Whiskey Creek Fly Fishing

Island Park, Idaho, is the birthplace of Henry’s Fork.  Henry’s Fork begins in Big Springs, and flows through the town, to Last Chance, where the river then flows into Harriman State Park.  Highway 20 roughly follows the river, and the town of Island Park roughly follows Highway 20.
Is Island Park in danger?
Island Park is 33 [...]

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When you have a good thing, any event that changes the status quo makes us nervous. A change appears to be coming to the management of Idaho’s Harriman State Park.  Of course, I don’t need to inform you kind readers that the Henry’s Fork flows through Harriman State Park, and this is the storied section [...]

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The Upper Coffee Pot campground is right on the Henry’s Fork, in the Mack’s Inn area. This is an outstanding place to teach kids to fly fish. The wading is very easy, the fish are very willing, and everytime that I’ve been there, the fish are rising.

A 2 mile dirt road leads to the campground. [...]

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This is the kind of competition we like. A bald eagle was released yesterday on the Henry’s Fork, near Rexburg. The eagle was nursed back to health at the Rocky Mountain Raptor Program, after a gunshot wound.

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I started out believing that Mack’s Inn was an Exxon station where I bought my fishing license and filled up the car. Over the years, I learned of the dances and history of place, fires and all.  This year, Mack’s Inn turns 100.  Read all about it on the Island Park Idaho blog.

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An angler survey conducted last year at Harriman State Park in Idaho shows that most of the anglers were unsuccessful the day they were surveyed. However, when asked if they wanted to supplement the Ranch with stocked trout, the vast majority disagreed, preferring to keep the Ranch a wild trout fishery.

The angler survey was conducted [...]

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Henry’s Fork Foundation has performed many trout migration/mobility studies using radio telemetry in the upper portion of the river. A new telemetry study is underway in the lower portion (below the Chester diversion dam).  This study is concentrating on brown trout.
Twenty-four brown trout, ranging between 14 and 24 inches were caught with electro-fishing and instrumented [...]

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Mike Lawson of Henry’s Fork Anglers showing how to fish Box Canyon

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Earlier this month, Henry’s Lake reached 100% full, and they started releasing water into the outlet. We were optimistic – thinking of all the large cutts and hybrids that were washed over the dam. We are especially lucky that we have access to the private water right downstream of the dam.
Upon arriving and passing the [...]

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