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Damsels In Distress

It’s not often that you can use a fly on Silver Creek that looks like a brooch your grandma would wear to Sunday church. The signs you should look for is fish flying out of the water near any exposed weed-bed. They attack them – they love them – and I hope you are getting some of that love. See you down there tomorrow.

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Silver Creek Update 08/07/2011

Two things that I do not like to do – hold a fish for someone else, and flash gang signs. Apparently I have done both and somewhat ashamed. The fishing on the Creek although has been damn good and still some good fish to be had.

Watch what the wind is doing in the morning. If there is chop or some riffles, I have been able to use a BIG dun pattern either trico or baetis. The wind seems to put the spinner fall off and the trico duns seem to be popping real well. Afternoons have been related to the weather – the cooler the better. The really hot days have been putting the bugs and fish down at least for me, but damsel fishing is still a great bet along the weed beds.

Last weeks rain put a little mud in the freestones, but all seems to be back to normal. Heading to the Salmon tomorrow and will get back with some info. Hope to see you somewhere tomorrow.

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Trico Teaser 07/23/2011

The next time you’re at Silver Creek in the morning hold your hand up to the sun and you will see the silhouetted clouds of bugs that are swarming the air. Are the fish on these clouds of insects? – Like mayo on a bologna sandwich. Now I’m just hungry and can’t wait to get back down there.

It’s a real buffet for the trout as well. The colder mornings are bringing trico duns early – trico and baetis spinner falls next – callibaetis and some pmd’s following that – right into damsels and a big callibaetis spinner fall in the ponds and slower sections. A lot to think about during a complete day on one of the best spring creeks in the world! I’m going to make a sandwich, but more footage to come.

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