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
A swallow & rise form. A Silver Creek trout beat the swallow to the goods (a flying ant).
Swallow & Rise Form. Silver Creek, Idaho.
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.
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.
