The St. Joe River–located in the Idaho Panhandle’s St. Joe National Forest–is a 140-mile-long protected river system and according to the U.S. Forest Service, it’s one of the highest navigable rivers in the world, with a mouth elevation of just over 2,000 feet. . . .
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Video: How to Match Your Tactics to a Specific Trout
This week’s “Master Class Monday” video from Jensen Fly Fishing is a long one, but it’s well worth your time, as it’s full of useful information. Dave and Amelia hike into the backcountry in late summer, where they discover a pool . . .
Read MoreVideo: Using Science to Save a Trout Subspecies
Most fly fishers have seen photos or videos of the massive Lahontan cutthroat trout from Nevada’s Pyramid Lake, but there are dozens more populations, many of which are geographically isolated. This isolation leads to lowered . . .
Read MorePhotos: One Last Trip into the Colorado High Country
It is a well-known fact that you never know what to expect from the weather in Colorado. So when a snow storm rolled through the state the day after Labor Day, it was no surprise. Tom and I had planned to do one last backpacking . . .
Read MoreStory and Photos: An Incredible “Welcome Back to Missoula” Trout
I moved back to Missoula, Montana, recently enough that I’m still catching up on the fishing trips I missed while I was gone. That’s why I was sitting shotgun in Nick’s truck last Friday, when we spooked a scraggly, . . .
Read MorePodcast: The Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout of New Mexico
This week, we are talking about native trout, specifically the Rio Grande cutthroat of New Mexico. It’s a story of two communities–one a small New Mexico town and the other the Taos Pueblo tribe–told by Toner Mitchell of Trout . . .
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