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What Can Brown Do For You?

Saturday, 21 July, 2012 23:10 Written by Ritchie
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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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Silver Creek Update 7/3/12

Monday, 02 July, 2012 23:44 Written by Ritchie
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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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Silver Creek Update 08/07/2011

Sunday, 07 August, 2011 21:47 Written by Ritchie
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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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6X Summer

Monday, 25 July, 2011 09:17 Written by Huskey
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Rewinding back several years to a Day I spent filming on Silver Creek during the Trico hatch. Few things beat the sound of a pod of fish feeding from that “sliding buffet” on a calm summer morning.

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Trico Teaser 07/23/2011

Saturday, 23 July, 2011 22:56 Written by Ritchie
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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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