The Shadowy St. Joe River......

[Quill gordon]

Joe,
Very nice article............great pictures.
thank you,

[Jack Hise]

Thanks Joe. Brought back some fond memories.
I caught my first trout on a fly on the St. Joe back in the 80's. I plan to spend some time fishing it again with my brother before the Idaho Fish-In.

[bdharris]

Thanks Joe, it brought home some fond memories. I caught my first Cutthroat on the Joe back in the 60s. I plan to spend a lot of time fishing there this summer.

The Joe is rather photogenic. It is the standard for aesthetic trout environment.

[Lotech]

Thanks you guys. I truly feel blessed to have it so close, and to be able to call it my "Home Waters."

[bdharris]

The St. Joe is 1500 miles away from me and I still consider it my home waters.

[mediger]

I have to say it as well...great job Joe! I enjoyed it.

[flybinder]

E-Gads!! All the many, many, MANY trips, that I've made to "The Joe"! When living in the Panhandle for 16 years, The Joe was also my "Home Waters" and even now, living in Oregon, it still is.
Every year, since leaving that area in '93 I've made it back up there for a 2-3 week stint. Staying in Tin Can Flats campground and fishing The Joe from Prospector Creek clear up to Red Ives.
At noon, when it would get to warm to fish, at times, you can give the fish and yourself a rest and drive up "over the hump" and down to St.Regis Montana for lunch, visit a fly shop or five, down the road in Missoula, then head back up and over and fish the evening.............back on The Joe!
Not too many waters around, you can do so much on and have such a great time on, left anywhere.
Truly, once of the finest, blue ribbon rivers, left, in the West.
Great story! Thank You!

[Lotech]

flybinder,
Did we perchance meet last summer on the St. Joe? I believe it was in a hole across from the St. Ives ranger station. I was fishing with a fellow named Marc, and he caught a nice sized cutt on his first cast. Then just before we left, we stopped and talked about furled leaders.