Silver Creek Brown Trout

Below are two Silver Creek browns caught today by two brothers. While the fishing was not exactly great the catching was pretty good as the images below may suggest...

Harrison Kapp all grins after landing this brown.

Pete Kapp and his own rendition of a nice brown.

Arco, Idaho

Below are a bunch of images taken either in or near Arco, Idaho. Arco was the first town in the world to be powered by nuclear power. It's located at the southern end of the Lost River Range and the Big Lost River is almost always dry in Arco. I have been fascinated by the town for some time and got a quick oral history from a lifetime resident, John, who spent nearly an hour answering my questions. John graduated from Arco's high school class of '55 and gladly pointed out where '55 is inscribed in the hill.

John, a lifetime resident of Arco, Idaho poses for a portrait. In the background is the infamous hill showcasing, in large painted white numbers, the graduating classes of nearly the last 100 years. Arco was first powered by nuclear energy in 1955. John mentioned the larger the size of the white painted number on "the hill" represented the larger the size of the graduating class that respective year. In other words, the small numbers represent smaller class sizes and vice versa. I spoke with John in front of Arco's Mello-dee Club.

The hill in Arco with almost 100 year's worth of graduating class numbers. This is a 5 image pano.

Road near Arco.

Buildings just west of Arco.

An old Arco motel. During better times, motels in Arco were abundant and occupied. This motel still appeared open.

Cross near dirt road. Arco, Idaho.

Water troughs and sky. HWY 20. Idaho. West of Arco.

Mello-dee Club. Arco, Idaho.

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.

The Drake Magazine Summer Issue

Still thinking about Brown Drakes...? Then check out the new issue of The Drake magazine. Below is the opening two pages of an eight page feature on Silver Creek's Brown Drake hatch. This hatch is one of my favorites and Silver Creek is a spot I find myself shooting all the time...