Tips to Immediately Improve Your Fly Casting

Eyes forward - Quarterbacks, pitchers and golfers don't watch their backswing. You shouldn't be watching your backcast. Keep your eyes forward and watch the spot where you want your fly to land.

Limp wrist = limp cast - Nothing takes the power out of your cast like bending your wrist. Keep it stiff to get longer more accurate casts.

Fools rush in - Hesitate at the top of your cast. You have to wait for the line to load.

Be the fly danny - Different weights and sizes of flies call for different casting methods. Casting big, heavy flies requires a longer hesitation at the top of your cast. Very heavy flies like weighted streamers, requires a pause that is felt by the jerk of the fly, then go forward. Lightweight flies can be cast with less hesitation. Cast the fly you have on.

Whose line is it anyway - Line management is key. Keep some extra line off your reel at your feet. When lifting your line off the water, hold the line firmly in your non-casting hand. Casting a short distance with long line is poor practice in most instances. If you want to shorten your cast, strip the line in before casting. Lets say on one cast you land on the bank. Strip line in before casting again. Casting the same length line again will just catch the bank again. When trying to lengthen your cast, strip line off your reel before you begin casting. Stripping line off your reel a foot at a time while false casting, wastes time and energy.

Two lovers in the moonlight cast one shadow - You should limit your false casts to one too. One false cast is plenty to get your fly the distance needed. It also means your fly is in the water more, and that is where the fish live.
Snap to it - Start slowly lifting your line off the water, then speed up with a snap to the top of your cast. Make the stop at 10 to 12 o'clock very firm. After a hesitation, bring the rod forward.

10 Fly Fishing Equipment Terms You Need to Know

1. rod - Yea, its not called a pole. Don't call it a pole. A dead give away you need some help.

2. guide - Not only is this a guy that usually can get you into loads of fish, it is the shiny metal loops that hold your line to your rod. Every rod has between 8 and 10 guides. You should run your line through them prior to tying on your fly. If you do it the other way, this list isn't going to help you. Stop reading now and go golfing.

3. ferrule - These are the joints where the pieces of a rod are put together. A quick tip on ferrules: when putting your rod together, place the guides (described above) at a 90 degree angle to each other. Don't make the connection between the pieces to tight yet. Then when you have them at a 90, twist them straight and at the same time make them tight. What does this do? Well, it will drastically reduce the amount of times your rod comes apart, and reduce the amount of times you nearly go swimming for a piece of your rod.

4. butt - This is the end of the rod near the reel. And some rods have some very nice ones at that, including fighting butts that are longer than normal and even have a bit of padding to rest on your hip for fighting the lunkers.

5. reel - Most reels are more like "man jewelry". They look cool and are expensive. For trout, you don't need an expensive reel just to hold your line. Most fish you fight you can just strip your line by hand. On the fish you need to reel in, most reels will work, even the less expensive ones.

6. reel seat - The reel connects to the rod at the reel seat using a type of slide and washer that tightens with a threaded twist. Make sure your reel is not on backwards. The line should come off the reel on the bottom, not the top.

7. backing - Your last hope at getting a tough and fast fish to the net, is the backing. This ties to the reel and the fly line. It does not float and is not really all that technical. It is fancy kite string coming in 20 and 30 pound strength made of dacron. Usually you will have about 100 yards of backing on a reel.

8. line - Your fly line makes casting your fly possible. Usually brightly colored, it is easy to see on the water. For most types of fly fishing you will use a floating line. Each line has specific characteristics. Most fly lines you will use will be a weight forward. This makes casting easy. Each line is designed by a weight system. This weight system is used with rods also. You match a line weight with a rod weight. 6 weight lines go with a 6 weight rods, and so forth. Lines are 90 to 100 feet long.

9. leader - A leader consists of clear plastic material that attaches to your fly line on one end and the fly on the other. The leader will be tapered, being thick at the butt section that connects to the fly line, and thin at the fly. This allows the leader to be strong. It also makes it difficult for fish to see.

10. tippet - This is used to add length to your leader. Over the course of a day you will have to change flies to match what the fish are eating. You will lose flies in trees and fish. This will eventually make your leader too short for fishing. Tippet is then tied to the leader to add length . It is also used to keep the leader tapered down to a small size to hide it from the fish. Both tippets and leaders come in different lengths and diameters based on strength, for example, 3x diameter tippet is usually 8 pound strength.

