South Fork of the Snake

[Darrin.Deel]

On Monday I left Chico at 4:40AM to my new home for the summer, Irwin, Idaho. I will be guiding the South Fork of the Snake, through The Lodge at Palisades Creek, a licensed outfitter on the SF(www.tlapc.com). I will be posting reports and photos in this thread throughout the summer.

As of right now the fishing is awesome. We are catching fish type of fly we throw on. The salmonflies will be here as soon as we get a few more days of hot weather.

If anyone plans on heading up this way, give me a shout! I will be guiding here until the middle of September and I would love to take you fishing!
A few shots from the past week...

[EricO]

Wow, that is one BIG streamer Darrin.....crawdad pattern?

Meat eater for sure!

Ahhh Chico....grew up there. Awesome town....and brewery

EO

[mikel]

Hey Darrin...My buddy, Bill and I are all set to fish with you 2 days on our way to the Yellowstone and Madison. See you there. -Mike

[RJSFLYTRIP]

Just wait till the goldens come off. That is when it is plain stupid. You have big bugs on the banks with pmds in the foam and riffles. You have no idea what you are in store for. Seeing that picture of Parker throwing streamers in the canyon with a Bud Light makes me wish I was there. Really cool stuff. Great Pics. Have fun my friend!

[Darrin.Deel]

EO-that's just a big hairy double bunny

Mike-see you in september!

Ryan-this place should be illegal!

The fishing out here is incredible. What is even better is the scenery. I've seen dozens of bald eagles, I can see an osprey nest from my bedroom window, and i've seen bulwinkle a bunch of times on the river. The salmon flies are going to get going in about week if it stays warm. It's a good year to be in Idaho.