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Mar 29 2018
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Sun Valley Fly Fishing Guide | Silver Creek Outfitters

Know Your Guide: Jake Nelsen

By The Hatch
As soon as Jake could walk, his fishing boots were on and his pole was in his hand. He grew up on a river in Western Washington and the sight and sounds of low tide are some of his favorite fishing memories. When the King salmon would arrive in September, Jake and his cousins were at the edge of the…
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Mar 27 2018
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Remembering “Doc of The Drakes”

By The Hatch
We are sad to announce that on Saturday, March 17th, our beloved comrade Dr. Robert Franklin peacefully passed away among family in Austin, Texas.  To his angling friends and viewers of silly fishing films, the soft spoken white-haired Texas gentleman was known simply as the "Doc of the Drakes."  To the 28,000 patients he served over 50 years, Dr. Robert…
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Mar 22 2018
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Know Your Guide: Bob Knoebel

By The Hatch
Bob Knoebel is hard to miss here in Sun Valley. He has been an outstanding Silver Creek Outfitters guide for almost 13 seasons! However, let’s turn back the clock 40 years ago: Bob learns to fly fish in the Saugatuck River in Westport Connecticut. Eventually, the West draws him in, and he makes the move to beautiful Idaho. Fast forward…
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Mar 07 2018
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Fly Fishing Forecast 3/7 – 3/21

By Fishing Forecast
“There is a right time to ask for a raise, to propose marriage, to go cross-country skiing, and there is a right time to fish.” ~ Peter Kaminsky Good news…the snow water equivalent for the Wood River Basin went form 67% in January to 87% in March and there is more precipitation in the extended forecast. This bodes well for…
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