Streamer Fishing Basics

Streamer fishing is a tried and true method for catching trout. While fishing dry flies remains the most exciting method of fly fishing, fall and winter fishing in the Rocky Mountains is usually limited to nymphs and streamers. While both of these other methods are productive given the situation and water type, fishing with streamers is usually more enjoyable than nymph fishing. There is real excitement when you cast your streamer in a great looking spot, strip your bug through it and...Wham! Feeling a fish hit your streamer and then bringing him in is a real rush.

Unfortunately for most fisherman using streamers is "the last resort". Many fishermen only employ streamers when nothing else seems to be working and they are throwing in the towel. Many more fishermen also believe that the pattern or color of the streamer is of no real consequence. "Any black or yellow streamer will do." What other time when you are fishing does the fly pattern not really matter as long as it is a certain color? None, and it does not apply to streamers either. Sure you may be able to catch a few on any streamer, however, finding the killer one is the key. We all know how picky trout can be. At times it seems they are truly smarter than we are. Finding the correct streamer for any given day or river will bring you success. Just throwing any streamer on as long as it is black will not. You should work just as hard to find the best streamer the trout want to eat as you would in matching a hatch when trying to catch trout on dry flies. There will be times when fishing to rising trout you will try a dozen different patterns trying to match one or two bugs the fish are keyed into. You will have to do the same trial and error with streamers. Really experiment and find one that the fish can't live without. You will know once you have found the one the fish want.

Many feel intimidated by the streamer. They can be difficult to cast and you can't see the fly in the water. With dry flies you get to see the action at the surface and nothing can beat the visual excitement. With nymphs you are watching an indicator, or bobber. So called sophisticated people cringe calling an indicator a bobber, but that is what they are, bobbers. Streamer fishing is all about feel. You will feel the trout hit the streamer. Sometimes you will even see him hit the streamer if the light is right. Occasionally the trout will take your streamer the second it hits the water right at the surface. Feeling the trout hit your streamer is a close second to seeing the fish strike a dry, and is far more fun than watching a bobber.

Choosing the correct pattern just takes practice. There are some guidelines to help you narrow the search, however. When fishing in off-color water you are better off using a dark fly. Some rivers in the west have large stonefly nymphs that begin moving to shore in the spring. Using a dark fly in either black or browns is a good bet. As you experiment and learn you will develop a method for picking your best flies.

Finding the best streamer water takes practice. There are specific things to look for. Feeding fish are a great target. Yes, rising trout. In the colder months you will often still see rising trout. Usually they are feeding on midges. You could take the time to switch over to a dry or you can keep using the streamer. Most rising trout have no problem taking a streamer. Put the right streamer in front of them while they are feeding and they rarely turn it down. Water that is best suited to streamer fishing in the winter months is different water that you will normally find trout in the summer. This water is the soft edges or insides of bends of the river. The slower water if preferred by the fish. This water will normally be shallower as well. Trout love shelves and drop-offs. Key in on these types of water. Many midges will congregate these areas too. Trout will pod up in larger groups in the winter months. When you find a fish, keep fishing that area until you feel you have caught, or scared, all the trout in that spot.

When fishing a streamer from a drift boat there are certain things to consider. The person rowing the boat must keep the boat going slower than the current. If they can't keep the boat going slow, you will be wasting your time with a streamer. You have to be going slower than the river. This is important because the streamer has to be pulled through the current, not floating with it. This is true even if you are dead drifting the streamer. If the boat is going slow, the streamer will still pull through the current when dead drifting. I can't stress enough the importance of drifting slow. Angle your cast at about 45 degrees or an even steeper downstream angle from the boat. There are situations where this is not critical, however it holds true for most. One such instance is if you are fishing a very slow backwater or still water, there is no real current to cross at 45 degrees. Slow strips in lengths of 10 inches give the best speed and look to your fly. Dead drift is also a very effective presentation. You must adjust your stripping speed to the water speed and your boat speed. If the boat is going fast or the water is very fast you will have to strip faster to keep up. Fishing water that may be only inches deep may require you to strip fast, however if you are constantly fishing very shallow water it is best to adjust the weight of your fly to compensate for the water depth. This will allow you to fish the streamer at a slower speed.

