Fishing Report

Photo By: Stephen Barnard “The thing that is important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.” – Diane Arbus The fact that complete mastery is unattainable is fly fishing's greatest gift. Silver Creek Cool mornings and pleasant days will make for another perfect week of fishing on the Creek. Expect the morning activity…

Photo By: Alex Long “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” – Jonathan Swift A keen eye and intuition give the angler sight beyond vision. Do you see it? Silver Creek It is transition time on the Creek. With the cooler weather, the large browns will start moving and become more aggressive in preparation of the…

Photo By: Alex Long “As Nick’s fingers touched him, touched his smooth, cool underwater feeling, he was gone, gone in a shadow across the bottom of the stream. He’s all right, Nick thought. He was only tired.” – Ernest Hemingway Every encounter with a trout has a restorative power. Silver Creek The rain and cooler weather last week was certainly…

Photo By: Bob Knoebel “I ended up by being my own trout and eating the slice of bread myself.” – Richard Brautigan Sometimes the pursued and the pursuer merge into one, and a river runs through them. Silver Creek The cooler weather this week should help snap the Creek out of its summer funk. You may see a few Tricos,…

Photo By: Bob Knoebel “Fish are, of course, indispensable to the angler. They give him an excuse for fishing and justify the fly rod without which he would be a mere vagrant.” – Nick Lyons Trout are essential to all, not just the angler. Without them, all humanity is a mere vagrant. Silver Creek There are still Tricos in the…

Photo By: Alex Long “We live like water: wetting a new tongue with no telling what we’ve been through.” – Ocean Vuong We step into the water and our shared experiences collide. There are untold stories yet to unfold. A rise, a drift and the conversation begins. Silver Creek While there are still some Tricos and slew of Baetis in…

Photo By: Sofia DeWolfe “When tomorrow comes this day will be gone forever, leaving something in its place I have traded for it.” – Wright Thompson Hang your waders; the day is done. For memories and moments, you have given the day your focus and presence. Time is best spent on the water. Silver Creek The Trico hatch seems to…

Photo By: Alex Long “Nothing matters as much as the ability to give every effort you have to the work you’re doing.” – Doris Kearns Goodwin The more effort you put forth over a lifetime of pursuit, the more the catch is not the measure of success. Silver Creek The Creek should remain solid this week, especially for those fishing…

Photo By: Sofia DeWolfie “To see the miraculous in the ordinary is a more precious gift than prophecy.” – Abraham Verghese To the outside observer, the angler appears to rarely move. But in that ordinary act of stillness, the angler engages in the miraculous act of presence. No need for prophecy in the moment. Silver Creek It is Trico time…

Photo By: Alex Long “I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.” – Woodrow T. Wilson What fly would Swisher or Richards pick? How would Mel make this cast? What would George do? I always fish better when I fish with friends, past and present. Silver Creek Between 8 and 10 am,…