windy until late in the afternoon. The wind never let up but the fish didn't care. Whiteys, whiteys, whiteys, with a few trout in between. The trout were hard to find but we managed to hunt them down. The Idaho Fish and Game wants everyone to take the Bows out of the river to help the Cutthroats. The locals don't agree, we had a hard time keeping the fish, and after talking to one of the fly shops, we practiced catch and release. It was hard to see people catching cutts on worms and cheese, no releasing those fish. Found it weird that it was even legal. The second day was much warmer. Fishing was slow until late in the day. Overall we saw some nice fish, The rainbows are beautiful, but the cutts are amazing. They are so golden, with those bright red cutts, amazing fish..

5 comments:

  1. damn those are some awesome fish ken

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  2. Great shots... love the tail shot, and the stream bottom above angle shot. Nice work!

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  3. There is no allowed harvest for cutthroats on the SF of the Snake. Hybrids yes, cutthroat no and if you see people harvesting them please call them in.

    Having said that, looks like you all had a great trip. Now you need to try it in late June early July!

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  4. I understand that jabberwock, but once a fish swallows a hunk of cheese on a treble, the outcome is quite likely not good. It seems a dumb situation too me. I talked to a lot of people up there, didnt seem to be much support for the rule. Are you local to that area, lets go fishin..

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