A 1960s-era cabin tucked into a river oxbow, with 400 feet of private bank frontage and some of the best fly water in the directory. Anglers book it; non-anglers often become anglers.
The river here is wadeable from late June through October once the spring runoff clears. A deep hole at the downstream end of the property — we call it the Pool of Honest Men, which is a long story involving a bet made in 1987 — holds a good fish most of the year. The upstream riffles are where you'll do most of your work. A fish ladder-style step about 200 feet above the property creates the classic pocket water we all talk about in the parking lot.
There's a rod rack by the door with four 5-weights on it — two Scott G-series, two older fiberglass rods that absolutely still fish — plus a 3-weight for the small creek that dumps in on the north side. They work, we service them, use them if you didn't bring your own. Barbless hooks only on this stretch; it's a house rule, not a regulation, and it makes catch-and-release easier on both of you.
There's a laminated hatch chart by the rod rack, annotated by the cabin's previous owner (a commercial guide for thirty-one seasons) with notes like "trust this one" and "maybe the chart is wrong."
Clean your own fish. There's a fillet station on the dock, fillet knife (sharpened), a measuring board, and a fish-scrap pail we haul out after each stay. The cabin does not smell like fish. We'd like to keep it that way. If you're catch-and-release, there's a knotless rubber net at the door and we'd rather you used it than a dry hand.
$175/night, two-night minimum, $85 turnover. Prime hatch weeks in June and September go first; we release them in January.