Synopsis Be prepared to once again, get up early and stay up late for the best fishing. The midday window is closing rapidly and the fishes feeding behavior is going to begin coinciding with the major insect activity. With the Green Drake and Stonefly season pretty much behind us, the evening Caddis, and morning Mayfly spinner falls are coming rapidly…
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Synopsis Consistently warm weather should begin to transform our rivers in the coming week or two. Some are beginning to drop and become more and more wade friendly. Right now the bite is on and this should continue until the fish find the need to look for cover in the summer shallows, and begin to seek out cooler water as…
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Synopsis With mild summer temperatures returning to the Valley we can expect a strong return of the early season hatches. With a few weeks left before the 4th of July holiday, now is the best time to get out on the river and take advantage of miles of fishable water with few other anglers out and about. Some of our…
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Synopsis With a few cooler days recently the fishing has remained strong and consistent, but it may not be until early next week before we get back into a warming trend to set off the seasons first major hatches on rivers other than Silver Creek. There is a plethora of water to fish in every direction and anglers can spread…
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Synopsis *This seasons slight snow pack coupled with very little spring rain means early season fishing will be outstanding and our best fishing of the year, with more technical fishing to come with the falling water later in the season. *A Dry year means the local Rattle Snake population will be nearer the rivers in the south valley, not as…
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It may be out of context, but I think the exact same thing can be said about fly-fishing, at least regarding competition in the quiet sport. Do we compete with others? Ourselves? The fish? Or is it the difficulty of the game itself… With March Madness approaching on the river and the basketball court, without question this past February and…
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Synopsis Warmer weather has finally become a pattern in the Sun Valley area, and what was good fishing is becoming great fishing. A variety of techniques will all take fish. Dry fly enthusiasts need only wait until the day begins to warm, sometime around 11:00 a.m. The Midge dry fly fishing can stay good until around 4:00 p.m. The action…
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Synopsis There are a lot of fresh tracks to be made up and down the winter white river corridor upon entering the new year. The fish are on the bite, the Midge hatch is growing daily, few anglers are on the water, and low pressure systems keep rolling through south central Idaho. The reports have been great from anglers taking…
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Big Wood Temperatures are finally beginning to warm up as we approach Christmas and New Years. The cold temps the past few weeks have kept anglers off the water, giving the trout a nice long rest. It is Midge fishing time and these little flies should begin showing in increasing numbers on all the area waters. The fish have really…
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Synopsis The snow is falling in the Sun Valley area these days as we prepare to usher in our winter fishing season. We have regulation changes happening at the end of the month, with all the rivers going to a strictly catch and release basis, and the season closure of Silver Creek above the Highway 20 bridge, which means all…
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“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” - Rainer Maria Rilke The ode of the river beckons the angler to apprehend the flowing stanzas of riffles, pools, and runs. And the trout dance to the measured rhythm of the midge. An angler with an open heart and eyes will find poetry everywhere.…
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“It is utterly soothing to fly fish for trout. All other considerations or worries drift away and you couldn't keep them close if you wanted. Perhaps it's standing thigh deep in a river with the water passing at the exact but varying speed of life. You easily recognize this mortality and it dissipates into the landscape.” - Jim Harrison In…
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