Tricos are now pretty much on each morning at Silver Creek...
Male Trico
Silver Creek Tricos
Tricos have been happening in small numbers on the lower stretches of Silver Creek... Here are a few images of female Tricos.
Female Trico. Silver Creek. Late June.
American Angler
Here is an image of a Mahogany Dun on Silver Creek appearing in the current issue of American Angler.
Mahogany Dun. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Brown Drakes
Brown Drake. May 28, 2015.
Silver Creek Callibaetis
Below is an image of a Callibaetis Spinner taken last September on Silver Creek. I managed to overlook this shot until now.
Callibaetis Spinner. Silver Creek. Idaho. September.
Baetis
Our temps have dropped and the snowmaking has started on Baldy (Sun Valley, Idaho) and there are still a few baetis and midges around and if you are lucky you may even find a fish or two feeding on top. Below is an image of a baetis trying to get off the water just after drying its wings. For a sense of scale, you could easily put 4 or 5 of these mayflies on your pinkie.
Trico Dun
First, here's an image of a female Trico dun taking a morning downstream ride on the Big Lost River.
I recently had the opportunity to photograph a family on Silver Creek the other night and here is a favorite from that shoot:
Callibaetis
"Callibaetis Color"
Here's another image I skipped over last summer. It's of a callibaetis on Silver Creek and the focus is on the body rather than the head. This particular callibaetis had probably just molted which can explain the more vibrant body color. Image taken with the Nikon 105 2.8 and extension tubes.
I am in the process of going through my entire photo library and keywording just about all of my images. While this is a major pain to accomplish it really taught me a lesson: When uploading images--in my case into Aperture--ALWAYS add keywords, copyright and other pertinent info. It is far easier to do when uploading than years later with over 100,000 images to sort through.
Wet weather here today... Snowing. Wet snow.
Flavs and Wildflowers
Here are a few pics of flav spinners (Drunella Flavilinea). While the larger green drakes (Drunella Doddsi and Drunella Grandis) garner more attention locally, I have often found a fly sized more closely to a #14 flav works FAR better on the Wood and nearby streams. The dog days of Summer have started with the high today in Ketchum somewhere near 90. Here are a few flav spinner pics:
Here's a pic of Bitterroot taken around 7,500 feet:
Larkspur:
Stonecrop:
Royal Stimulator. I don't have many guide days where not a single fly is lost or changed, but yesterday, we managed to fish the entire day with just this stimulator: