Fishing Forecast

"The craft of angling is the catching of fish, but the art of angling is receptiveness to those connections, the art of letting one thing lead to another until, if only locally and momentarily, you realize some small completeness. – Ted Leeson The one thing that must proceed all else is deciding to spend some time on the water this...

"I look at trees, hunt mushrooms, and watch animals. Fishing is what gets me out into the woods so I can notice these things." – John D. Voelker The best anglers notice things. Like Emerson’s transparent eyeball, they transcend the obvious and mingle with the sublime. Silver Creek This is a great time of year to explore the Creek in...

"You want to catch the fish, but you want more to figure it out, and the particular satisfactions stem less from the eventuality than the process by which the whole thing unfolds." – Ted Leeson What keeps me returning to the river bank is more than just the pursuit of trout. It is the chortle of the sandhill crane, the...

"Fly-fishing is a magic way to recapture the rapture of solitude without the pangs of loneliness." – John D. Voelker Seek to recapture the rapture of solitude this September while standing against the glide of moving water in the company of trout. Silver Creek Expect to find decent dry fly fishing with a few lingering Tricos, but mostly Baetis and...

"Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to the right or left." – Paul Cezanne Anglers who spend their days by the river bank know we are on the verge of the season’s best angling. The days are getting noticeably shorter, and if you look to the...

"I never went to Spring Creek without seeing something new." – Nick Lyons The angle of light changes. Water temperatures slightly drop. The trout note the difference. The change of seasons is more subtle than a date on a calendar. As August wanes, seek solace in the newness of familiar water. Silver Creek Anglers on the Creek are finding that...

Photo by Ed Northern "August was nearly over - the month of apples and falling stars, the last care-free month for the school children. The days were not hot, but sunny and limpidly clear - the first sign of advancing autumn." – Victor Nekrasov We are on the cusp of some of the best fishing of the season! Silver Creek...

"The trouble is, you can't properly present something you don't believe in." – Thomas McGuane Put a box of August “confidence” flies together. Keep it simple. Something light, something dark. Something natural, something flashy. Be sure to down size. And remember, while fly choice matters, presentation makes the day. Silver Creek Last week's funky weather made the Tricos unpredictable. Some...

"At times I have wished life as simple as this riverbank — the world a logical structure of bend, current, riffle, and pool, the drama already unfolding on the glassy surface, and me, here on the bank, armed with some simple lovely balanced tools and some knowledge, prepared to become part of it for a few moments." – Nick Lyons...

"I make the first casts to the tail end, less in anticipation of raising a fish than in raising the pleasure of anticipation." – Ted Leeson As we move into August, a good strategy for angling success is to fish near to far, shallow to deep. Be stealthy. Fish more like a heron, less like a water buffalo. Expect a...