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What Can Brown Do For You?

The Silver Creek Browns have been delivering continuously over the past few weeks, with both size and numbers.  From the deeper troughs to the undercut banks to sipping dries in the shallow flats, the fishing could not be better.  The sudden heat wave has put the bugs in an inconsistent mode, but find the right place at the right time and it can be fantastic.

Tricos are starting to be heavier and thicker every day with both an emergence and a spinner fall, so take your pick.  Callibaetis continues to get stronger in the sloughs and Kilpatrick/Purdys ponds.  Damsels/Grasshoppers/Beetles and anything else crunchy are always safe bets for searching in the heat.

Stop by the shop and see Dave and the crew for any info, flies, free coffee, or whatever they can do for you.

See you down there tomorrow.

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At It Again

Does life get any better than this?

It’s been a little over a year since Dr. Robert Franklin “The Doc” and SCO fishing guide turned friend and companion Pete Wood shared their brown drake experience with us on film.

Life has taken the two of them many places since then. Doc has been to the Mississippi Delta after red fish, dove hunting in Argentina, Dartmouth for a grand daughters graduation, and recently underwent experimental neurosurgery to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s. As Doc puts it, he is just trying to “get on with my life” while working to be an inspiration to others who battle the debilitating effects of Parkinson’s.

Pete is still guiding full time during the summer, however he is entering law school this fall and is determined to devote his life and professional career to protecting wild places and the critters that belong there.

Fine spot cutthroat trout from Idaho high country.

Well The Doc and Pete are at it again, hitting the Sun Valley area waters together two days a week throughout the summer. Doc is enjoying the results of the surgical procedure that has greatly eased the symptoms of Parkinson’s, and together as a team they are catching & releasing more great fish than ever.

The Doc and Pete make a great team, finding ways to catch fish no matter the challenge.

For those who enjoyed the film Doc of the Drakes, a second helping of the duo is in the works and will be premiering July 20 at our 7th Annual Fly Fishing Film Fest at Sun Valley Opera House!

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Silver Creek Update 7/3/12

 

Things are starting to heat up, including the temperatures down on the Creek.  Just one persons opinion on the fishing the past week.

Early Morning Fishing – Whatever that fluttering white moth looking thing is, there is a billion of them.  Prairie Caddis/Land Moth/White Sedge, there are a ton on the lower stretches, and get a stiff wind and the fish will eat them.  Baetis seems to be getting stronger and the usual Midge activity is always there and has been for the past month.  Still trying to get consistent hatches of bugs in the A.M. and even today reports from a couple of people of TRICOS!  Stay tuned.

Afternoon Fishing – Callibaetis is starting to be stronger in the ponds and slower moving areas with the PMDs’ a minor player, but still a few to be seen.  Starting to see signs of the weed pads sticking out of the water and the Damsel flies will not be far behind.  First day of the year I actually started to hear the HOPPERS whistling on the banks.

Hope your season has been good so far and see you down there tomorrow.

 

 

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