Green Drakes on the Big Wood River have not started yet, but the drake nymphs are really abundant in shin deep water up and down the river. My son, Charlie and I turned over some rocks yesterday in Hailey along the Big Wood and found a ton of green drake nymphs. The river is fishable yet swift now but expect this hatch to happen after the Wood has dropped a little more which will likely mean an incredible Green Drake year on the Big Wood. With colder weather forecast the Big Wood should drop over the next few days. Look for adult Green Drakes around the 24th or so of June...
Big Wood River
Big Wood Winter Rainbow
Great stuff on the Big Wood River right now. Highs hovering around 32 and very few people on the river. Good midge fishing on the surface mid-day with even better nymphing. By mid-March, the dry fly fishing should be super good on the Big Wood and even better on the Lower Big Lost River if you can tolerate the longer drive.
Nikon D3S & Nikon 35 f2 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...
Sun Valley Fishing Report
Osprey Holding On To A Rainbow. Silver Creek, Idaho
Nikon D200 & Nikon 80-200 afs 2.8 lens
Thinking of hitting the river near Sun Valley? As it is we have an extremely low snow pack and relatively warm daytime highs making for really good winter fishing conditions. The Big Wood is seeing some surface midge activity and good nymphing using stone flies and midge pupa patterns. It's good stuff right now with virtually nobody on the river. There is essentially no snow on the valley floor and there is nothing substantial forecast through at least the 26th of December. Keep in mind Silver Creek below the HGWY 20 bridge stays open through February and can offer pretty good streamer fishing this time of year. Avoid days down there when we have an inversion. The easiest method I have found is to check the Sun Valley skiing report and look at the temps on the bottom and on the summit. If it's warmer on top the temps on Silver Creek located down valley could be extremley cold. Also, if you are up for the drive, the Lower Big Lost River can fish really well. The current flow on the Lower Lost is 132 cfs making for easy wading and spring creek like conditions.