August 2026

Photo: Hillary Maybery “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” –  F. Scott Fitzgerald The rivers continue to drop, cool, and clear. The trout are becoming more aggressive, feeding on revitalized late-season hatches. The foliage is beginning to turn from summer green to gold. The fall reset is coming. Silver Creek The cooler weather this…

Photo: James Conrad “Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant — there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” – Georgia O'Keeffe Every cast counts, whether or not it ends in a fish. The value isn't in the outcome. It's in the act of reaching toward something and discovering, one presentation at a time, where…

Photo: Hillary Maybery “Rhythm was just as important as color and just as complicated. It was one rhythm superimposed upon another, our father's four-count rhythm of the line and wrist being still the base rhythm... The canyon was glorified by rhythms and colors.” – Norman Maclean There is a chord that binds a river, a season, and a concert lawn:…

Photo: Hillary Maybery “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Berthold Auerbach For anglers, the river's symphony washes from the soul the dust of everyday life — the swell and hush of the current, the riffle's rush of white noise, the promise of a trout's rise as the encore. Silver Creek The Trico hatch has…