The Sun Valley Symphony season begins at the end of this week and is a true Sun Valley summer tradition. Another summer tradition is the shift in the best fishing hours from the middle to early and late in the day. The fish and the bugs simply like the most pleasant time of the day, and with the lower than…
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We are looking forward to another wonderful week of fishing here in the Wood River Valley. Our 8th annual Fly Fishing Film Festival and Product Fair are on the 19th and 20th. So whether you wake up early to hit the Tricos on the Creek, head over the hill to search for large Cutthroat, or just stay in town and…
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This July promises to be one of best in years. The long days of summer are upon us and we have multiple fishing opportunities rife with possibility from sun up to sundown. Our local rivers are dropping everyday and opening up more and more river to explore. The most difficult part of your fishing day will be choosing what to…
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Happy 4th of July! If you are coming up to Sun Valley to enjoy the 4th of July festivities, be sure to add a fly fishing outing to your agenda. First, it is a great way to stay cool as our day time highs go between the high 80s to 90s; and second, the lower than average flows combined with…
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Maggie Mae with a Tiger Trout caught on Silver Creek. Drakes and Stones...The big bugs of summer have arrived. Normally when these bugs make their early summer appearance, the local rivers are still busting the banks with spring runoff. As predicted, this winter's lower snowpack has set the stage for some spectacular early season dry fly action. However, don't be…
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SCO customer Steve Briggs (Skooter Gardiner's Client) caught and landed this beast of a brown on Silver Creek (6/15). Took a nymph on 5x. Battle of the nerves (at least for the guide), but Steve won in the end. New member of the Two Footer (+) Club! Robert Frost wrote, "Nature's first green is gold." This is certainly the case…
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As predicted, last weeks warm weather brought out the Brown Drakes, and reminding us of the transience of all things, has already run its course. If you missed the action this year, be sure to put it on your bucket list for next year. The warm weather has also brought the Wood, the Upper Lost and the Salmon back up…
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This is the time of year I begin to feel a bit like the legendary Paul Revere heralding the arrival of the Redcoats. Only my refrain is, "The Brown Drakes are coming! The Brown Drakes are Coming!" All signs suggest this is the week. The weather is going to be beautiful. The water temperature is right. In fact, a few…
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With June on the horizon, we are heading into our typical weather roller coaster with some days reaching only the high 50s and others stretching into the 80s. Over night lows have been chilly of late, which is slowing the runoff and dropping the river flows on the freestone fisheries. With unpredictable weather comes unpredictable hatches; however, the warmer weather…
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May 25th...the 2013 season opener is upon us! While Silver Creek will fish from day one, our local freestone rivers are in the midst of spring runoff. The weather gurus are calling for cooler temperatures over Memorial Weekend which will slow the runoff, but there is still a bit of high altitude snow yet to come down when warmer temperatures…
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Photo: Chris Blesius “Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.” – Samuel Butler While wild flowers and leaves fade from view, the fruits of wet seasons past, ripe and true. With the swish of a fly cast above the stream, and a trout holding fast in the golden gleam, autumn's…
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“‘Only today,’ he said, ‘today, in October sun, it’s all gold—sky and tree and water. Everything just before it changes looks to be made of gold.’” – Eudora Welty When the frosts come, we know nothing gold can stay. So get out, rod in hand, and enjoy the October sun. Silver Creek If you head to the Creek, expect to…
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