Some of my readers may remember a blog post I made earlier in the spring about the Legacy Ranch located in Southeastern, Idaho. It is a 671 acre spring creek and waterfowl ranch situated outside of Blackfoot, Idaho. It is currently for sale and listed through Live Water Properties, the premier real estate brokers for fishing and hunting parcels. My good friend and guiding partner Scott Smith invited me over to the ranch on Friday to guide some clients that were looking at the property. Given how limited our public fishing options are right now with high and muddy rivers around here, I jumped at the chance to go.
The spring fed ponds, creeks and sloughs extend roughly 3 miles through this pristine property. We dropped our boats into the cold, clear stillwater with our anglers to find some truly exceptional fishing. Small nymphs dropped under dry flies led us to a handful of amazing wild Rainbow trout in the net, including this 7 pound beauty at the top.
In terms of fishing on public water in the region, we are still very limited. The South Fork is still holding at a dirty 24,000 cfs, while the Green is dropping ever so slowly, but is still around 3,000 cfs. The best fishing in the area is still on the Firehole River, where higher flows are keeping the water cool. Old timers in the valley often look to the top of peak 10,450, also known as Rendezvous Bowl to tell us when the Snake will be ready to fish. Once the "bowl" is completely clear of any snow, it's time to fish the Snake they say. Well, we still have quite a way to go before that face is free of snow. I'm guessing we'll be fishing dry flies on the Snake August 5th...you heard it here first :)
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