| Fishing Report 7/12/2010 |
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| With water levels continuing to fall and lots of bugs beginning to hatch we’ve got some great fishing to report on all of our local waters. Closest to town on the Big Wood we’ve been seeing a lot of the large green drake mayflies and the fish have certainly been keying in on this hatch. Typically this hatch will move progressively from south to north, but the past few days have seen bugs on most sections of the river. This should begin to wane a bit on the lower river and move up valley as the days pass. In addition to the drakes, we’ve also seen some pmd mayflies as well as a few stoneflies. For the drakes stock your fly box with drake patterns, parachute adams, parachute hare’s ears and wulffs in sizes 10 and 12. The fish are pretty eager and a good presentation will always trump bug selection. Have some pmd patterns in size 16 and a variety of stonefly dries and basic bead head nymphs in sizes 12-16 to round out your fly selection. |
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| With the Big Wood and other freestone streams now starting to fish, some of the fishing pressure should now be a bit more dispersed and Silver Creek will offer excellent opportunities for technical dry fly fishing. Bring a diverse selection of mayflies including pmd, baetis and callibaetis. Trico will be also be a good possibility as the weather heats up. Ants, beetles and damsels will be other possible selections. |
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| With water levels dropping, all waters throughout the regions will be coming into great fishing shape and its prime time for some great action. Stop by our convenient main street locations in both Ketchum and Hailey for the most up to date reports. Be careful out there and enjoy your fishing. |
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| Fly Fishing Report provided by Jim Santa-Sturtevants Mountain Outfitters |
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