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*Silver Creek is one of the most beautiful, pristine trout streams I have ever fished;
*The whole Sun Valley region (Ketchum, Hailey, Bellevue) is a great place to visit for anyone. The towns are quaint and well taken care of including beautiful home gardens;
*The Nature Conservancy section of the creek is a wonderful example of how to preserve a river: a place;
*I disrupted the flat water less and was more stealthy while wading with the flow(downstream)at the river's rate or slower rather than pushing water when fishing upstream;
*Proper presentation with a fly that is somewhere" in the ball park" of what is hatching (size, attitude on water,etc) will often work even on a spring creek with very high angling pressure. Down and across seemed to work best especially in the bright sunshine;
*Other access locations on the creek, outside of the preserve section, offer great angling. I fished the Point of Rocks section several evenings as I could take my dog with me;
*With weed beds and many competing currents try to get as close to the fish as possible;
*Wade the channels between the weed beds(firm) if you have to stay in the water to get into position for a fish. It disrupts the water less; less debris; firmer footing.
I read an excellent book on Silver Creek before I went and found it helpful, accurate and informative. It also had several interesting chapters on the history and geology of the region. The book: Silver Creek, Idaho's Fly Fishing Paradise by D Clark and D Glasscock.
Finally, it felt good to fish a creek that is considered one of the toughest stretches of trout water in North America. It felt good to fish where some of the best anglers have fished and be successful. It was confirmation, I think, that I have become quite good at this ancient craft.
Silver Creek Brown Trout & Clear Water
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