Seasonal Fly Fishing Across Eastern Idaho's Iconic Rivers with Brian Berry from Teton Valley Lodge (Traveled #40)
Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast
Dave Stewart
4.7 • 530 Ratings
🗓️ 23 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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#887 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/887
Presented By: Yellowstone Teton Territory - Visit Idaho
Not every trout river fishes the same, and eastern Idaho might be one of the best places to see that firsthand. In this Traveled episode, we head back to Teton Valley Lodge with Brian Berry to explore how the South Fork Snake, Henry's Fork, and the Teton River each bring a completely different challenge depending on flows, seasons, and how you approach the water from a drift boat.
Brian walks us through how fishing changes throughout the year—from winter nymphing and streamer tactics to the explosive Mother's Day caddis hatch and summer dry-dropper fishing. We dig into boat positioning, reading subtle holding water on technical rivers like the Henry's Fork, and why staying flexible with river choices is often the key to a successful trip in eastern Idaho.
#887 Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/887
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| 0:00.0 | Not every Trout River is built the same. Some are wide and forgiving, some are technical and precise, |
| 0:07.0 | and some are reshaped by a dam failure that sent a wall of water through a canyon and change the river forever. |
| 0:13.8 | Today we're heading back into eastern Idaho, where the South Fork, the Snake, the Henry's Fork, and the Teton River |
| 0:19.0 | brings something completely different to the table every day of the year. |
| 0:23.9 | Big water, technical drifts, whitewater canyons, Mother's Day Caddice, winter nipping from a boat, and a stretch of river carved by one of the most dramatic dam failures in Western history. |
| 0:33.7 | This is the traveled podcast series where we bring you to the best places to fish in the West and the stories of how this region became what it is today. |
| 0:43.9 | Brian Barry is back on the podcast today from the Teton Valley Lodge. |
| 0:47.6 | He's going to talk about how they fish big western rivers and how they differ from the smaller technical streams that they're working on out there. |
| 0:55.3 | We're going to find out how to fish nymphs deeper and shallower during different flows throughout the year. |
| 1:01.7 | How to adjust when fishing from a drift boat to get natural presentations. |
| 1:06.7 | We're going to dig into that Mother's Day hatch and talk about positioning drift boats. |
| 1:12.1 | We're going to find out about the new boats that Brian launched this year. |
| 1:16.8 | A lot of good stuff here, including a big trip giveaway. |
| 1:19.4 | If you want to get a chance to win right now, we're going to announce that as well. |
| 1:22.7 | This episode is presented by Visit Idaho and Yellowstone Teton Territory, home to some of the most diverse |
| 1:28.3 | and wild trout water in the west. All right, let's get into it. Brian Berry. You can find him at |
| 1:34.0 | titanvalley lodge.com. Here he is. How you doing, Brian? I'm great. How are you doing? Good. |
| 1:41.6 | Good, good, yeah, we're back for round two. We had you on on the podcast. I guess it was last year. You know, we talked a lot about, yeah, a lot going. You got a lot of history. The Teetan Valley Lodge is what the lodge you own there and you're running and everything. You got a really cool history with the family. We talked about that. And last episode, we'll have a link in the show notes. And also a couple of other things. You've got this boat launch. We talked about that. And the last episode, we'll have a link in the show notes. And also, |
| 2:15.4 | a couple of other things, you've got this boat launch. We're going to talk about today. And then we're also giving away a trip to go to your lodge for two. So somebody this week, as we're kicking this off, we're going to be announcing the winner next week. And somebody's going to go on this amazing trip. So I'm excited to. |
| 2:16.7 | I always love announcing those. |
| 2:17.6 | But first off, |
| 2:18.1 | Brian, |
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