Silver Creek In The Rain

It absolutely poured in the Picabo, Idaho area today and it lasted for nearly 3 hours. The heavy rain and the longevity of it pushed most fisherman off of the Creek. I sat it out in the car and on the water and around 4:15 there was a blanket Baetis emergence where I was. Silver Creek needs the water and the Creek is to-the-bank full in many spots. The Brown Drake hatch may even delay a few more days. I saw a bunch of Brown drake duns on Friday night at the Picabo Bridge. It was a trickle of a hatch, but there were bugs. It was a bit hard watching the few bugs on the water get eaten and not being able to fish. The season didn't open until this Saturday.

Rain drops obliterate the calm Silver Creek flow.

Silver Creek near Picabo, Idaho.

Silver Creek Opener

Yesterday was opening day on Silver Creek and it was a beautiful late spring day met with heavy rain at times and even tornado warnings. Despite the tornado warning, the wind wasn't too bad but the rain and hail was very heavy at times.

This monster storm cell slipped in from the east which is a bit unusual, but looking toward the west in the image above the sky doesn't look too daunting.  Rest assured though, the rain and hail did come down and about ten minutes after this pic was taken the skies unleashed.

Silver Creek Opening Day

Tomorrow is opening day on many of our local Sun Valley area waters including Silver Creek. It rained very hard this morning in Picabo and it is slated to rain again tomorrow. Think of the rain as crowd control...

John Huber letting a cast run to the far side. Silver Creek, Idaho.

New Zealand Hosted Travel

Below are a few more images from a trip to New Zealand earlier this year. If anyone has any interest, I will be hosting a trip back to the South Island and River Haven Lodge for the New Zealand Summer of 2016/17. That's our winter 2016/17. Email: nickpricephotography@gmail.com for inquiries.

The ideal group size not including myself is 5 people. Here's a link to a slideshow from my trip this year: New Zealand 2015

Rolling Hills. South Island

Tasman Sea. South Island

Cuba B-Sides II

Here are a some overlooked images from my trip to Cuba earlier this winter. Double-click on any image to enlarge:

Central Cuba Highway. Two lanes with more pot holes, walkers, bikers and horse-carriages than cars.

Woman. Jucaró, Cuba..

Two Men. Jucaró.

Portrait Of A Man. St. Louis Cardinals Fan. Central Cuba.

Jucaró, Cuba.

Bemba. Fly Fishing Guide. Jardines De La Reina, Cuba.

Woman. Havana, Cuba.

Man & Cigarette. Vieja Habana. Havana, Cuba.

Vieja Habana (Old Havana. A Neighborhood in Havana).

Havana

A Havana Taxi.

Capital Building. Havana.

Havana. Parque Central.

Woman Waving. Havana.

Havana Bus Stop.

Taxi Subframe. Havana.

Havana Street Corner.

Green Drake Nymph & A Cherry Blossom

It's officially May and the cherry trees are blooming here and the Big Wood River has started to rise. I brought a seine net over to the Wood this evening to see how many bugs, nymphs really, I would find within a few feet from the bank. In short, I found many green drake nymphs...

Green Drake Nymph. Big Wood River, Idaho

Cherry Blossom. Hailey, Idaho

Silver Creek Brown Drakes

Below is a two page image in the new Spring issue of Fly Rod & Reel of John Huber fishing a prolific Brown Drake spinner fall on Idaho's Silver Creek. This was the heaviest spinner fall I saw last year.

Fly Rod & Reel Spring 2015. John Huber on Idaho's Silver Creek.

Portraits of Fly Fishing Guides

A personal project I have been working on and will continue to work on is portraits of Fly Fishing Guides. I strive to have the guard down in these portraits.

Taite Pearson. Silver Creek, Idaho.

Brent Matthews. Picabo, Idaho.

John Huber. Silver Creek, Idaho.

Anglers Journal Spring 2015

The Spring issue of Anglers Journal has an 8 page feature of mine on Jardines de la Reina, Cuba. I did the photography and the writing. To subscribe to Anglers Journal click HERE. 

Nick Anderson jumps a baby tarpon in the mangroves. Jardines de la Reina, Cuba.