Fly-Fishing Guide to the Henry's Fork Hatches, Flies, Seasons & Guide Advice for 80 Miles of World-Class Water

The Henry's Fork just might be the most diverse trout river in the world with over 80 miles of soft meadow flats, fast riffles, deep canyon gorges, stunning waterfalls, remarkable cottonwood-lined side channels, and defined pockets, pools, runs, and glides. That diversity means abundant aquatic life-at least four species of stoneflies, thirteen important mayfly species, and seven caddisflies, along with midges, craneflies, damselflies, and some lesser-known aquatics, plus leeches, dace, shiners, whitefish, sculpins, scuds, and crayfish, all of which combine to provide a grand diet for the fast-growing river trout. There's no better place in the world to fish for trout than the Henry's Fork.

Mike Lawson has called the Henry's Fork home water from the time he was a child fishing with his dad and granddads. He and Sheralee started a fly-tying business that grew into the legendary Henry's Fork Anglers fly shop. Author of Spring Creeks, Lawson conducts seminars at sports shows and for fly-fishing groups and is a contributing editor for Fly Fisherman magazine. He lives in St. Anthony, Idaho.