Category: Meetings/Events

Join the Ted Trueblood Chapter of Trout Unlimited for a presentation about the South Fork Boise River Watershed Collaborative

Time:  6:30-7:00 Social / 7:00 Program

Date:  March 13

Location: Smoky Mountain Pizza in Park Central

Andy Prisciandaro, the Trout Unlimited South Fork Boise River Watershed Collaborative Manager and Daniel Ritz, Communications and Outreach Coordinator for the Idaho Wildlife Federation will walk us through this exciting new group.  The collaborative was formed to identify, prioritize and implement of improvements to the South Fork Boise Watershed between Anderson Ranch Dam and Arrowrock Reservoir. This interdisciplinary, multi-agency group officially began in October of 2023 to conserve and enhance the watershed with benefits to our shared community, fishery and anglers. The Collaborative has begun brainstorming ideas and investigating the feasibility of projects ranging from simple changes to signage up to large side channel reconnection projects. Come learn about their scope of work, potential projects, as well as how you can provide input and stay engaged with their work!

Combined with Daniel’s storytelling ability and personal experience fishing the river we are sure this will be an exciting ad informative presentation!

About the presenters:

Anthony Prisciandaro a former fish biologist and current Trout Unlimited South Fork Boise River Watershed Manager past experience with the South Fork Boise has includes everything from tracking fish by helicopter to collect data to create flow and water quality models.

Daniel Ritz is Communications and Outreach Coordinator for the Idaho Wildlife Federation, Editor of Swing the Fly Magazine and ANGLERS Fly Shop. Photo: Daniel Ritz/IWF

Program Topic: Selective Trout

We enjoy fly fishing because it is fun. However we have all experienced that trout on that difficult stream that is sipping something that we can hardly see and just cant get the fly pattern right or the drift is slightly off. Fooling these trout is the ultimate reward in our sport. I designed this presentation to help you catch that fish that keeps giving you the middle fin. This presentation has a little bit of everything. I will go through fly selection, rise forms, casting techniques, fly presentation and the little tricks to make you a better fly fisher. I look forward to sharing knowledge with you.

Chris Gerono: From Boise River Guides

My name is Chris Gerono and every major decision I’ve made for the last 30 years has been based on fly fishing. I have been lucky enough to have been guiding now for 23 years with 14 of those years as a Fly Fishers International certified casting instructor.  During that time I have been guiding for my passions; trout and steelhead.  The majority of this guiding has been in Montana (including Yellowstone Park), Idaho and Oregon.  Other states I’ve guided in include Colorado, Pennsylvania and of course Alaska.  I have been an avid fly tyer my entire fly fishing career, creating fly patterns and a specialty fly tying base with 3 vices for step tying.  Along with guiding I’ve been conducting fly fishing retreats, schools and classes.  Common Lines https://youtu.be/09j1Ayq-4RU is a short that was filmed during my advanced fly fishing school “trout camp” in Montana!  If you are a Hank Patterson fan, check out one of the adventures I’ve been lucky enough to take part in, https://youtu.be/B2Pr6z_c-OQ. I am also a published author and photographer.

I look forward to sharing time on the water with you!