From left: Derrick Hicks, Mike Rotz and Johnathon White stand in the Boise River together, clad in fishing gear. The three men met after Hicks found a fly rod in the river days after Rotz lost it.

The Boise River Greenbelt stretches 25 miles along both sides of the Boise River and offers runners, joggers, walkers and cyclists a beautiful place to stretch their legs. The tree-lined trail ...

“But I couldn’t do that.” A few days before he made the post, Rotz was fishing the Boise River near the Main Street Bridge when his line snagged on the opposite side of the river. He set his ...