The wait is almost over. On Friday, May 23rd at 5 p.m., Picabo Angler will kick off Memorial Day and the start of a new season with our annual Opening Weekend Party! Rain or shine (outdoors or indoors), we will be enjoying live music by Barton & Bollar, ice cold refreshments from Sawtooth Brewery, dinner by the Picabo Angler Grill, raffles, and all the fly-fishing vendors coming to show us the latest and greatest products. Please join us for what has become an incredibly special event. Everyone is welcome!
If you plan to fish on Saturday, May 24th, on Opening Day, be prepared to fish Silver Creek, as it will likely be the only game in town for several weeks. The Big Wood River and Copper Basin waters will be in runoff, and the lower Big Lost River will likely see flows spiking very soon.
The Opening Weekend Silver Creek menu will feature Baetis (BWO), PMDs and Callibaetis. Have emergers, duns, and spinners in sizes 14–20. We have TONS of new and effective fly patterns in the shop designed for Silver Creek!
Ants and Beetle patterns are a must-have for the first weeks on Silver Creek. These patterns, especially large Beetles, will often bring fish to the surface that aren’t actively rising. One of the fun parts of Opening Week on the Creek is trying all sorts of “unusual” patterns and colors.
Brown Drakes are probably a few weeks away. With that said, no one ever truly knows when this hatch will appear, and history says have some of these patterns in your fly box from the moment the clock strikes 12 a.m. on Opening Day.
Remember that Silver Creek downstream of the Highway 20 bridge remains open to fishing, and the large spring PMDs (size 14) are present.
Stillwater fisheries such as the Magic, Little Wood and Mackay reservoirs are fishing very well at the moment. Leech patterns are the ticket!
Please call us at 208-788-3536 or email us at info@picaboangler.com for more information. We look forward to seeing you all on Friday, May 23rd at 5 p.m.
Happy fishing, everyone!
