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The 2022 Season on the Harriman Ranch
The 2022 Season on the Harriman RanchIn 2022, Ranch fishing was the worst I have experienced over 40 consecutive years and more than 14,800 hours of angling and guiding. An index of how recently a...
The 2018 Season on the Harriman Ranch
Fishing in 2018 was better than in 2017. Between 15 June and 14 September, my clients and I landed 106 rainbows of seventeen inches or longer. The figure is almost twice the number we landed in 2017...
The 2017 Season on the Harriman Ranch
The 2017 season was defined by both positives and negatives concerning the health of our fishery and the quality of our fishing. We had better numbers of a few species of aquatic insects...
The 2016 Season on the Harriman Ranch
From 2012 through 2015, it was fun to write my annual report on Ranch fishing. This year it is difficult. My clients and I invested more than 400 hours on the water between 15 June...
Hunting Unicorns
Over the course of the last nine seasons guiding trips for TroutHunter, I’ve come to realize that there are several types of anglers whom I regularly encounter. The first is the...
Checking in
Any chance I get to get out on the river with one of the guys I try to take advantage of. Pat and I both have a wife and two children at home, and a very busy guide season. So for us to get...
The 2015 Season on the Harriman Ranch
General Comments 2015 provided the eighth straight year of good fishing on the Ranch; however, there were more periods of tough fishing than in any summer since 2007. I invested 485 hours...
Recap: 2013 Season on the Harriman Ranch
THE 2013 SEASON ON THE HARRIMAN RANCH by John McDaniel It was an interesting year. In summary, we had our fifth consecutive year of excellent Ranch fishing. My detailed journal...
Sgamma Montana
Opening weekend in Montana is always the 3rd Saturday in May, usually a time of high and muddy water throughout the region. The family and I were opening up the cabin on Henrys Lake and getting...
The Thrill of the Chase
In 1994 I took my first trip to the greater Yellowstone area. I travelled with a close friend who is infamously known in many circles as ‘Cheeseburger Paul.’ I met Paul when I was 15...