While all sizes of fish will take a streamer, you have a better chance of catching a large fish using streamers than other methods. Large fish are aggressive toward perceived threats and invaders to their territory. They also eat more small fish and sculpin, where small fish mostly feed on insects exclusively. Another benefit to fishing streamers over nymphs is whitefish almost never take streamers. A big plus.

When you plan your next outing keep in mind and prepare for the opportunity to fish with streamers. They will challenge you at first You may feel like you should give it up if you don't have success right away. Stick with it and try many different patterns. You will be rewarded for your efforts.

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PMD's and Hoppers

Fishing over the past two weeks with large and small dry flies has been fantastic. Both banks and riffles are producing fish. In most cases we are not using nymphs at all, even as droppers off big bugs.

There really is nothing that compares to fishing dry flies to trout. Watching those fish come up to bugs on the surface is the most exciting way to fish for trout.

The hoppers are everywhere. We are also still seeing golden stones both big and small.

Dry Fly Fishing the South Fork

We are having a very mild summer with temps in the low 80's. The water is cold coming out of Palisades Reservoir. The reservoir is 87% and Jackson Lake is 95% full. We will continue to have great water throughout the year.

Although the majority of the big stoneflies are gone from the river, small dries are still hatching on the South Fork of the Snake. Fish are still taking big dries, both stoneflies and hoppers. The pmd hatches have been very significant too. Fishing just drys or a big dry and a dropper has been very productive. Fishing the parachutes in size 14, 16 and 18 is a real treat.

South Fork Salmon Fly Hatch

The salmon flies are out on the South Fork. The bugs came out about a week ago and are slowly making their way up the river. The stoneflies have been delayed in hatching due to the cold water melt from all the snow we had this past winter.

Along with the salmon flies, there are tons of little yellow sally's and red-tag golden stones. Mayflies are hatching and we also saw a very significant green drake hatch this past two weeks on the South Fork.

We can finally put our strike indicators away after a long spring runoff on the South Fork. We are so tired of using bobbers, we don't want to see them again. Fishing with indicators or bobbers just isn't as fun as dry fly fishing. We are very happy to see the big and little bugs all over the river.

Fishing has improved dramatically over the past week too. Just yesterday I had my wife and children (9,7,4) out fishing the South Fork. They landed 44 trout on one of the lower sections of the river. A great day with only one rod fishing and the kids landing them.

Brian was out with Dean and Karen Scheid and they had over 20 double hookups. They landed between 70 and 80 trout on one of the lower sections of the river.

With all the water and the cold temperatures of the river, the South Fork will be fishing fantastic all summer long on dry flies. Goodbye indicators.

Lunkers released over the last few days on the Henry's Fork river in Idaho.

Big Water Big Fish

With all the high water on the Henry's Fork we have been catching lots of big fish. Those big ones love the high water and we have not had it for many years on the Fork.

Mike Hurley with a 23 x 14 brown on dry fly

Ernie Banks with the season big fish, 25 x 14 on dry fly

Henry's Fork Heating Up

The Henry's Fork has been fishing well the last several days. Randy stated that it is the best he has seen it in over 20 years on one stretch. The bugs are not out in force yet, however the fish are eating nymphs and some dry flies. We are catching many many fish over 20 inches.

Jimmy Jones from Houston landed this 23 x 16 inch brown on the Warm River stretch on the 29th.

Dean Scheid landed this 23.5 brown below Ashton on the 3oth of May.

Early South Fork Fishing

Fishing on the South Fork has been unexpectedly good this May. Normally we would be only on the Henry's Fork this time of year but due to the cold wet weather the salmon fly hatch has been delayed for the time being. Fortunately for us the South Fork has produced some out standing fishing in-particularly for big brown trout. George Geiges caught a 25 inch brown on May 23, and another guest caught a 22 1/2 x 18 hog the day before. We are very lucky to live in such a productive fishing area.

Spring Conditions Persist

We are continuing our wet weather from the winter. This spring has been wet and cold, except for a few days that reached near 90 degrees. The rivers are behind schedule from the recent years and hatches of salmon flies have been delayed from what we have seen the last few years. The weather this year is actually more normal than the last few years too.

Look for the bugs to start hatching this next week on the Henry's Fork.

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Idaho Fly Fishing Report

Idaho to study Teton Dam rebuild

Teton Valley News Article
(Created: Thursday, April 3, 2008 9:50 AM MDT)
More than 30 years after a colossal failure, some want Teton River dam replaced
By Jeannette Boner
Special to the TVN

It’s an idea that has been on the books since that fateful day 32 years ago this June.

