Fishing & Floating in Idaho

Ahhh, ...on the water, by the water, in the water - it's all good. There's something unequaled about the effect that water has on us. For the casual floaters or the fishing buffs among us, we offer many maps and books to enrich and inform you of the waters you may be entering. We carry Flyfisher's Guides by Wilderness Adventures Press, paddling and canoe camping books . For Montana we stock many river and stream maps, from the Montana Afloat series for all the major rivers, to the Rocky Mountain Survey maps of the Absaroka Beartooth area. Idaho's Wild and Scenic Salmon River and Montana's Wild and Scenic Upper Missouri River are certainly worth a look. So check your tackle box, pack the bug spray and hit the water!

Idaho's Best Fishing Waters
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Maps, maps, and more maps! Idaho's 26 best rivers and streams are completely revealed in excellent, detailed, full-color maps showing every fishing access, campground, boat launch, tributary, and trail, along with great information about each section of water and nearby fisheries. Public land is clearly identified in color, and every pos… read more

Flyfisher's Guide to Idaho, 2nd Edition
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This was our first book in the flyfishing guide series. In our recent second edition, there are 100 new pages with many more waters and maps along with a complete description of each species of trout, salmon, and bass in Idaho -- with some great fly fishing techniques. It is the only book you will need to plan a successful flyfishing trip in Idaho.… read more

On the Fly Guide to the Northern Rockies
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Expert fly angler Chuck Robbins covers over 50 of the best fisheries the Northern Rockies have to offer -- from famous waters like the Henry's Fork, the Beaverhead, Silver Creek, and Yellowstone Lake to lesser-fished gems like the Kootenai, Upper Green, and Greybull Rivers and the Newton Lakes. In his book On the Fly Guide to the Northern Rockies, R… read more

Canoe Camping
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Imagine pulling your canoe to shore at the day's end, cooking up a hearty meal, and lying back in your warm sleeping bag to watch the stars. 'There is the feel of a paddle and the movement of a canoe, a magic compounded by distance, adventure, solitude and peace...' wrote Sigurd F. Olson in The Lonely Land. The pleasures of the extended canoe trip… read more

Canoeing & Camping Beyond the Basics, 3rd & 30th Anniv. Ed.
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Canoeing & Camping Beyond the Basics provides expert instruction on canoe camping along North America's waterways. This thirtieth-anniversary edition details the skills you need to make your canoe camping excursions safe and enjoyable, whether you paddle on millponds, lazy rivers, or wilderness lakes. Veteran wilderness guide C… read more

Fly Fishing the Mountain Lakes
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Gary LaFontaine needs no introduction. He was renowned worldwide for his innovative fly patterns, his books, and his enormous influence in the world of fly fishing and fly tying. In this classic work on fishing for trout in the high-altitude lakes of the West, he turns his considerable talents to this highly specialized but also endlessly absorbing as… read more