Author name: bwwillis

The hike into Lightning Lake was the most difficult hike I have ever taken.  It was the first stop on a fishing trip that was to last several weeks.  There was a fair amount of preparation for the hike into and out of Lightning Lake in one day.  It would be a 14-mile round trip …

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Redband trout are a special form of Rainbow that are native to a couple of drainages in the western United States.  This subspecies is native to the western United States and is found in two drainages – the Columbia Basin and the Great Basin.  The Columbia Basin covers most of Montana, Washington, and some of …

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