Idaho Fly Fishing Blog

South Fork Carnage

Brian Berry — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:53:35 PST

If anyone out there is still in doubt of the fishing in October and November, let this video put that all to rest. This was from yesterday the 9th. The fishing was as good as it gets. We fished mostly streamers and landed around 100 fish. The biggest was 23 inches [...]

The Good Fishing Continues

Brian Berry — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:23:33 PST

The South Fork just keeps on fishing great. This video is of the Lower South Fork on Saturday the 7th. The largest fish landed was 24 inch brown. On the same day we had a boat land two 26 inch fish on a different section of the river. I can’t wait [...]

November Fishing Report

Brian Berry — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:17:38 PST

This video pretty much sums up how the river is fishing right now. It is out of sight!

The Monsters Come out For Halloween

Brian Berry — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:32:27 PDT

Well this day on the river was not what we expected it to be. Randy and Brian fished the Upper South Fork on the 30th of October thinking that the streamer fishing would be outstanding. The river is running higher than it has in the past few years at this time and we [...]

Fall Fishing Has Arrived

Brian Berry — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:00:39 PDT

Nearly a month of warm sunny weather has finally come to an end. Today Fall has arrived in the mountains and with it all the seasons great year end fishing attributes. This is the time for blue wings, streamers, giant browns, and no crowds! For most guides this is the time of year we [...]

South Fork Fishing Report: Early August

Brian Berry — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:26:50 PDT

n a word the fishing is MURDER! The South Fork of the Snake has been showing it’s true colors for the past few weeks. From the Dam all the way to Rexburg there has been outstanding fishing day in and day out. The trout are looking up for golden stones, mayflies, caddis [...]

The Day We Will Never Forget

Brian Berry — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:15:01 PDT

As I write this post, I still can not believe what happened to Ed Isbey and myself on the South Fork yesterday. It was one of those days that every angler dreams about but never really thinks will ever come to pass. I also need to say that I feel very lucky and [...]

Water Is Down, Fish are Up

Brian Berry — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:02:03 PDT

his Season has been marked with high water in the Teton and South Fork. Through the month of June the water was very high on both of these rivers making the dry fly fishing marginal at best. By the 4th of July however the worm had turned and we are now seeing great [...]

Railroad Ranch Update

Brian Berry — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:13:27 PDT

Probably the most famed fly water in all the world belongs to the Henry’s Fork. The Railroad Ranch section is spoken of in reverent tones by most anglers and by all purists. This section of the river has a special opening day as stipulated by the Harriman family that donated the property to [...]

June 10th Fishing Report

Brian Berry — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:05:26 PDT

strong>Fishing here in Eastern Idaho is outstanding. Despite some crazy weather changes in the past two weeks the fishing has lived up to Salmon Fly hatch expectations. At the end of May temperatures were in the 80’s and this past week has brought lots of rain and even a June snow storm. Through [...]