LuckyTom
Active member
I'm in south central Pennsylvania.
wyoelkfan15
Well-known member
I'm just gonna leapfrog on what both @wllm1313 and @Straight Arrow have said. The main thing I spend my vacation time on is river trips in the summer, many permitted rivers.
Many of the rivers, even in wilderness areas have very limited, good places to camp. If they were not permitted it would be a super frustrating camping experience with people and boats stacked on top of each other every night.
While I wish the draw odds were better on many of the river, as more people come to the west to enjoy these resources, just like with hunt tags, the draw odds will only get harder.
I've done the Smith once, would love to do it again. For a first time amateur floater up to experienced white water runners, its an all around beautiful spot and a great trip to get your feet wet (pun intended) on raft camping.
Cheers!
Many of the rivers, even in wilderness areas have very limited, good places to camp. If they were not permitted it would be a super frustrating camping experience with people and boats stacked on top of each other every night.
While I wish the draw odds were better on many of the river, as more people come to the west to enjoy these resources, just like with hunt tags, the draw odds will only get harder.
I've done the Smith once, would love to do it again. For a first time amateur floater up to experienced white water runners, its an all around beautiful spot and a great trip to get your feet wet (pun intended) on raft camping.
Cheers!
802flyfish
Well-known member
Day one was congested. We were constantly leap frogging other groups for the first 15 miles or so. However, by day 2 & 3 we barely saw anyone on the river. We went the last week of June and the fishing was exceptional.
Bummed that we didn’t get it, but we booked an outfitter back in Dec to bring our raft into the Bob Marshall for a 7 day river trip in July. It seems this particular river will be lottery based as well in a few years..
Bummed that we didn’t get it, but we booked an outfitter back in Dec to bring our raft into the Bob Marshall for a 7 day river trip in July. It seems this particular river will be lottery based as well in a few years..
