Challis, ID
Challis is a small town in central Idaho. This town isn’t as popular as some of the other areas that we covered in Idaho, but you will find some of the same adventures in Challis that you find in other towns. The Salmon River offers excellent fishing and whitewater rafting adventures. Steelhead fishing is good on the Salmon River as well as they migrate from the Pacific from the fall through the spring.
The steelhead migration here from fall through the spring is what draws many anglers to this area to fish. You can catch other species of trout as well, but the steelhead get the most attention once they arrive into this stretch of the Salmon River. Cutthroat trout and rainbow trout are also available in the Salmon River and the area tributaries. Fish the mountain lakes for rainbow trout, cutthroat trout and brook trout.
Stanley – Sawtooth, ID
The Stanley-Sawtooth area in central Idaho is great place to take a vacation. Get away from it all and enjoy the mountains, wilderness lands and wild rivers. Spend some time whitewater rafting or fishing on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River.
The fishing is excellent for native cutthroat trout, rainbow trout and dolly varden. Anglers do well in this area and you will find several fishing guides available to put you on some fish here.
