Excited to have a two-page image in the new, winter issue, of The Drake Magazine. It's of Ketchum area guide, Zac Mayhew, and his Brittany, Duncan, during a winter storm on the Big Wood River near Sun Valley, Idaho.
Deadbeat Dam
A deadbeat dam. It's very surreal but no longer serves a functioning purpose. It's a cop out to me--albeit a time honored tradition in the west--to retire dams or mines or anything for that matter and leave them as de facto corpses.
Fish Creek Dam. Idaho.
Winter on the Big Wood River
A little snow finally came our way yesterday blanketing our valley in white.
Bow Bridge. Big Wood River. Hailey, Idaho. Wood River Land Trust's Draper Preserve.
Big Wood River.
Bow Bridge.
Looking Back
I just went through some images from my first trip to Cuba and came across the image below which I had never really even given a second look at...
Street Baseball. Havana, Cuba.
A Great November Day On Silver Creek
The Silver Creek Preserve and Double R sections of Silver Creek close on December 1st of each year. It's the final week to fish these pieces of water and with relatively warm temps it's been really good (it did snow about 1" today though).
Silver Creek & The Queen's Crown
Another warm and beautiful November day on Silver Creek. The weather will change but this is what we've had a lot of here.
Silver Creek, Idaho. November
Silver Creek In November
Indian summer here. Strangely warm days yet still beautiful on Silver Creek.
Silver Creek & Picabo, Idaho. November, 2016
Picabo, Idaho
Of all of the iconic Sun Valley, Idaho area places in the fly fishing arena, I think of Picabo at the top of the heap. It has, namely, Silver Creek running through it's backyard.
The prairie landscape is striking in more subtle ways than the mountains to the north. The culture in Picabo is quite different than that of its more upscale close neighbor, Ketchum (think Sun Valley, Idaho), to the north. Picabo, while absolutely tiny, is an amalgamation of ranchers and farmers and ranch hands and cowboys and even a few fishermen.
HWY 20 near Picabo on any given morning before the sun rises, is active with mainly the ranchers and farmers driving their respective pick-ups to work sites.
While being very interested in the specific fishing aspects of Silver Creek, I'm also really interested in the periphery of trout streams throughout the world. The periphery to me is the human and landscape aspect near a trout stream that is not necessarily fishing-centric. Farm workers and laborers, cowboys, hunters, Chilean gauchos, shepards and anyone else who may be a stakeholder near a river are examples of the trout stream periphery.
The Queen's Crown & Picabo. Fall 2016
Pioneer Cabin
Took a Sunday walk up to the Pioneer Cabin yesterday. Unseasonably warm but beautiful...
Pioneer Cabin
Baetis Smorgasbord
Baetis Galore. Late Fall. Silver Creek, Idaho.
East Oxbow. Silver Creek.
Here's a shot from late yesterday afternoon of Silver Creek. We've had a lot of rain which is really well needed! It has also turned some of the brown back to green which will not last for long. Indian summer though for the rest of the week with highs in Picabo near 60.
East Oxbow. Silver Creek, Idaho.
Inspiration
I took this image a few winters ago on a side street in Rome near the Tiber. It's an inspirational image for me as it says get out there and be creative!
Wooden string instrument shop. Rome, Italy.
Picabo, Idaho
This is Picabo, Idaho on a cool late October morning.
A Great English Setter
Boone. The kind of English Setter everyone wants. Kind, perfectly affable, behaved, loving... All of those things. He has a great owner though who sets him loose on big land and treats him like a son. Pictured below, Boone, tries to set the land speed record for four-leggeds after waiting patiently (kind of) in the truck while his father (John Huber) and I threw a few casts on Silver Creek.
Boone Dog. Picabo, Idaho.
Trail Creek Road
Trail Creek Pass and snow. October, 2016.
Big Lost River
Yesterday was a cold and blustery day with snow, wind and rain.
Big Lost River. Idaho.
American Angler
Excited to have a two-page image in the current issue of American Angler.
Big Lost River
Brent Bernard getting in a few casts before the next squall.
October. Big Lost River.
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.