Category Archives: Joseph Creek

Hot off the Press: Joseph Creek is featured in the September/October 2012 issue of Northwest Fly Fishing.  The article is by fishingandhiking.com’s very own resident fishing “expert” Grant Richie.  The feature article is a very nice 8 pages long with … Continue reading →

Looking at an Oregon Atlas, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest map, or even the very detailed and usually accurate Wallowa Valley Ranger District map would have you believe that there is a trail numbered 1725 coming off Table Mountain and heading down … Continue reading →

The past several years I have done a lot of hiking in the winter to keep my lungs and legs in as close to mountain goat shape as possible for hikes into and, more importantly, out of Joseph Creek .  … Continue reading →

It often saddens me a little to think after close to 10,000 years of use, the Nez Perce story in Joseph Canyon is gone without a trace after less than 150 years.  It is doubtful that any of their stories … Continue reading →

All of my previous trips into Joseph Creek have been in the spring or fall.  The water temperature gets high in the summer for trout and it is best to leave them alone until cooler temperatures return to the water … Continue reading →

My long time friend, Trever, today described me to someone we were talking to as being highly functional OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).  He was describing our travels when we were travelling all over the Northwest and Canada competing in rodeos … Continue reading →

My wife tested my resolve by telling me that there was clear water running out of the Wenaha at Troy.  Even though I knew the river would be high and not very wade-able, I was tempted.  But I assigned myself … Continue reading →

It’s a shame that there is a trail leading to Joseph Creek that is left unmaintained, to slowly grow over and disappear.  I know there are always open ridges that I can hike down.  They are shorter, but they are … Continue reading →

Starvation Ridge splits Davis Creek and Swamp Creek.  The Chico Trail starts near Highway 3, drops into Davis Creek, goes up Starvation Ridge where there is supposed to be a road, then drops into Swamp Creek before climbing the other … Continue reading →