I‘ve read several books about Lewis & Clark over the years, including a version of their Journals that was as thick as a Manhattan phone book. Not only was their journey one of history’s most epic road trips, but man, oh man, did they see some spectacular fishing! The numbers of salmon and steelhead they encountered on the Columbia-Clearwater-Snake river system were beyond imagination. When I finally get my jet boat time machine built, my first trip is going to be along much of the Lewis & Clark Trail!
Apparently, I am not alone in my fascination with the fishing that the dynamic duo and the Corps. of Discovery encountered…The Federation of Fly Fishers has created a virtual and physical exhibit on this very subject! Check this out: Undaunted Anglers: Fishing with Lewis & Clark
Joe says
I fish one of the rivers that they took through Montana, the river that got them to the Colombia is still the best Brown Trout river in the country! Also my exwife caught an 11 lb Rainbow on 6lb test line with a Panther Martin. The last trip I took 4 years ago.
My brother and I caught around 400 fish in eight days of fishing. The fish averaged 18″ , big Browns to 30″ ! Mid September to mid October the best time to go, no
masiqtos. We fished rite in town, along highways and it didn’t matter for no one fishes it.
The best thing about the River, that I will not name, just dosn’t look like the
fishery that it is, the BEST!!!!!!, and I have fished all over Montana 17 times. We are
planning to drift it one of these days, but you don’t need a boat.
"Smitty" says
Way too cool! That illustration would make a neat Tatt!