South Fork Boise River

Category: Video

  • Fly Casting Tournament to Help South Fork Boise River Fishery

    The 2nd Annual Fly Casting Tournament & Fly Fishing Boat Show is set for May 12, 2012, at Eagle Island State Park.

    Four-person teams will compete in two divisions using a golf tournament format.  A maximum number of 12 Gold teams (Advanced) and 18 Silver teams (Recreational) will compete on fourteen land and water based casting targets, or holes.  Each hole represents a unique casting discipline/challenge.  Lowest team scores win.

    “The purpose for the tournament is to generate matching funds for habitat improvement on the South Fork of the Boise River downstream of Anderson Ranch Dam,” says tournament chairman Pat Kilroy.  “Last year’s inaugural 2011 Fly Casting Tournament raised $10,000 and was a decisive factor in the completion of the Pierce Creek Culvert project.  This money matched other local, state and Federal funds that removed a fish passage blockage for wild trout spawners.”

    Kilroy stated that proceeds from the 2012 Fly Casting Tournament & Fly Fishing Boat Show will (more…)

  • Another South Fork Boise Fishing Video

    We came across another video with some nice shots of South Fork Boise fishing. Enjoy.

  • Fall Fishing

    Year 2011 wanes, let’s have a little retrospective video.  Here’s a fall fishing video from troutlie.com.

  • More SF Boise video from On the Rise

    The second to last episode of On the Rise includes some additional video of fishing on the South Fork Boise River.

  • Fly casting tournament a successful fund raiser for Pierce Creek Reconnection Project

    From the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited –

    More than 130 people took part in the inaugural Ted Trueblood Chapter Fly Casting Tournament May 14 at Eagle Island State Park.

    The event was a fundraiser for the Pierce Creek reconnection project on the South Fork Boise River and also served as a fund and friendly competition event for fly fishing enthusiasts across the Treasure Valley.  KBOI TV sports reporter Troy Oppie came out to the event and his story was aired Saturday night seen in the video below.

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