Riser & negative space. Silver Creek, Idaho
Limited Edition Prints of Rising Silver Creek Trout
Excited to pick up from the framer my first limited edition prints. The three prints are each 16" x 24" with a frame size of 24 3/4" x 32". I view them as a set of three. They cost $1,200 (framed) individually or $3,000 (also framed) for the set of three. I am limiting each image to 100 prints plus an artists proof.
The images were shot this July on Silver Creek.
You can email me with any questions: nickpricephotography@gmail.com
1/100 Damselfly Take 1 Nick Price
1/100 Damselfly Take 2 Nick Price
1/100 Damselfly Take 3 Nick Price
Silver Creek Rainbow
Heat of the day. Packed SUV's leave dust contrails on their way north with float tubes plastered to the roofs. Pretty soon Silver Creek is left with those who don't know any better or those who hope the weed beds will soon be smothered in a giant blue orgy. I've banked on it plenty of times and come up empty handed. It's a bit of a roll of the dice, but when it happens and enough fish are keyed into Damselflies, it'll make for a memorable afternoon.
A Silver Creek rainbow after taking a Damselfly.
Rising Rainbow Trout
Here are a few images of rainbows trying to eat damsels on Silver Creek a few days ago... Double Click on any of the images to enlarge.
Silver Creek Damsel Flies
A Silver Creek rainbow stalks damsel flies from below.
Rising Trout
Here's an image of a Brown Trout on Silver Creek about to take down a flying ant.
The season is now in full swing on Silver Creek!
American Angler
Here's an image of mine appearing as the Table of Contents spread in the current issue of American Angler.
This was a fun shot to take on Silver Creek. It's actually one of a series of shots that shows this rainbow either about to take or just after taking this balled up spider web loaded with tricos. All of the other fish in this pod either ignored or refused this web ball, except for Spidy--so named do to its proclivity for trico laced spider web.
Silver Creek
Silver Creek. October 2016
Raindrops and risers. Silver Creek.
Silver Creek Rising Rainbow
Cool and cloudy weather and often times flat out wet weather over the last two weeks have really ramped up the hatches on Silver Creek. Baetis and Mahogany Duns have been super consistent except for the days with too much rain. The image below was taken on Silver Creek during light rain and a good Baetis emergence.
Anglers Journal
A two page spread in the new summer issue of Anglers Journal (It's paired with a great Thomas McGuane quote):
This image was taken on Silver Creek during a prolific trico spinner fall.
Orvis Summer Fly Fishing Catalog
Here's the cover shot of the Orvis Summer Fly Fishing Catalog. This image was taken at Silver Creek during a Fall Baetis smorgasbord.
Silver Creek Rising Fish
Below is an image taken yesterday on Silver Creek. The Callibaetis have been pretty strong but this fish was honing in on midges and really, really small midges.
A Silver Creek Rainbow. Late April, 2015
Big Lost River Rainbow Trout
A Big Lost River Rainbow takes a Baetis during a mid-day hatch
Dorsal Fin
Foam Is Home
Here's an image taken of a rainbow pushing through a foam eddy on the Big Wood River a few days ago. Days with high temps above 32 degrees can be gems on the Big Wood in the winter. It's even possible to find rising fish...
Winter Riser. Big Wood River, Idaho
Rise Form & Refusal. Silver Creek, Idaho
Refusal & Riser. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Refusal
Subtlety
Silver Creek Rise Form
A swallow & rise form. A Silver Creek trout beat the swallow to the goods (a flying ant).
Swallow & Rise Form. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Evening Rise Form & Flying Ants
Silver Creek. Evening. Lots of flying ants over the course of the last 5 or 6 days along Silver Creek especially toward the evening.
A flying ant gets taken down... Silver Creek.
A swallow just above Silver Creek locks on to a flying ant.
Silver Creek Riser
Rainbow. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Brown Vs. Rainbow
I shot the images below on Silver Creek a few mornings ago during a pretty prolific Trico Spinner Fall. The two fish, a brown in the foreground and the other a rainbow, rose or at least attempted to take the same Trico Spinner. I had never documented this before...
Silver Creek Tricos
While The Nature Conservancy section is closed on Silver Creek from 10 pm to 10 am, there is still fishing to be had downstream of the Killpatrick Bridge. The Pond is deeper and the water is actually approx 4 to 5 degrees cooler below the dam than the water entering the Killpatrick Pond. While Silver Creek is near or at an all time low as far as flow goes, the Killpatrick Pond Project could not have come at a better time. With the the old dam that was a top release now removed along with the deeper water due to dredging, the pond and the portion of Silver Creek downstream of the dam is no longer seeing a warming of water and in fact the water as previously mentioned is even colder below the Killpatrick Pond...
Below is an image of a frenetic pod of fish rising to Trico Spinners on the Double R section of Silver Creek.