Sun Valley, Idaho, United States Fishing Forecast 5-27 to 6-3
"What a tourist terms a plague of insects, the fly fisher calls a great hatch." ~ Patrick F. McManus
Despite the rain and cool weather, a few Brown...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "To fish, fine and far off, is the first principle rule for trout angling ." ~ Charles Cotton (1676)
This is especially true in the fall. This time of year, all our fisheries are low ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Water is taught by thirst." - Emily Dickinson
Due to the warm weather and rain over the last week, the low altitude snow has started to melt. Our freestones and tail-waters are alread...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âI have had my share of hairy moments, always from the same mistakeâmisjudging the strength of the current.â
â A.J. McClane
As the rivers in our region continue to dr...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âIt was a long time since Nick had looked into a stream and seen trout. They were very satisfactory.â ~Ernest Hemingway, from âBig Two-Hearted Riverâ
The satisfaction...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "There is only one thing wrong with a fishing day-- its staggering brevity." â Zane Grey
The experience of time while fly fishing is somewhere between "a watched pot never boils" ...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âMost anglers spend their lives making rules for trout, and trout spend their lives breaking them!â
â George Ashton
Fly fishers are slaves to rules⦠Rods needs to be ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States
The upper end of Sullivanâs Slough is aptly named the Shark Tank. From the road cutting across the sage covered hillside above the Slough, gawkers stop and admire the size and quan...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "The angling fever is a very real disease and can only be cured by the application of cold water and fresh untainted air."
â Theodore Gordon
For some, the concept of winter fly f...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."
- Yogi Bera
One thing we do know...there is a lot of snow in the mountains. As of May 2nd, the Big Wood drainage is 217...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âOurs is the grandest sport. It is an intriguing battle of wits between an angler and a trout; and in addition to appreciating the tradition and grace of the game, we play it in the mag...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States "I really can't stay (Baby it's cold outside), I've got to go away (Baby it's cold outside)" - Frank Loesser
Sitting by a fire or sliding down a slope are fine traditional winter activit...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "I didn't know it, but a radical change had taken place in my life. I had become a fisherman and would never be quite the same again." ~Jack Hemingway
With the air and water cooling do...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States â...perhaps the greatest satisfaction on the first day of the season is the knowledge in the evening that the whole of the rest of the season is to come.â
â Arthur Ransome...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Two things are certain this year, there will be an extended high water season when the snow starts melting; the timing and the magnitude of the peak flows are unknown at this time, and t...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âIn the entire circle of the year there are no days so delightful as those of a fine October.â âAlexander Smith
We have come full circle and paused on the tipping point of ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States FLY FISHING FORECAST FEB 17TH â MARCH 2ND
This time of year, the temperature can swing 20 to 30 degrees from sun up to sun down. The key to staying comfortable on the water: layer...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States FLY FISHING FORECAST May 20th - 27th
"The sun did not shine/ It was too wet to play/ So we sat in the house/ All that cold, cold, wet day." ~ Dr. Suess, The Cat in the Hat
After a m...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âPerhaps fishing is, for me, only an excuse to be near rivers. If so, Iâm glad I thought of it.â
â Roderick L. Haig-Brown
If you are looking for an excuse to be near ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Never throw a long line when a short one will serve your purpose." - Richard Penn
Trout take a fly with astonishing speedâ¦and as quickly as they take it they spit it out. To ensu...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "I would rather sit on a pumpkin, and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion."~ Henry David Thoreau
When natureâs green turns to gold, it is high time to head ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States Fishing Forecast 2-3 to 2-17
"I will never tire of what fishing gives me. It puts me in touch with another of nature's species, in beautiful surroundings that are old as time. This is ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "The poetry of the sport hooked me long before I learned the prose." - Judy Muller
There are those who fish with precision, making each cast direct and to the point. And there are thos...