In Rio Blanco, we are rightly proud of our White River fishing. Our lake fishing is equally impressive. Early on, upriver landowners recognized that bigger lakes meant better fishing. One individual single-handedly improved the fishing lakes upriver: Swede Anderson. Using mules and a Fresno scraper, he dug ditches and moved earth to create dams. A Fresno scraper is a flat-bottomed metal scoop dragged behind a team of horses or mules.
Swede was hired by the…