08-07-2012, 03:09 PM
Howdy, Jigs, Thanks for your note. By the way, I really appreciate your reminding me to get more on the trout stocking thing up there. I got to meet with the stocker guy, Jason, and follow him around. I will be doing a story on it soon and let you know.
Well, they have a web came in Stanley that has been looking real good. However, they are closing the Yankee Fork Dredge in two days because of the smoke and fire traffic. I know when I was in Challis last week, you couldn't see any of the topography outside of town and the smoke was so think it burned my eye, nose and throat. That fire is going to burn until it snows--no doubt about it. It's all dependent on the wind--if the wind keeps it going over the Yankee Fork and Challis then the Sawtooth Valley is going to be smoke free. If the wind shifts and comes out of the north then Stanley & the Sawtooths will be really choking. When I was up in salmon late last week, I was north of the smoke plume and the air quality was perfect. When it's that close to the fire like Stanley is, the plume is narrowed focused. Driving back from Salmon Saturday morning, the plume had widened out to miles and I picked it up about Leadore and was in it until the INL. Even now we occasionally get whiffs of it here in Idaho Falls. In spite of what the Stanley Chamber is trying to say, it's a crap shoot as to whether you get smoked out up there. We're going up for the 40th anniversary of SNRA on 8/22 regardless and plan to stay out on the East Fork a few days so it will be interesting to see if we are in the plume then. Since this is still during the Hot Season, I can't imagine the fire behavior is going to change any day soon. Hope that helps! Have a great day, Many Cheers & Happy Fishing, jp
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Well, they have a web came in Stanley that has been looking real good. However, they are closing the Yankee Fork Dredge in two days because of the smoke and fire traffic. I know when I was in Challis last week, you couldn't see any of the topography outside of town and the smoke was so think it burned my eye, nose and throat. That fire is going to burn until it snows--no doubt about it. It's all dependent on the wind--if the wind keeps it going over the Yankee Fork and Challis then the Sawtooth Valley is going to be smoke free. If the wind shifts and comes out of the north then Stanley & the Sawtooths will be really choking. When I was up in salmon late last week, I was north of the smoke plume and the air quality was perfect. When it's that close to the fire like Stanley is, the plume is narrowed focused. Driving back from Salmon Saturday morning, the plume had widened out to miles and I picked it up about Leadore and was in it until the INL. Even now we occasionally get whiffs of it here in Idaho Falls. In spite of what the Stanley Chamber is trying to say, it's a crap shoot as to whether you get smoked out up there. We're going up for the 40th anniversary of SNRA on 8/22 regardless and plan to stay out on the East Fork a few days so it will be interesting to see if we are in the plume then. Since this is still during the Hot Season, I can't imagine the fire behavior is going to change any day soon. Hope that helps! Have a great day, Many Cheers & Happy Fishing, jp
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