A few more days and we can expect the first signs of dropping water on our freestone streams. Keep your eyes on the rivers and when you see them turn to glacier green you will know it's time to tighten the wading belt (or skip the waders all together) grab your wading staff and leave the vest at home. Take…
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Here comes the Big Wood again! Our rewarded with some of the seasons best fishing. Silver Creek on the other hand is low right now as the annual recharge is still a month and a half away. Fishing remains decent on the Creek despite the fact that many anglers are still finding it the only game in town. The Lost…
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A cool June continues to blanket south central Idaho. This has made the fishing interesting to say the least. Silver Creek continues to fish well despite cooler days and the occasional thunder storm. The Big Wood has cleared up a bit and the spotty fishing can be very good. The Lost continues to run high and the South Fork of…
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Picabo Bridge to Hwy 20 The Brown Drakes have made an early debut and rewarded those on early recognizant scouting missions. Fill up the gas tank and grab your headlamp; cooler temps will keep the hatch in flux and reward those that stay long past sunset. The Point of Rocks and Willows areas will see a lot of pressure, but…
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“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” ― Henry David Thoreau On the silvery surface, you see tiny wings and rhythmic noses. But the low autumnal sun makes tracking your fly impossible. You trust the cast is true and set on instinct. Sometimes it is not about what you see, but what you believe. The…
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“If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.” ― Thomas Watson, Sr. Founder of IBM If you want to double your failure rate, get yourself to the river. What separates the exceptional from the average is one’s ability to find opportunity for either success or failure, and then learn from it. The Big Wood October is…
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