While the art of winter sports has now evolved to fantastic levels, early Indians in North Idaho were adept at ice fishing and certainly made snow shoes to facilitate the winter hunt and travel. Our area was settled much by German and Scandinavian stock, as well as the early French trappers, priests, and settlers. So, […]
The Hope/Clark Fork area stretches along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille from the Pack River to the mouth of the Clark Fork River, the major waterways that feed mighty Pend Oreille. Lake Pend Oreille is one of the West’s largest freshwater bodies of water with several islands near the Clark Fork estuary, including the […]
“The rich,” writes University of Maryland professor Michael Olmert, “have terrific leverage over history.” Where they live and the things they own “dominate what we know about the past simply because the good things outlast the vernacular and the ephermal,” he writes in his book “Milton’s Teeth and Ovid’s Umbrella.” “Graffiti defeat that at a […]
People look to preserve gains in the sale of their home; if there are no gains, they look to preserve as much of their original equity as possible. Boise no doubt felt repercussions of the real estate boom as well as some real estate deflation afterwards. After all, who in Boise is not familiar with […]
Idaho has always been a Mecca for fly fishing. There are so many great rivers that one really cant go wrong when picking a place to fish. Idaho boasts excellent trout fishing in such rivers as the South Fork Snake River, Henry Fork of the Snake River, and the Boise River to name a few. […]
Not only are the rivers in Idaho spectacular fly fishing, but there are also an abundant amount of creeks that deliver up beautiful native trout. Bitch creek is one of those lesser known creeks that is spectacular. Idaho Fly Fishing in Bitch Creek Who knows how Bitch Creek got its name, but us Frenziers have […]