Fly fishing forecast May 16 - 30

Fishing Forecast May 16 – 22

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“Most of Idaho’s numerous water users, which include - farmers, irrigators, water managers, river runners, hydropower producers, fishers, fish managers, ground water users, and more, should be satisfied with this year’s water supply.” ~ USDA Water Outlook Summary May 2018 The season opener is fast approaching and the outlook is promising. Silver Creek will be perfect for opening weekend and…
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Fishing Forecast 5-2 to 5-16

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“Fishing is to be enjoyed, but it will not be enjoyed any the more by hurrying past what Nature has to give us on the way.” ~Colonel Robert Venables During May we will see our rivers swell, recede, and swell again before they settle into their perfect summer flows in late June, early July. The cottonwoods will bloom and bring…
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Fishing Forecast 4-18 to 5-2

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“I fish in spring to feel the…planetary tilt resurrect every creature and joy that autumn killed.” ~ David James Duncan As the seasons change, anglers hold their collective breaths for a beat of time in anticipation of the next. Spring precipitation has blessed our mountains and the Big Wood and Big Lost drainages are right where they should be in…
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Fly Fishing Forecast 3/7 – 3/21

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“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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Fishing Forecast 2/07 – 2/21

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“Fly fishing surely gives meaning to my life, but not nearly so much as life gives meaning to fly fishing.” ~Peter Kaminsky It is February. The sun hangs in the sky a bit higher and longer; the alternating thaw and freeze is turning the snow to corn. There is a spring like awakening occurring within the river, the trout, and…
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Fishing Forecast 1/24 – 2/07

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“The stream keeps me from getting lost, and anytime I feel like being a fisherman again, the trout are there, sages themselves, the wise roshi that caught me by the way and taught me to love wildness.” ~Christopher Camuto For those who have been hibernating, it is time to let February awaken the angler within. A wet weather pattern will continue to bring…
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Fishing Forecast 1/10 – 1/24

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"A warm January, a cold May." -- Welsh Proverb To date, January has been warm, and what May will yield has yet to be seen. While proverbs portend general truths based on common experience, the weather has been everything but common of late. Another proverbial truth: the only certainty in forecasts is that they are uncertain. With the Big Wood…
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