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Maggie Mae & El Tigre

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
My wife has done so many amazing things for me and our daughter over the years - today I have to add another! While just south of 25 years spent on Silver Creek, today I had one of those "What the F is that!" moments.  When netted I initially  thought of a giant Brook Trout with the mottled markings, but…
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What Can Brown Do For You?

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
The Silver Creek Browns have been delivering continuously over the past few weeks, with both size and numbers.  From the deeper troughs to the undercut banks to sipping dries in the shallow flats, the fishing could not be better.  The sudden heat wave has put the bugs in an inconsistent mode, but find the right place at the right time…
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Silver Creek Update 7/3/12

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
  Things are starting to heat up, including the temperatures down on the Creek.  Just one persons opinion on the fishing the past week. Early Morning Fishing - Whatever that fluttering white moth looking thing is, there is a billion of them.  Prairie Caddis/Land Moth/White Sedge, there are a ton on the lower stretches, and get a stiff wind and…
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SCO In The Northern CA Delta

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
http://www.vimeo.com/41621757   Busted out of the Blaine County bubble to visit the family in Santa Cruz and was fortunate to book a day with Mike Costello.  He literally wrote the book on flyfishing in the California Delta, and again did not disappoint.  Always fun to throw 9wt rods with I-lines and sinks, a real departure from the lighter weight stuff…
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Say It Ain’t So….

By The Hatch, Uncategorized
http://www.vimeo.com/31527770 Like a 10 year-old hillbilly being dragged away from the Mountain Dew factory, I am not going quietly from my 2011 guiding season. I love the winter, but the fishing season was, and still is, some of the best in years. Great water, healthy fish, bugs, and plenty of great people to spend the day with around the Wood…
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