"Most anglers soon discover simple fly fishing helps preserve our capacity to wonder." - Yvon Chouinard The next time you go fly fishing, try and simplify your overall approach. Take just a few flies and a spool of tippet. Leave the reel and line behind and grab a Tenkara rod. Make fewer casts. Position yourself closer to the fish so…
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Silver Creek Outfitters guide Bob Knoebel shares a few heartwarming words and photos with us. "Still Fishing After All These Years" 89 year old Mark from Las Vegas recently visited Sun Valley to fish his old haunts after collecting memories here since 1950. That's right, he's been fishing Sun Valley waters for 62 years. He counts legendary Dick Alfs as one…
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As summer heat finally burns off most of the remaining snow pack water temps begin to climb as flows drop. Often times mature fish follow the cooler water temps uphill. For a change of scenery and tempo, grab your micro rod setup & a handful of stimulator patterns and head upstream. Way upstream!
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http://vimeo.com/26147783 At the time it happened, we didn't even notice that two fish actually ate this dry-dry dropper combo at nearly the same time. In the 3 way tug between both fish and the rod, one fish came off and one was landed. Not too bad!
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