Salmon River Fly Fishing Articles

Fall fly fishing extravaganza on Idaho's Middle Fork of the Salmon River

Less than 20 minutes from the Boise, Idaho Airport, I'm brimming with excitement as the cushy Caravan plane floats over a series of velvety green meadows bordered by high rocky peaks in Bear Valley, Idaho. We're headed into the heart of central Idaho's wilderness for a six-day fly fishing trip on the famed Middle Fork of the Salmon River.

"We're flying over the headwaters of the Middle Fork right now," says Dan Schroeder the pilot and owner, of Salmon Air, who seems to know the name of every point of interest along our route. "Look at those elk over there next to the trees. If we're lucky, maybe we'll see a wolf." It's an early September bluebird day, and the flight is so smooth in the early-morning hours, it feels like a magic carpet ride. The pilot flies down the barrel of the Middle Fork canyon, into the heart of the 2.3-million-acre Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. We can see the turquoise clear Middle Fork lazily meandering through the deep, V-shaped canyon. I'm looking for fish in the deep pools. Read More Here

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