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" ...
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...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States Silver Creek Outfitters Fly Fishing Forecast June 29 to July 5
"Most of the world is covered in water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick the best parts." ~ Charles Waterman
The opti...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Fishing is fundamentally a game of chance, and at heart we are all gamblers." - Dorothy Noyes Arms
Fly fishing is often rife with uncertainty, ambiguity, and misadventure. These are t...
Sun Valley, Idaho, Afghanistan Fly Fishing Forecast October 28- November 11
"My favorite thing about fishing is being able to just be. Being able to get myself as quiet inside as it is outside." ~ Sabrina Sojourner
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Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught, not even how he has caught them, but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." â John H. Bradley
The...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âYellowstone River closed in response to on going fish kill.â ~Montana Fish and Wildlife Website
The parasite that is killing whitefish and trout in the Yellowstone is prese...
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 "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 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 "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 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 "Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in [Idaho] won't make it 'white'." ~ Bing Crosby
What is it that gets you into the Christmas spirit? For us, ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States Fly Fishing Forecast March 17-30
"Our life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
March is often personified by sentimental poets, and for good reas...
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 Fly Fishing Forecast Jan 21- Feb 3
"If a little madness be a necessary requisite to obtain the ultimate in the pleasure of angling-- then O Lord, give me insanity!" ~ John Alden Knight...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âCultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you shoul...
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 Autumn is the silence before the storm, and all nature knows there is work to be done. As the days get shorter, the trout feast on the last mayflies of the year, like squirrels gathering ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Fishing is a quest for knowledge as much of a pursuit of fish; it is as much acquaintance with beavers, dippers, and other fishermen as it is the challenge of catching trout." ~ Paul Sch...
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 ens...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "Spring creek trout have a reputation for being moody, which often means they are difficult, but when they are in the mood to feast, almost nothing-- not sloppy wading, not poor casting, ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âA fly fishermanâs knowledge is compounded of many things. It grows out of imagination, curiosity, bold experiment, and intense observation.â ~ Roderick L. Haig-Brown
The ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States Fly Fishing Forecast 8-26 to 9-2
"If fishing interferes with your business, give up your business...the trout do not rise in Greenwood Cemetery." ~ Sparse Grey Hackle
The nonstop ...
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 âThe best fisherman in the world canât catch them if they arenât there.â~Anthony Accerrano
Fly Fishing Forecast June 10th to June 17th.
There fish are there; the...
Picabo, Idaho, United States "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." ~ John Wooden
It is as true in fly fishing as it is in basketball. A successful fly fishing outing is dependent on preparation. If you are planin...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âChoosing to save a river is more often an act of passion than of careful calculation. You make the choice because the river has touched your life in an intimate and irreversible way...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States And everything under the sun is in tune. But the sun is eclipsed by the moon.
â Pink Floyd
If you have not heard, the Sun Valley and Stanley area is in the path of totality for the ...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States âTHERE IS NO TAKING TROUT IN DRY BREECHES.â â Cervantes
September is a magical time on the waters around the Wood River Valley. The days are getting shorter, the nights coo...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States Fly Fishing Forecast 8-17 to 8-24
"About the only certainty, other than uncertainty, in fly fishing is that a fly won't catch a fish if it stays in its box." ~ Arnold Gingrich
The Sun ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âFor me, sport is actually a chance for us to have other human beings push us to excel.â ~ Mr. Keating from Dead Poet Society
Bosnia was very good to Fly Fishing Team USA! We...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States The best way to deal with the heatâ¦go fly fishing! But protect yourself from the sun while you are at it with a long sleeve fishing shirt and pants, sun gloves, a proper hat, and a B...
