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Spring in Jackson Hole
The Teton River Canyon,
Idaho
Jenny
Lake, Wyoming
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Greg Vincent >USA
In The spring of 1992 Greg
followed up on the new and expanding industry contacts he was making and
began his first of many seasons to guide in The Rocky Mountains of The US.
Based out of Jackson Hole in Wyoming Greg would guide and fish a variety of
rivers in Wyoming, Idaho
and Montana.
Rainbow, brown trout and the native cutthroat trout were the most common species
available in these rivers. Greg immediately fell in love with the latter of
the three species mentioned because it is truly a native species compared to
the many areas and fisheries of the world that although now considered wild
stocks of trout they were at some point introduced. The eagerness of Cuthroat
trout to rise on big bushy dry flies was something very special. Fishing was
mostly from his drift boat which he trailered on a daily basis to guide and
instruct on a variety of the areas
rivers. The Snake, The Green as well as many rivers and still waters in Yellowstone national park. The south gate of the world
first National Park being only a 40 minute drive north from his home in Jackson. The Upper green river only an hour east and the south fork
of the snake only an hours west. The location was perfect. Greg of course
fished many other rivers than those in
his daily guiding routes and include such fabled rivers as the Madison, Big horn, Henry’s
fork ( North fork of the smake river ), The North Platte in SE Wyoming to
name a few.
In The spring he would hitch his
river drift boat to his truck and head west to guide for Smallmouth bass on
the John day River
in Oregon.
A very interesting fishery as 5 days floats through the basalt canyons of the
river created a unique fishery particularly the smallmouth bass. Rapids
classed as hi as #4 had to be navigated during the float. This was a short 6
week season as river flows would fall dramatically due to water abstraction
for the areas agricultural lands. This area of Oregon having it’s own micro climate with
temps in as early as May reaching 105 degrees during the day with very cool
evenings and mornings. Greg would then return to Jackson for the bulk of the season from
June to late September or early October. Once that was complete greg would
make a return trip to Oregon and also Washington state to
guide for steelhead on The Grand Ronde and snake rivers. Greg would also make
trips into British Columbia and fish the
famous steelhead rivers of The Baulkley, Kispiox, Thompson as well as the
mighty Skeena river. Introduced to steelhead
by a fellow guide Greg first fished for them on the Clearwater river in Northern Idaho. The techniques were very similar to
Atlantic salmon and Sea run brown trout so the transition was painless but
what attracted Greg most was the ability and eagerness of the steelhead to
rise and take skated flies on the surface. This was a new style of fishing
for him. Other than night fishing on the surface for sea run brown trout in
his native Wales ( the species so revered there it has it’s own welsh name ‘
sewin ) the ability to actually see a fish take the fly on the surface and
not just hear it was a revelation. He was officially hooked on steelhead. He
still tries to make a fall trip whenever possible.
After completing his first season
in the North West USA Greg decided that there was one more discipline missing
so he packed his bags and headed south to Costa Rica to experience the very
best of big game angling on the fly.
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The Snake river and Teton Mountain range
Brown trout on the
Upper Green River, Wyoming
Wacassassa River Florida
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