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The Green Drakes Came to Party at the Ranch
The fish had better things to do, I guessOpening day on the Railroad Ranch came and went, another year passing by with not much good to say. The weather was nice, and the bugs were there, but the fish? Where have the fish gone? The morning of the 15th of June, the crowd of eager anglers spread out along the banks of the…
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Last Chance Ghosts
Searching for fish to eat a dry fly on the Railroad RanchI’d spent the last several days staring at the surface of the river. I was on the Henrys Fork of the Snake at Last Chance, Idaho, and I’d been there for two weeks. The Harriman Ranch stretch of Henrys is world renowned as a dry fly fishing paradise. On opening day, June 15, you can…
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Dreams of June on the Henry’s Fork
The clock is running down on my stretch of work in 2025. I’ve got a date with a river in Idaho, opening day on the Railroad Ranch, at the little fishing community of Last Chance on June 15. Looking back, I think I’ve only hit the opener once, in 2021. Lets see, in 2015, my…
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Seven Hours at Last Chance
Seven hours walking along the banks of the Henry’s Fork, standing in the current, looking at bugs and birds. Almost nothing was going on in the water, until a explosion of action for 15 minutes or so nearing sunset. Huge drakes popping off the water and fish gulping them down all around me, while rain…