Ketchum, Idaho, United States âThere is time to go long, time to go short and time to go fishing.â
â Jesse Livermore
Fly Fishermen understand anticipation; after all, our sport is predicated by watchin...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States "When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest." ~ Ernest Hemingway
We are going to have plenty of water this summer! The average snowpack fo...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States ââ¦the fisherman fishes. It is at once an act of humility and a small rebellion. And it is something more. To him, his fishing is an island of reality in a world of dream and shadow...
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 "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...
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 ...
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 âFishing seems awfully insignificant at times, but for those of us who love it, fishing provides opportunitiesâ opportunities to learn, to laugh, and to liveâ¦â
â Te...
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...
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...
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 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 âI salute the gallantry and uncompromising standards of wild trout, and their tastes in landscapes.â
â John Madson
If it is true that your surroundings shape your thoug...
Picabo, Idaho, United States "Dave was never on time for work. He was always early." ~ Terry Ring
That is because it wasn't work for Dave; it was his passion. Let's all try to be a little more like Dave. Whether at wo...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States "With melted snow I boil fragrant tea.â
â Mencius
The snow keeps coming. As of February 6th, the Big Wood Basin is at 144% of average and the Little Wood and Big Lost are no...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States Silver Creek Outfitters Fly Fishing Forecast 12-9 to 12-23
âOh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful. Since we've no place to go...Let It Snow, Let It Sn...
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 "Fishing is like that. It keeps you off balance, surprises you. It takes humility to learn, to accept that you may need a lesson or two even in your advanced stage of enlightenment."
â...
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...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States "A year of snow, a year of plenty."
â French Proverb
The snow pack in the Big Wood drainage is currently at 172% of average and still has the potential to climb heading into spring....
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 "Water is the driving force in nature." - Leonardo da Vinci
The current snow water equivalent for the Big Wood, Little Wood, and Big Lost rivers is at around 170% of average. Simple tr...
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...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States BIG WOOD RIVER
In the winter, midges make up a majority of a trout's diet. One positive outcome of the recent influx of silt from the fires in 2013 is that it has provided excellent habitat...
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, United States "There is no bad weather, only inappropriate clothing."
â Sir Ranulph Fiennes
Rain, snow, sleet, inversions: we have seen it all this winter. Fortunately, when the weather is bad...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States âI am haunted by waters.â â Norman Maclean
The first wave of true spring run off occurred during the first week of May causing the Big Wood to peak at nearly 7,000 CFS. ...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States The Big Wood Basin snow water equivalent is at 70% of normal as of March
16th. For those already looking ahead to summer, all signs are pointing
to an early and moderate run off and a g...
Ketchum, Idaho, United States Fly Fishing Forecast
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday." ~ A.A. Milne
With the patience of a Taoist we wait for our rivers to open. The Wood closed the end...
Bled, Slovenia Flyfishing for a wild fish at Sava Dolinka river and reservoire is for those who are searchers- searchers for a big wild trouts. The river is inhibated with rainbow trouts, brown trouts and lake trouts. F...
Meeker, Colorado, United States April 12th,
Good numbers, big fish & big fun with great friends on the White River!
Contact me if you want in on some of this.
TržiÄ, Slovenia After high waters we visit Sava river and mark some places for the winter when Danube salmon be target fish. Pools are very big and deep, right for really big Danube.
We will wait snow and then t...
Montana, Bulgaria We went on a day trip on a tail water type of river in the north-west part of Bulgaria , searching for big rainbows - really really big rainbows . Size varies from 500 grams up to 10 kilo fish !! The w...
Vrhnika, Central Slovenia, Slovenia I can only say, its finally happened! Fish god has finally been good to me. :)
This season I have really big issue with big brownies from the river Ljubljanica. I already lost thre...
FEDERATION, Bosnia and Herzegovina I visited my favorite river in Bosnia, where in the past I lost some big brown trouts, record of the river is a brook trout 16kg.
The day was cold and cloudy, first I started with th...
Madrid, Madrid, Spain Not the prettiest stream in Spain but a new river venue throwing good numbers of big fish and all wild! A few years ago this river was pumped dry every summer for irrigation, A change in abstraction...
Grand Lake Stream, Maine, United States Late June fishing is strong in Grand Lake Stream. Most fish are in the upper river now, above Big Falls. Cable, Glide, Evening, Hatchery and Dam Pools are holding nice salmon and ...
Radovna valley, Gorenjska region, Slovenia On a second day with my guests Andy and Will we went to the river Radovna. We spent a very nice day on the beautiful alpine river in pristine nature. We had a lot of fun catchin...
Puerto Natales, Region de Magallanes y de la Antartica Chilena, Chile Serrano river, whose source is Del Toro lake on the southern boundary of Torres del Paine National Park .This river has about 32 kilometers long, from...
Sun Valley, Idaho, United States FLY FISHING FORECAST April 2nd - 15th
"Never make predictions, especially about the future." ~ Casey Stengel
Just don't do it on the Wood or the South Fork of the Boise. Like Silver...
Parker, Pennsylvania, United States The theme for this Spring and the early part of the Summer has been rain!! I'm talking torrential downpour type rain that renders Rivers and Streams unfishable within a few short minut...
Truckee, Northen California, United States I lost my winter coat last weekâ¦â¦..It is getting warmer every day. The Spring melt has started in earnest! Flows are big in town at 2500cfs, and really big at 6000 in...
Piedra del Aguila, Patagonia, Argentina Writer Adrian Latimer, on one of his exploratory trips on the Limay River. This time he was targeting migratory browns on sinking lines and big streamers. Over the years Adrian fo...
Benton Crossing, California, United States Spring time in the Sierra brings the migration of the big REDS. Cutthroat trout migrate from Crowley Lake up the Upper Owens River to spawn. These fish are abundant in the river...
Vail, Colorado, United States Current Conditions
http://www.vailvalleyanglers.com/eagle-river-fly-fishing-report-vail-colorado
The fly fishing on the Eagle should remain good this week with a big January thaw con...
Veneto, Italy Super cool marble trout day's
awesome spot to fish and to guide clients especially if you are looking to catch big, selective and sospicious fishes..
Come here to try that spot: large pool with different ...