Only this year, the prospect of rebuilding the Teton Dam took a larger step forward as the state of Idaho set aside $400,000 in a $1.8 million water budget to study resurrecting the structure in the Teton River Canyon in Fremont County.

Also included in the water budget is money to study improvements on the Minidoka Dam with the plan of raising the structure another five feet for greater water storage. But it is the Teton Dam that comes with considerable baggage since its failure June 5, 1976, caused $300 million worth of damage, wiped out towns, eliminated entire herds of livestock and killed 11 people.

“That’s a joke,” said third-generation Teton Valley fly fishing guide Randy Berry of the prospect of resurrecting the dam. “I said that 20 years ago and I’ll say it again today. That’s nothing but greed and politics at work.”

The final report presented to Idaho government officials in February as the Upper Snake River Management Plan included the need to raise the Minidoka Dam, but did not include in its final assessment rebuilding the Teton Dam.

“These last few years have been tough,” said Hal Anderson, division administrator with the Idaho Department of Water Resources in Boise. “We’ve had some bad water years and Idaho is fairly under-stored and that is compounded with increasing demands.”

It was in 2007 that the Idaho Department of Water Resources identified 73 potential water storage sites in the Upper Snake River Basin, but listed the Minidoka Dam enlargement and the Teton Dam reconstruction as the two “potential large scale storage projects that warrant consideration.”

Breaking down the numbers

IDWR estimates a new Teton Dam could account for more than 300,000 acre feet of storage and provide power and flood control benefits that would come with an estimated price tag of $435 million to construct. The dam would be a concrete structure as opposedto the original earthen dam that was built in the early and mid-70s.

The Minidoka Dam upgrades are estimated at $100 million and would increase the reservoir’s storage up to 50,000 acre feet.

For many conservation groups, the cost of the dam is nothing compared to the amenities the canyon provides in terms of recreation, wildlife habitats and aesthetics.

For Berry, who sued the state in 1975 along with other conservation groups to stop the dam’s construction, the thought of placing another dam in that same area would, “completely take away the most beautiful of areas and we can’t afford to destroy those places. We need to protect them any way we know how.”

Three months after the 1976 flood, Congressman Leo J. Ryan, of California, called the Teton Dam’s break “one of the most colossal and dramatic failures in our national history.” According to the Bureau of Reclamation, the 270-foot-deep reservoir that took almost eight months to fill drained in less than six hours, impacting the physical attributes of the canyon as well as the biology of 17 miles of the Teton River Canyon and surrounding tributaries, including the Henry’s Fork.

The scapegoat for the dam’s failure was the Bureau of Reclamation, which designed the structure. In an independent council’s investigation, two geologists, one from Montana and the other from the University of Idaho, testified that the location for the dam was “inadequate” and the bureau did not have enough detailed information while constructing the dam in the Teton River Canyon to ensure it would hold. At issue was the fissured canyon walls through which water seeped.

Contemporary information includes a 2002 study completed by Idaho Fish and Game that found “trout fishery in the Teton Canyon has declined in the 25 years following the Teton Dam collapse, despite the shift to wild, native trout management, special protective regulations, and catch-and-release fly fishing.”

Locals weigh in

The fish, along with the geology of the dam site, are a concern for local waterway nonprofit Friends of the Teton River. FTR’s Executive Director Lyn Benjamin said her organization is apprehensive about the geology of the dam, the biology of the Teton River and its population of Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout, and water management and conservation.

The dam site is composed of a volcanic rock called rhyolite, which can be porous. “The geology isn’t going to change,” Benjamin said. “We’re not confident that the geologies exist to support the rebuilding of the dam.

Teton County Commissioner Larry Young expressed similar sentiments. “Based on what I know about the geology, it’s not a good dam site,” he said. “History has certainly shown that. I understand that Idaho irrigators are looking for more storage area, but I don’t think that’s a good one.”

Commissioner Mark Trupp, whose family lives close to the dam site and saw its yard flooded by the dams failure, thinks rebuilding is the thing to do.

“It should be rebuilt for the original purposes of flood control, irrigation and tourism,” he said.

Teton Valley Chamber of Commerce President Reid Rogers was unavailable to comment on the chamber’s position on the rebuilding of the dam.

