7th Annual Fly Fishing Film Festival & Product Fair As we enter the second half of July, the myriad of fishing opportunities continue to expand. The hardest thing about fishing right now is choosing where to go. Do you want to fish high mountain streams with big attractor patterns in pursuit of cutthroat trout? Or would you rather cast long…
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As the summer days begin to heat up, our local waters will begin to transition. Hatches like the Green Drake will begin to taper off on the local freestones and the Trico hatch will slowly begin to build to its peak in late July and early August on Silver Creek. The Big Wood, the Big Lost below Mackay Reservoir, and…
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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. http://vimeo.com/28285715 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…
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Unlike the last years above average run off, this July the water is dropping fast giving anglers a lot of options for fishing on the Big Wood and its tributaries as well as the Copper Basin. The water is still high in places but look for more and more water to open up in the coming weeks. July is a…
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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…
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http://vimeo.com/44536420 Dave Faltings talks about local conditions, hatches, flies and techniques for the Wood River Valley. Prime time is upon us! Browse our selection of Tenkara rods and tackle. Give Dave a call at the shop (208)726-5282 for more details.
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Sunday is my day with my daughter. She is 3 and the thought of fishing and scouting water on a Sunday was realized today when she wanted to float-tube Silver Creek and see where Dad was spending all of his time. It was a dream that came true today for me. If you have young one and interested in getting…
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Silver Creek can be a complicated, cranky, and finicky place to fish. It's moody. "It" of course refers to the brown and rainbow trout that seem to appear in great numbers then vanish at will. The brown drake hatch on the creek is known as much as an event, as it is a hatch. Over the majority of its span…
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http://vimeo.com/43547974 From brown drakes on Silver Creek to green drakes on the Big Wood, Dave talks about the bugs, the waters they live in, and the flies to use for June fishing in the Sun Valley area. Give Dave a call at the shop (208)726-5282 for more details.
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With only about 36 hours left in the United States, my good friend Ben Gourlay is cramming as much of the Wood River Valley into his system as he can. Luckily, a trip to Silver Creek made the list on Monday and he made the most of it. Ben leaves Wednesday morning for a 27 month trip to Mongolia as…
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