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Great news for fly anglers, as another low-pressure system moves in this week. The cloud cover should provide anglers with another fantastic week and weekend of winter fishing. If the fishing is anywhere as good as this past weekend, we have a lot to look forward to!
Silver Creek has been fishing incredibly well under the clouds. The low pressure and darker skies have the fish on the bite and out in the open. The name of the game on the Creek is Streamer fishing in the winter. This is a great opportunity to catch the biggest fish on the Creek as they chase one of the few food sources available to them this time of the season. There is seemingly never a shortage of baitfish in the Creek! We have plenty of Streamers here in the shop as well as custom Streamer ties by our own Christian Reid. Be sure you come in and talk to him for the latest info.
The Big Wood has been seeing outstanding Midge hatches and this activity should just continue to grow and get better as we march toward springtime. Each day on the Wood gives dry-fly anglers a great chance to pursue healthy rainbows sipping Midges from the surface. Try to get out sometime in the late morning and fish until the dinner hour. Stay on the move until you find a pod of fish feeding on Midges. If you are seeing Midges all over the snow, then it really is just a matter of walking enough to find some risers. Griffiths Gnats and Tie-Down Midges are the way to go. Be sure to have a trailing shuck of some sort on your fly. The fish can’t resist it.
Midweek may be your best bet to head for the Lost River or the South Fork of the Boise. The weather conditions for driving may be best before the next little front rolls in. We enter yet another week of little to no reporting on either river. Again, this means the fishing pressure is at a minimum for the season, so if you want to experience either fishery with few anglers, now’s your time. If you go, take all the same flies you would have on the Big Wood and Silver Creek: Zebra Midges, Brassies, Gnats, Midges, Buggers and Sparkle Minnows.
Enjoy the river this week, stay kind to your fellow angler, and be safe!
Happy fishing, everyone!