Henry's Fork Lodge

08/06/2026

His formula is simple to state and expensive to execute. Hire well, train relentlessly, feed people better than they expect and let one of the most famous rivers in the world do the marketing.

“This river, for fishing, is like Wimbledon is to tennis,” Ishiyama said.

Henry’s Fork Lodge in Island Park, Idaho, combines luxury hotel-level service with world-class fishing on the Henry’s Fork of the Snake River.

08/01/2026

Back-to-back beauties. Susan’s consecutive 24-inch rainbow trout with guide Tyler Treece above Henry’s Fork Lodge. It doesn’t get much better than this. Tyler Treece

08/01/2026

Dinner and a show. 🫎 Last night, this magnificent bull moose wandered into the river for an evening meal while our guests enjoyed theirs. One of those unforgettable moments, captured by our friend and neighbor, Charlie Lansche, that reminds us why this place is so special.
📷: Charlie Lansche

07/30/2026

Just another day on The Ranch for legendary guide, Smitty.

06/14/2026

Brown Drakes are hatching now and climbing the walls of the Lodge!   #10 mayfies that will alight on the river tonight after mating and laying their eggs.  A natural spectacle and a great dry fly opportunity upstream and behind the Lodge itself!

#10 green drakes are on the lower river now and will also be hatching near the Lodge in the next few weeks, starting the summer-long sequence of hatches that make the Henry’s Fork so famous for dry fly fishing.

We still have availability during the coming months, so contact us for dates with our upcoming hatches!

05/13/2026

Dave “Dutch” Schultz, man about town in Island Park and West Yellowstone, passed away yesterday in his off-season home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Schultz, as most of us called him, was a man of many talents. He was a master woodworker who made the elegant wooden fly boxes he sold at the Lodge and Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone.

He learned fine woodworking at a prominent fine furniture making program on the north coast of California and applied
it to making both furniture and his finely-made and treasured “Dutch” fly boxes. We at the Lodge were honored to be one of
only two places who sold his renowned fly boxes. Schultz was also a master ski tuner and outstanding skier in his winter quarters in Steamboat Springs and in high demand to tune skis for the local hot shots.

Most of us who knew Dave well recognized him as a master angler on the Ranch waters in Harriman Park. He and his cronies like Steve Mate and Dom Traverso were highly knowledgeable and talented anglers who spent countless days over decades on the Railroad Ranch waters, knew the insect hatches, tied their unique flies to match, mastered the casting and presentation approaches, and were, above all, patient, persistent and highly observant. Schultz was among the unsung true masters of The Ranch. When not fishing he could be seen holding forth in the Grubstake, dispensing his wit and wisdom to all comers.

Dave and his humor will be missed by all of us who knew him over the decades he spent in Island Park and on the river.

We offer our condolences to Bev Friesen, his longtime partner and devoted supporter.

11/17/2025

Listen to Nelson on the Wet Fly Swing podcast, talking about the Henry’s Fork, his work with a renowned architect to create Henry’s Fork Lodge, and the nuances of fishing the various sections of the Henry’s Fork. His 60+ consecutive years of fishing the Henry’s Fork have given him insights few others have gained. 🔗https://wetflyswing.com/fly-fishing-henrys-fork-lodge-with-nelson-ishiyama/