Traveled #16 - Snake River Cutthroats with Dave Pace - East Idaho Fly Fishing Expo, Trout Unlimited, Idaho Falls

Wet Fly Swing Fly Fishing Podcast

Dave Stewart

Sports, Wilderness, Hobbies, Leisure

4.7 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 10 January 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Get ready for a wild ride as we dive into an engaging conversation with Dave Pace of the Snake River Cutthroats. We'll encounter the thrill of the chase as we learn about their annual East Idaho Fly Fishing Expo.

Tune in to this episode and be ready to be lured in by the adventures and initiatives of the Snake River Cutthroats. It's a journey you won't want to miss!

Show Notes with Dave Pace on Snake River Cutthroats.

Episode Chapters with Dave Pace on Snake River Cutthroats

1:10 - Dave Pace talks about growing up in a fishing family and his early memories of fly fishing in high mountain lakes. He prefers the South Fork of the Snake River over the Henry's Fork for fishing, finding its waters more aligned with his interests.

03:31 - They held the 27th East Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo at the new Mountain America Center with approximately 3000 attendees for two days. It was the first time the event took place after a three-year hiatus due to COVID.

07:00 - Planning for the upcoming 2024 East Idaho Fly Tying and Fly Fishing Expo is already underway, with the scheduled dates set for March 22nd and 23rd.

08:00 - Dave is a co-chair of the event and has been working with it for almost 20 years.

11:18 - Dave discusses the conservation efforts of Trout Unlimited, specifically their focus on the South Fork and Rainey Creek.

19:47 - Dave talks about his fishing experiences. Floating is the preferred method, especially in the summer, due to the high water levels.

29:00 - Dave explains why he loves Idaho Falls. We also talk about the winter sports activities and Dave's involvement with the Idaho Falls Ski Club.

37:00 - This year's expo has seen an influx of attendees from different age groups, including kids. Additionally, there has been an increase in younger people attending the event, both in terms of personal interest and professional engagement.

40:00 - We talk about some of the local fly shops in the area.

Show Notes: https://wetflyswing.com/552

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0:27.4	amazing region of the country.
0:30.1	Let's do it.
0:30.9	Let's jump in and find out where that road less traveled is going to lead us today.
0:36.1	How you doing, Dave?
0:37.5	I'm doing good. Good. Good. Thanks for setting some time aside here. It's been a little bit of work. I appreciate you for hanging in there to put this one together. You're in a neck of the woods that we've been to recently. There's a lot going on there. It's kind of a mecca, the South Fork, the Snake, really just eastern Idaho. So we're going to talk about that today, talk about how people can maybe put together a good trip out there. But also you have the Expo coming up. I think I want to hear about how that went this year and describe that. So before we get into all that today, let's take it back to your fishing, fly fishing. What is the first memory? How did you get into it? Oh, I grew up in a fishing
1:11.5	family, although my dad tended to do more spin fishing and trolling fishing.
1:16.0	Yeah. Probably my first memory of fly fishing is probably at high mountain lakes. My dad
1:19.9	liked to go to the high mountain lakes. And so it was probably fly fishing high mountain lakes
1:24.1	when I was six. Okay. That's it. So you got started early and where you guys doing? Was this kind of off the bank or in float tubes or how are you doing it? Yeah, mostly off the bank. It's we were doing high mountain lakes. You had to hike in too. So at that time, carrying float tubes in was kind of prohibitive. Oh, gotcha. Yeah. So, and who was in the, uh, with your dad, who was on the trip? Is this the whole family thing?
1:46.5	Yeah, we did. The whole family. I have a sister and my mom and dad and then sometimes just my dad and me. And then sometimes my dad and me and another friend and a son or something.
1:56.3	Gotcha. And where did you guys, did you grow up in Idaho?
1:59.7	Yep. I'm born and raised local boy.
2:01.4	Browen here in Niagara Falls, Idaho.
2:34.6	Yeah, so you're in Idaho Falls currently? Yes. Oh, perfect. Perfect. Yeah, we've been doing quite a bit because we've been doing our traveled series. So we've talked to a number of people from that area. I'm sure you know most of them that we've covered. but yeah there's a a lot of amazing waters in that area, not only lakes but streams. What is your, what do you consider? Do you kind of have a home water that you consider one? Yeah, our home river is the South Fork of the Snake River. Yeah, South Fork. And not is the Henry's Fork? I mean, obviously that's nearby too. Is that kind of just not quite as big?
2:35.8	Or why do you go for the South Fork?
2:40.5	South Fork fits my interest to fishing, I guess, better.
2:44.2	The Henry's Fork's a smaller river, not as fast at Banks.
2:47.9	And not as big a season either.
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