Silver Creek Brown Trout

Here's an image shot today on Silver Creek.  Not a ton of bugs but a few Tricos, lots of Baetis and some PMD's.  The beauty of slow fishing on Silver Creek just means fewer people...

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A Great Silver Creek Brown. Idaho.

Camera: Nikon D3s

Lens: Nikon ƒ2.8 14-24

The FlyFish Journal

Here's an image of my youngest son, Charlie, in the new edition of The FlyFish Journal. Although it's a small image, he was pretty stoked. Perhaps this will inspire him to get out on the water a little more and if I'm lucky allow me to take a few images... If you have not held a copy of The FlyFish Journal, you really should crawl on all fours to Bellingham, Washington to grab an issue (or order one online). It's reader supported which means very few ads and lots of content including great fly fishing photography.

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Charlie Price in The FlyFish Journal

Big Wood River

Taking In The Moment.  Big Wood River, Idaho

Letting One Go...  Big Wood

The temps ranged from around 11 degrees when we got started on the Wood today and by 4 PM had sky rocketed all the way to 23.  It felt cold.  Good stuff though, both on top and nymphing.  This has certainly been one of the best Januarys I can recall.

Nikon D3S & Nikon 14-24 f2.8 lens

Silver Creek January Sunset

January.  Silver Creek, Idaho

Nikon D3S & Nikon 50 f1.8 lens

The Big Wood River should be good stuff all week as we are slated to have temps near 30 degrees.  The midge fishing has been about as good as it gets for January.  Plenty of rising fish on many days and good nymphing too.  If you want the Big Wood to yourself, now is a great time to be on the river...

Fly Fishing Portraits

Julie Spence.  Big Lost River, Idaho

A new priority for me will be taking fly fishing portraits.  Both on and off the river...  The river or proximity to water is one of the most fundamentally calming places for people and the calmness more often than not translates into fantstic expression and it is precisely that expression I am after. 

Happy New Year!

Water Levels & More Rising Trout

Here are a few quick river flow updates:  Big Wood--632 cfs and the mean is 1,510 cfs

                                                                 Big Lost--218 cfs and the mean is 664 cfs

                                                                 Silver Creek--95 cfs and the mean is 123 cfs

                                                                 Silver Creek Temperature--58.1 degrees and the mean is also 58.1

Here are some river flow links to check out for yourself.  The Silver Creek USGS station also monitors the temperature.  Silver Creek:  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/id/nwis/uv?cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&cb_00010=on&format=gif_stats&period=31&site_no=13150430

                     Big Wood:  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/id/nwis/uv?cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&format=gif_stats&period=31&site_no=13139510

                     Big Lost:  http://waterdata.usgs.gov/id/nwis/uv?cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&format=gif_stats&period=31&site_no=13127000

Here are a few more rising rainbow pics from today: