Blackfoot River Idaho upcoming TR

[JestersHK]

Heading  out west on Monday for work...  Going to the town of Soda Springs real close to the Blackfoot River.  Besides all the work I'll be fishing in the evenings with a local guy at our site who has fished this stretch for 20 years. I'm hopeful to land my first cutthroat and brookie.  

Mr. BilletHead has already given me some great pointers(Thanks Sir!) but wanted to see if anyone else has ever fished it or had advice to share. 

I'm packing the waders and will be fly fishing only this trip.  FMCBrandon my cuz tied me up some great patterns based off BH's advice so hopefully I can get into some.

I'll be using this post as a parking spot for some inbound Pics and after action report! 

[ness]

Not familiar with that particular river, and I'm sure you got good advice from Marty, but in my experience a bigger, bushy dry with a small nymph dropper set to the right depth is my go to setup. Usually a stimulator and a pheasant tail. 

[ness]

Or you could go with Brad Pitt's favorite -- the Bunyan Bug.

 

[BilletHead]

     My Blackfoot experience was in Montana but Western trout are western trout about everywhere out there and act the same. HK I am looking forward to your report!

BilletHead

[JestersHK]

Thanks Ness and BH.  Online licenses are down due to some data breach... Hopefully I can sneak off site at lunch and hit the lone sporting goods store before they roll up the sidewalks LOL.

Not a whole lot of anything out there and I'm looking forward to it!  Not even McDonald's or any chains  these millennial gen kids going with me are going to freak... 

 

[Johnsfolly]

HK

Good luck on your western fishing. I've gotten grounded here in MO due to work and won't be headed out west this fall. So you'll have to post a lot of fish pics to allow me to live vicariously through your travels.

Also remember that BH has set the western fishing post bar pretty high. So we are expecting a little commentary as well as quality photos. No pressure .

[JestersHK]

Haha, thanks John!  No way I'll live up to Mr. and Mrs. BH adventures but I'll try I'm still trying to figure out how to be a stowaway on their next trip!  

Bags are packed, well at least my day pack which is all that matters!

[Johnsfolly]

I'm trying to get adopted, but I can't shoot well enough or make nice enough french fry poppers. 

[JestersHK]

Man, beautiful country out here... No fishing today, just a flight in to salt lake then a 3 hour drive into Idaho.  Tomorrow at 4pm is game time.

[JestersHK]

Got skunked on the black foot yesterday... Only saw 2 small Cuttys,. Missed a hook up on the drift on a big beetle pattern.  We were about 10 miles back into the caribou national forest.  Absolutely stunning scenery.  And eeriness of the silence was awesome.  You could hear the field mice in the brush, that's how quiet it was.  

This afternoon I took a tip from the guy at the inn we are staying at, and hit up a stretch of the portneuf river.  Smaller water but I immediately hooked up with a small brook.  Hey was a few feet from me and got tangled in the weeds and broke off on the same beetle pattern.

I retied up a prince pattern that my cuz tied for me and second cast fly got destroyed as soon as it hit the water.  Actually got this one landed, and mission accomplished for me!  Fought really well, and I was without waders and a net...

Started raining on me and I was hungry so meet up with my crew for dinner.  2 fish in 45 minutes isn't slaying them, but I was just stoked to finally catch my first Idaho trout.

Plan on hitting the water in the am. Hopefully I can get a few more to hand.  Here's a few pics, I'll have more when I get some better service.