2008 Idaho trip --help RW

Larry L wrote:
"rw" wrote


You mean the South Fork of the Snake? My impression is that it's a piece
of cake.

BTW, the South Fork of the Snake is nearly synonymous with Swan Valley.
Here's a Swan Valley website I stumbled on that has some pretty impressive
fishing photos:

http://www.jnolan.net/photo_gallery.htm




That photo of the braided section ot river sure inspires the desire to visit
!!

It amazes me how time flies .... I've only been to the Swan Valley a few
times back when I was summering training dogs in the Jackson, Wy area, and
would drive that route, back and forth, to trials in Pocatella and Roberts
Idaho. Memory is of a very special area ... but damn !! .... that has been
nearly 30 years.

As for my comments about the SF float ... at least a few people have told me
it can be dangerous, especially if you pick the wrong turn and get into the
wrong channel. This summer I mentioned being warned against taking a solo
SF trip, in a kickboat, to a guy I fished with one day from Rexburg. ( we
were on the lower HF and discussing a possible float together of the Warm
River to Ashton section is how it came up ) He told a tale of losing a
young friend on the SF, apparently to a "wrong turn" encounter with a
sweeper.

I wouldn't do it in a kickboat either -- at least not the first time. I
was figuring on a raft or a drift boat.

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