Here's a short clip I shot today on Silver Creek. Not much in the way of bugs at the time I was there but there were enough baetis and midges to get a few fish up on the surface. The wind that we have had the last to days is slated to end tonight. We shall see...
Nikon D3s, Nikon 80-200 f2.8 afs lens
Mid-June on the Big Lost River
(The water has since come up over 120 cfs and the Lower Lost is now running approx. 640 cfs)
Release
Nikon D3s, Nikon 35 f2 lens
Also, here is a link to a story that the Noozhawk in Santa Barbara, CA ran on me yesterday: Noozhawk Nick Price Story
Alfalfa. Picabo, Idaho
Nikon D3s, Nikon 80-200 afs f2.8 lens
Fly Fishing Photography
John Huber enjoying a surprise brown drake emergence
Release
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
There was a decent brown drake emergence late yesterday afternoon and a smallish one today. We should have lingering drakes for at least the next few days on Silver Creek...
Hill, Center Pivot & Sky
6 frame pano.
Nikon D3s, Nikon 80-200 afs f2.8 lens
Camping
Oxbow. East Fork Big Lost River
Smores & Camp and one exhausted setter.
A Bend In The Stream
So much to do until there is no gas left...
The best part...
Camp
Nikon D3s, Nikon 14-24 afs f2.8 lens
The fishing was lousy and the wind BLEW. We are probably a few weeks away from the wildflowers going off at higher elevation. We saw two cars in two days...
Silver Creek Brown Drakes
Four eyes are better than two. John Huber sends a spinner toward a toilet flush.
The Take
A Silver Creek Brown
The Release. The brown drake hatch on Silver Creek is one of my favorite hatches for many reasons. The warm light and the ephemeral spring-green being one reason. The sheer volume and size of these mayflies is--while I have witnessed it many times before--an unforgettable experience. As a pretty busy guide, it is really the only summer or fall hatch I regularly fish with friends and it has become a tradition to fish and hang out with a group of buddies and watch and participate as it all unfolds.
The fishing can be super good as well; that is until the fish are so distended and stuffed that they can no longer gorge with abandon.
We often fish well past dark and if we are lucky will stay on the water past midnight.
You can hear and see fish rising but cannot see your fly...
Moonlight near midnight
A headlamp is mandatory if you are planning on tying any knots.
Nikon D3s, Nikon 14-24 afs f2.8 lens
Backlit. Brown Drake
Nikon D200, Nikon 105 micro lens
Brown Drake
Nikon D200, Nikon 105 Micro Lens
Fly Fishing Photography
Brown Drake. Silver Creek, Idaho
Nikon D200, Nikon 105 Micro Lens
Brown Drakes. Silver Creek
Nikon D200, Nikon 105 Micro Lens
Fly Fishing Photography
Bent Rod & Rainbow. Big Lost River, Idaho
Nikon D3s, Nikon 14-24 afs f2.8 lens
Fly Fishing Photography
Caught In A Web. Brown Drakes. Silver Creek, Idaho
Brown Drake
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
With a strong emergence last night and many spinners in the grass this afternoon there should be quite a spinner fall tonight. It should be a visual spectacle...
Fly Fishing Photography
Sunset
Will King fishing by braille. Silver Creek, Idaho
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Silver Creek
Andy Ziemba and a late night bent rod. Silver Creek
Almost midnight. Silver Creek
After the sun goes down there is a period of time when the color blue takes over. "Blue Hour," Silver Creek
A bend in the Creek and the "Blue Hour."
Nikon D3s, Nikon 14-24 f2.8 afs lens
Well, our summer season is getting an early start out of the gates. Brown Drakes on Silver Creek are just getting going and it is only June 1st. If I have it correct, drakes started last year around June 18th. It is a hatch worth seeing and is one of my favorites to photograph. Yeah, it gets pretty busy on the water but once the sun goes down and the bugs get ramped up you never really notice.
Last night there were a bunch of Lesser Nighhawks making their who, who, who, who call and it was debated how the bird makes the sound. Is it thier wings or vocal chords? As it turns out it is their wings. Here is a clip from Avian Web .Com:
"The male performs a dramatic aerial display during courtship, flying first at moderate height, then diving straight towards the ground. When he is about two meters from the ground, he will turn upward. Near the end of his steep dive a deep booming swo-o-o-onk sound that is caused by air rushing through his wingtips as he flexes his wings downward. The intensity of this sound is said to be more or less proportional to the speed attained. This dive is usually part of a courtship display, but can also be directed at rival nighthawks and intruders (including people)."
Opening weekend, Silver Creek. Brent Bernard, clouds and a bent rod.
Silver Creek & Tall Grass & Fish On.
Silver Creek Rainbow
Brent Bernard ecstatic after his first cast of the season on Silver Creek yields a great brown.
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Diana Price running through the Cedar Bend Preserve.
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
My wife, Diana, will be running the New York City marathon this fall to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team in Training in honor of her mom, Abby, who is a leukemia survivor and for all of the other families who have faced a similar diagnosis. This will be Diana's third fundraising effort for Team in Training--to date she has helped raise over $12,000 to fund the critical cancer research and support services that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society makes possible. It's a cause that's important to our family, and I hope you'll take a minute to check out Diana's fundraising page (http://pages.teamintraining.org/vtnt/nyc12/dbprice#home).
"Whitefish" Ed & his million dollar smile. Ed showed up at the grand opening of the Picabo Angler on Saturday and hung out for the rainy and cold afternoon. Having a PBR or two with Ed is a treat.
Ed is no doubt the brightest dressed fisherman on Silver Creek and the Henry's Fork. Many would also say the brightest fisherman on the water. He is keen on intellectual fishing conversations. Within moments of meeting him he offered me one of his bright pink "whitefish unlimited" hats. I am now a proud owner. I also had to get a few shots of him sitting in his van with a few of his fishing outfits. Check out the sequins.
A true in-the-moment guy.
Ed putting a 1 weight to work at the Picabo Angler on Saturday.
Miramar Beach. 4 image pano taken using the shift function on the Nikon 24 pc-e lens. This image is really meant to be viewed large. I have just added it to my pano gallery where you can view it at a larger size.
On another note, I have finally upgraded my computer. My last machine, a Mac, was a bit aged and as a result brought my editing tasks to a creep. I am now using an iMac with 16gb's of ram and 14 terabytes of back-up storage--2 Lacie 6tb drives and 1 Lacie 2tb drive. I am running the Lacie 6tb drives using a Thunderbolt connection which seems VERY fast.
The joy of finding a smashed penny for the first time.
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Nature Conservancy. Silver Creek. 3 image pano taken this afternoon. Wind, moose, and baetis. Cool temps too; somewhere in the neighborhood of 50, not to mention the 20 plus mph wind...
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Nature Conservancy & Moose
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Silver Creek & Wind
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Miramar, Santa Barbara.
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Miramar after sunset
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens
Kelp & Wave Motion
Nikon D3s, Nikon 24 pc-e lens, 2-8 stop variable nd filter