Silver Creek Update 7/3/12

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
  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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Trout & A 3-Year Old

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
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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The Drake Show

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
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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Creek Opener

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
Something about opening days and rain at Silver Creek seem to bring the two together often in recent years. The showers however did not deter the many anglers who where excited to cast to fish on the first day of the new season. A familiar sight to many, the sing up page at the Nature Conservancy cabin allows the public…
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2012 Opening Forecast

By Fishing Forecast, Fishing Report
http://vimeo.com/42775440 SCO fly shop manager Dave Faltings talks about options for this weekends opening of the 2012 Idaho fishing season. There is a ton of variety found in local fly fishing options and opportunities around Sun Valley. For the 2012 season opener coming up this weekend, we are expecting very fishable river levels and conditions. (A far cry from last…
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2012 Opener Forecast

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
There is a ton of variety found in local fly fishing options and opportunities around Sun Valley. For the 2012 season opener coming up this weekend, we are expecting very fishable river levels and conditions. (A far cry from last year's peak run-off flows for opening weekend). http://vimeo.com/42775440 Freestone options begin on the Big Wood. Spring creek fishing on Silver…
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