Karen Ballard, director of tourism for Idaho said the tourism council has not been presented with a proposal on how rebuilding would affect tourism. She said the council does not have a position on the issue currently.

Anderson: It’s just a study

Anderson said the federal money will simply be used to study the feasibility of another Teton Dam and stressed that other options would be considered.

“[The study] will look at other alternatives up there,” Anderson said. “This is not a design and construction - it’s an assessment.” In the 2007 report, the IDWR noted specifically that, when considering dam reconstruction, “overcoming negative perceptions may be a challenge.”

Anderson said Monday that once the funding is allocated, IDWR will work with the Bureau of Reclamation to develop a scope of work and a plan of study. He noted the money will come alongside funding for the water board to acquire an aquaculture facility in the Twin Falls area, and that that project is already moving forward.

“It’ll be a few months before we get all those details worked out,” Anderson said.

The Idaho Fish and Game Department, Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation all said recently they were ready and willing to assist the state in whatever needs it has to study the surrounding tributaries and dam site but did not comment specifically on the feasibility of rebuilding the dam.

Lisa Nyren contributed to this report.

Steamer Fishing 101

April 4 2008 marked the first day we landed over 100 fish in a day on the South Fork this year. Randy and Brian Berry Fished the section we refer to as the Lower Lower, from Heise to Lorenzo. The day was mostly cloudy and windy. The temperature was great, we never wore our gloves and there was no ice on our rods the entire day. There were three other boats on the water that day, but they floated out of sight as quickly as they appeared. The river was ours for the most part and we took advantage of it.

Switching out rowing after every two fish we racked up our fish counts. When we reached 80 fish we ventured down a misleading side channel that only produced one fish. The detour lasted for almost 45 minuets on an already fleeting day, and I thought our chances of breaking the century marks was lost.

Luckily as soon as we returned to the main river the fish returned to our flies. Immediately upon reaching 100 fish Randy insisted that we catch one more fish so that it would sound more believable. It was getting quite late and we had fished all day, but as I was in the fishing position I reluctantly agreed and landed number 101.

None of the fish were of great size. Most were between 14 and 18 inches with a few below 14 but none were larger than 18 inches in length. It was a great day, and only the first of many 100 fish days to be had at Teton Valley Lodge during the 2008 season. Join us and have one for yourself.

Latest Big Horn Streamer Fishing Trip

Randy, Matt and Adam just got back from fishing the Big Horn in Montana for two and a half days.

We got on the river at about 2 in the afternoon on March 24th. We started fishing at the 3 Mile access and took out at 13 Mile. The weather was quite windy and overcast. Driving to the river we were concerned about the wind, however it didn't prove to be that bad. Fishing with streamers and using either 12 or 15 pound fluorocarbon tippet we really had some great fishing. Nearly every feeding fish would take our streamers. We ended up landing 103 trout.

The next day we put on the river below the after-bay at 9 am and fished to 13 mile. Fishing started out slow. The first hour was spent trying to find a streamer they would take. The bright sun had the fish a bit off. Low temperatures the previous night also had them a bit sluggish. The key is to continually change flies. Try a streamer for a 5 minutes and change if it is not working. You should have some standbys that always work and go back to them. Later the fishing picked up, but was not as good as the day before. We ended up landing and releasing 90 trout for the 13 mile stretch.

Wednesday the 26th of March we put in at 3 Mile and took out at 13 Mile. The weather was just right for a great day of fishing. The sky was overcast and no wind. As usual we started with streamers and used them all day. Fishing streamers instead of nymphs is just more fun in our opinion. We got on the river at 8:30 am and took out at 7 pm. We tried to fish water that we had not fished the two previous days. We released 215 trout for the day.

Historic Big Horn Streamer Fishing

You Tube Link for Upper South Fork Video

523 Fish Released in 2 1/2 Days!

Tom Fenger with a Bighorn Brown

Randy Berry, Tom Fenger and Brian Berry caught and released 523 trout in 2 1/2 days of fishing on the Bighorn River of Montana. Now I know that most of you are saying that is a big lie right now, but believe it or not, it is true. On February 14th the three of us fished the Bighorn for the first time in several years. We had taken trips to the river every year for more than a decade, but had lost interest with the water and looked for other winter fishing locations. Thankfully we returned.

