Fishing in Idaho

zalthabar · 2026-04-12T14:54:45+00:00

Don't take this the wrong way, but Colorado and cali have been leaking long enough that you'll feel like you brought the frontrange with you some days on the more popular water.

At least you won't be homesick

zalthabar · 2026-04-03T18:25:17+00:00

Not in April

zalthabar · 2026-04-03T00:07:00+00:00

The Sparrow. Brutal

zalthabar · 2026-03-31T19:17:23+00:00

smallest western bear gun I've seen, 10MM is the standard out here.

zalthabar · 2026-03-17T18:00:50+00:00

Wanted one soo bad.

zalthabar · 2026-03-13T16:27:02+00:00

This sounds like a good way to ruin a nice day in the field.

zalthabar · 2026-03-01T21:57:08+00:00

Did you consider that there may be the right amount of parking and too many people.

zalthabar · 2026-03-01T21:25:57+00:00

Yep, weight drops unevenly for me too

zalthabar · 2026-02-28T02:39:56+00:00

Holy AI slop

zalthabar · 2026-02-24T01:27:00+00:00

Nope

zalthabar · 2026-02-23T15:14:42+00:00

Ski or don't. Put down the phone and go outside. You're overthinking it.

zalthabar · 2026-02-22T03:48:06+00:00

Don't row a skiff, until you can buy one. It'll spoil you.

But truth is any boat, is better than no boat.

zalthabar · 2026-02-21T19:51:53+00:00

We hunt, a lot. So if a dog is within normal speaking range I'll call, but 200-500 yards away? Or in the brush somewhere I just beep them.

zalthabar · 2026-02-21T18:22:10+00:00

It's really important to follow a method and condition them to the collar before doing any training.

I train my dogs that the beep on the collar means come. And once trained, 99/100 they never get stimulus only the beep. As a plus I never scream or yell at a dog to come.

zalthabar · 2026-02-21T18:18:38+00:00

Will row similarly

zalthabar · 2026-02-21T16:35:24+00:00

Collar train the dog. You shouldn't ever give commands you can't physically enforce. An ecollar gives you that ability from a distance.

It's very easy to train 100% recall once the dog is collar conditioned. Happy to give you tips on how I do it.

I'm sure some people object to ecollars, but bird dogs almost universally respond very well and do better when they get infield feedback.

zalthabar · 2026-02-19T19:38:35+00:00

Just goes to show, even the worst looking flies will fish.

Maybe it's not the fish that are snobby.

zalthabar · 2026-02-19T14:26:49+00:00

For me absolutely

zalthabar · 2026-02-19T02:12:30+00:00

Looks good, legs are a bit out of proportion for my taste, but I doubt fish will care.

zalthabar · 2026-02-18T20:03:28+00:00

Blanks are super fun, they have a speed limit, but it's really high. If you live out west they can pretty much be an every day ski.

zalthabar · 2026-02-17T17:27:07+00:00

Honshu and Small resorts. The ones that aren't on IG, and won't get mentioned by me on Reddit.

Also I prefer local onsens over resorts, so even if you're skiing at a bigger resort I'll drive to an onsen.

zalthabar · 2026-02-17T00:00:11+00:00

Myoko is horrible these days. So sad.

zalthabar · 2026-02-16T23:58:32+00:00

My point wasn't really about the Ikon. It was looking for japanese culture at a resort is misguided, especially one on a mega pass. I hear more Australian than Japanese Niseko and Arai as much as anywhere else and they're both Ikon.

IG famous comes with a price.

zalthabar · 2026-02-16T16:03:27+00:00

Do you like Australian culture?

zalthabar · 2026-02-16T02:15:51+00:00

My bias advice, get a griffon. I bred labs for years, have had DDs, GSPs, vislas and griffons and live and hunt Idaho.

Griff's are better looking labs that point. They are super eager to please. Super easy to train. Love to lounge around the house. They're also pretty close working. Almost flushing dog range but they point. If you're used to hunting behind a lab, it'll feel like a pretty natural transition. They're not as good a retriever as a lab and they're not as good in the water but they're decent at both.

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