News and Fishing Reports

The sun was bright and the air was crisp as we hooked the 16' crestliner fishing machine to the trailer hitch. Yes sir......another beautiful fall day in Idaho. We loaded too many rods and even more reels lined with fly lines for every depth. Why do we do that when we end up fishing the...

Okay, so I apologize for the lack of an update for a couple months, but you try running 70-something trips to date in your first year of guiding full time and see if your fingers want to type at the end of the day. Between rowing and tying and UNTYING knots, I’ll seriously wager a bet...

My appreciation for Tennessee grew tremendously following my latest guiding experience.  My fondness for the state was previously based solely on a gentleman named Jack Daniels but now I have two more reasons, Trey and Jared.  Trey played ball for the Broncos, Jets, and Bills as a center,...

It was 52 degrees with intermittent, gusty winds at game time on Cinco de Mayo at the Vernon boat launch for the first game of the season between the hometown Fish of the Fork and the Visiting Anglers from Texas and southern Idaho, respectively. The fish got some strong pitching in the early...

With the weather showing some signs of Spring, Brad Miller and I have gotten out on the water quite a bit recently.  We began in late March, swinging streamers around the Chester backwaters, and the Fun Farm and Del Rio bridges for aggressive, early season Henry's Fork fish looking to pack on...

Let me give you a taste of the chase for some of the biggest brown trout in the world at the end of the earth. I fall out of bed after six hours of sleep as we had dinner at midnight the night before. The cooler is in the truck and 12-14 foot two handed rods loaded with short-head...

After returning from their winter habits, the Osprey have just recently began to return the Henry’s Fork. One was kind enough to take a break from trout hunting in Last Chance Run to perch up with us and answer a few questions. FNR: ( Forkin News Reporter): Where did you grow...