There is a wide variety of trout species in our local fisheries. Here is a pair of exceptional examples, a couple beauty hybrid rainbow/cutthroat. Each showing a majority of respective species, but both showing the characteristics of each type. Besides various trout, mountain whitefish and the occasional grayling also swim in our waters.
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Silver Creek Outfitters guide Greg Loomis and I took a little trip last week, for a "guides day off". Many of the full time guides on the SCO staff work day, weeks, and even months on end, without taking much time to hold a bit of cork themselves. I had no trouble twisting Greg's arm to get out on the…
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Silver Creek has been a mixed bag. The morning hatches have slowed down but there are still some Baetis and on calm late mornings the fish can be up in good numbers. Callibaetis have been coming of in the float tube sections but the hatch has been very inconsistent. Some afternoons there are excellent hatches and on other days the…
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Long-time SCO guests Nick and Heidi Calley decided this would be the year to bring the whole family to the Sun Valley area for a little fly-flick'n. While daughters Taylor and Megan have only thrown the fly since yesterday, they didn't blink twice at hopping right into the waters of Silver Creek, which I think is a stud maneuver. Summary…
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http://www.vimeo.com/3757864 Grinding to get through your Friday? Find your happy place in some of this XXX fly fishing fantasy.
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There are pros and cons to most any regulation. Here is an example of one benefit of releasing fish in good condition. Last summer this gorgeous brown slurped my low-riding terrestrial along a shaded bank of overhanging willows. He fought hard, and took me down stream and around a corner in order to land him. Over a year later, (just…
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"Less than 1% of the worlds water is available for drinking, agriculture, industry, and nature." Everything has a water cost, and Patagonia has a program called Our Common Waters that highlights just how vital water resources are.
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About as strange as the rumored Sturgeon of Sullivan's Slough years ago, Silver Creek Outfitters guide Brian Richter came upon another strange inhabitant of The Creek. While fishing in the Nature Conservancy waters of the Preserve, Brian's client slid a strange looking fish into the net. A cross hybrid between Brook and Brown Trout, they found a Tiger Trout in…
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