Roger Phillips
Fish Rap by Roger Phillips: More chinook fishing on tap, but don't blink
It's been an interesting salmon season, which is to be expected with lower-than-average adult returns. Here's why I find it interesting. The fishing recently turned on in the Main Salmon and it only took a few good days of fishing to shut it down. Then the fishing season reopened on the Little ...
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ROGER PHILLIPS
Roger Phillips: North Fork Championship II goes big June 6-8
World-class paddlers will descend challenging rapids on the Payette River.
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FISHING
Fish Rap by Roger Phillips: Salmon River chinook season ended June 2
Chinook fishing is both fickle and predictable. Hatchery managers and fisheries managers can tell you when the fish are going to arrive. They have lots of history to guide them.
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FISHING
Fish Rap by Roger Phillips: A skiff of snow? Must be Memorial Day weekend
You don't have to live in Idaho long before you have your very own story about snow on Memorial Day weekend. It's almost a tradition 'round here.
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OUTDOORS
Roger Phillips: It's tough to beat the last call at dusk
It might not have a cool name like "dawn patrol," but a sunset outing is still cool.
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FISHING
Fish Rap by Roger Phillips: Faced with the old half-empty, half-full dilemma
What a week it's been. I'm going to dive right in. Little Camas is likely a harbinger of things to come. Get on the reservoirs early this year because we may be in for a long, hot spring/summer with poor water conditions for fishing.
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FISHING
Fish Rap by Roger Phillips: Chinook opens Saturday, Cabela's has big derby
If you've been waiting for word about the chinook season, it's here, and the news is mixed at best. According to Idaho Fish and Game, salmon counts at Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River "suggest that the 2013 return of chinook salmon to Idaho may be significantly lower than forecast, but large...
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ROGER PHILLIPS
Roger Phillips: Mountain bikes now have three wheel sizes
Last spring, I was cruising the Foothills on my full-suspension mountain bike with 26-inch wheels. Like a lot of mountain bikers, I was curious about mountain bikes with super-sized wheels.
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OUTDOORS
Roger Phillips: The score so farm - Bass: 2, Roger: 0
The smallmouths remain elusive in an early spring fishing trip.
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OUTDOORS
Roger Phillips: Watching nature get fired up and run fast and lean
With winter over, wildlife gets wild again.
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FISHING
Fish Rap by Roger Phillips: Despite chilly weekend, fishing looks good
I've been babbling like an idiot lately about how I am predicting a warm, sunny spring and acting like I am some kind of seer. All you've had to do lately is look outside to figure that one out.