As we fished we would rotate fishing and rowing. Our system works where once a fisherman lands three fish he switches positions with the angler rowing. This way every one gets an equal amount of time fishing and rowing. We like to call it baseball. Many of our switches on this particular trip were made after the fisherman had only made 5 to 10 casts, because he had already landed his three fish. We switched constantly.

The first day we floated from the Dam to Bighorn, 13 miles in total. We were the only boat on the river that day and we only saw a very few waders. It was great. The weather was a little cold, around 35 degrees with a wind of about 15 to 20 MPH. We fished only streamers, as we did all three days of fishing, and never got out of the boat, except for lunch. Our fish counts the first day were astonishing. At the Three Mile access we had counted 77 fish. We were very happy with our morning, we new we had 100 fish in the bag, (100 fish is our goal every day). The day ended with 155 fish caught and released. We did not think that we could top it the next day, we were wrong.

The second day we got to the boat ramp a little earlier, around 8:00 am. We tried to fish the water that was productive the day before and skip over the water that was not. When we got to lunch at Three Mile we had landed 117 fish! Now we had the number 200 in our sights. We were on a mission and were dedicated to fishing hard the rest of the day. We ate and got right back out to catching them. With the light leaving and the temperature falling rapidly we settled on 226 fish about a mile above the take out and rowed in. This was a record high number of fish for all three of us. And when I say that, it means something. Randy has been guiding for over 50 years and Tom for over 30! That is a lot of fishing and guiding. We were on cloud 9 as we ate dinner and sat around our cabin congratulating ourselves.

With all these fish, we decided to only fish from the Dam to Three Mile the last day, and drive home. The day was perfect. More clouds than the first to days, and fish were as active as ever. We ended our trip with 144 fish at 1:00.

523 fish in 2 1/2 days, unbelievable. If I had not been a part of it I would not believe it either.

March Snows Bring August Flows!

The snow has been stacking up all winter long, and now that spring is coming, the snow continues to come as well. All this snow means one thing, great fishing throughout the entire 2008 season. Idaho Water Resources expects all of our rivers to flow at 95% of normal for the up coming summer. So let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

Upper South Fork March 14, 2008: 58 Trout Released

This is the first in a long line of short films that TVL will be posting on this blog throughout the year. With these videos we hope to display the incredible rivers, fish and guides that make Teton Valley Lodge great.

Upper Section of the South Fork of the Snake - Idaho

We fished all day using streamers through the snow and wind and had a pretty good day. Fishing was spotty as the fish are not everywhere. They are podded up in certain areas. Changing flies was very important as the fish were fickle. We ended up landing between 50 and 60 trout. Nearly half the fish were cutthroat, the rest made up mostly of browns with a few rainbows mixed in.

Fishing the upper section of the snake right now can be a challenge because the accesses are not open for vehicle traffic. You have to drag you boat up the bank to the road about 100 yards through the snow to your car. Thankfully the snow was hard and slick.

Fly Fishing Again.....finally

We finally got back on the South Fork after a few months of very bad weather. I don't remember seeing the banks so stacked with snow and ice. Our water for the summer looks very good with all the snow we have.

We fished from Heise to Lorenzo on Tuesday 2/26/08. Fishing started out a bit slow for the first 45 minutes. Then the fish started waking up and coming to life. Using several of our own streamer patterns we managed to land between 60 and 70 trout. The vast majority were browns with very few cutthroat mixed in. We did not catch any large fish. The biggest was about 20 inches. I don't remember catching any rainbows.
The weather was nice and a bit overcast. We look to get out again this next week.

Idaho and Western Snow Reports

If you have Google Earth you can instantly see the condition of the snow pack in the western US. Click here for the snotel data file used by Google Earth.

Webcams

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West Tetons
Live Panoramic Teton View from Grand Teton Imaging Cam

The Storms Keep Coming

When the weather gets bad at TVL it gets really bad. Sometimes it is just better to stay home and stick it out. There are those adventurous souls that throw caution to the wind and the wind blows it right back in their face.

The recent snow is wonderful. We look forward to getting more of it.

Idaho rivers looking good with lots of snow

We are looking good on snow for the year. We are a bit above our normal levels. Storms continue to grant us the snow we love for the fish we admire. Cold temperatures have been keeping us from fishing as the rivers have either been frozen over or plagued with floating ice. So we will build some snow caves and enjoy the snow.

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