Fishing on the Silver Creek Preserve

Silver Creek is a world famous spring-fed tributary of the Little Wood River. The best section for fishing is near the Unincorporated town of Picabo. The fish in Silver Creek are among the biggest and hardest in the world to catch. I was using a 5X tippet and I thought that I would get less bites but land more fish, but a 6X is what I should have used, but In the end I only caught one small fish. Here's the story. I was up the 26th of August and wondering, spin fishing still waters such as Magic, C.J. Strike, or Salmon Falls Creek Reservior, or, should I fly fish on moving waters such as the Big Wood, Henry's Fork or Silver Creek. Because I am the only one in my family who fly fishes and taught my self I didn't think I was ready for the legendary Silver Creek, and after all, I'm only eleven and started 4 months ago. I decided my dad would still have fun, and we decided we would go on the 27th of August. That morning I woke up at seven, did some last minute research and set off. I was very ill-prepared, with only two Parachute Adams, a few big Stoneflies that could imitate hoppers, and one #10 detached bodied may fly. It was mostly Baetis and some Tricos, but it was windy so terrestrial fishing was good. Once I got there, I looked at the bridge and there were probably 30 Rainbow Trout and about 15 brown trout. I read some stuff about the insects, Ernest Hemingway and I noticed that it said there were over 6000 fish per mile of stream. I went to sign in at the Nature Conservancy cabin. and got to fishing. I walked past a few people and guides and they said that it was too hard and "If I can't catch anything, well, than good luck to you." said one of the guides. I fished on anyway, using a Pink Albert Parachute and I got many bites but only managed to hook one fish. It was a small rainbow, about six inches. I released him with only a memory. After this I lost the two other Parachutes I had, went to a local fly shop and got a few foam hoppers some parachutes and a few flies that I forgot the names to. I fished for a few hours and still caught nothing.
Next time I go I'll be sure to use a hopper-dropper with a Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph and have more parachutes. Also I will remember to use a 6X.

Bait Review: Berkley Havoc Devil Spear

This is the reason I don't buy Havoc like I used to. I thought these were the best baits ever but I had never seen anyone catch a fish on them. Supposedly they imitate baitfish. I will admit these are not the worst baits ever, but I fished them non-stop and didn't get a single bite and the baits tore pretty easy when I was bringing them through weeds. These are okay but I wouldn't suggest them.

Bait Review: Berkley Power Tubes

These tubes are the baits you need for Smallmouth. I like the pumpkin-seed color, because tube are meant to look like craws and you want a craw color, but the camo and smoke colors are also good. The other colors they come in are white, pumpkin/chartreuse Green Pumpkin. They are three inches long and come with a crawfish type scent. These are very good for smallmouth and largemouth but also work for trout.

Bait review series overview

I'm going to start a series of posts that are going to review baits. I'm going to review everything form Powerbait to Rapala. Its going to tell if there good or bad, the best colors and all the other specs.

Tips, tricks and Secrets: Fly fishing for bass

For this addition Of the tips tricks and secrets, I'll be " Starting your motor" on your journey into fly fishing for bass. The two types of bass you are probably going to catch are Smallmouth and Largemouth. Smallmouth love cray fish but will feed on frogs, baitfish and bugs. Largemouth love crayfish, baitfish, and frogs but will also eat snakes and lizards. As far as I know, they have yet to make a fly that looks like a snake or lizard, but large Woolly Buggers Clouser Minnows, And the clouser swimming nymph are good. Woolly buggers in a rusty or black color imitate craws and baitfish, and the Clouser minnow is self explanatory. There are many other patterns that imitate crayfish and an infinite number of bait fish patterns, but the tricky one is frogs. What imitates frogs? To answer your question, a popper. A popper is much like a frog in many ways. The disturbance on the water, and after you pop it it kind of does a little nod like a frog does when it kicks. You want to fish poppers on very calm days, because on windy days the surface disturbance will be hard to detect. Poppers are tied weedless, usually, and fishing them through reeds is good. They can also be fished on lilly pads and other typical bass cover.

For Rods you will want a six, seven, or eight weight, not because the size of the fish, but the size of the flies you will be casting. 

After this, I can't tell you much more, and I suggest you seek information from your local fly shop, take a class, or go with a guide service.

Smallmouth fishing on the Snake River

Let me get this clear. The only thing you ever need for smallmouth is a pumpkin-seed power-tube. It doesn't matter how you rig it, tube jig, or on a plain hook as long as the only thing that pokes through the plastic is the eye. You can use a straight shank or EWG if you poke the eye through the head of the tube or you can traditionally rig it on a tube or round jig-head. I used a canoe to get where I needed, then docked and fished from shore. I caught fish near undercut rock banks and weed flats. Here are some pics.

My top 10 states for trout fly fishing

I'll tell you now, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming don't have redfish like Louisiana, so don't feel bad if I don't mention your state. Also, remember, this is the states I've been to, and each state is known for something different that the other.
In any random order, Idaho ( Big Wood River, Silver Creek, South and Henrys fork of the Snake, Various forks of the Boise, Clearwater, and Salmon rivers, Kelly Creek, and last but not least, Lochsa River), Montana ( Rock Creek, various Yellowstone creeks and rivers, Madison, Boulder and Jefferson rivers, and many other out-of-the-way creeks and rivers in the middle of the mountains), Wyoming ( Wind river range, Tenton wilderness creeks, the Green River, Platte, Firehole, and Gibson rivers and many high-mountain streams and lakes), New York for its great native brook trout on many small streams and larger rivers like the Delware, Colorado  for its many high elevation freestone streams and rivers like the Eagle, Blue and Upper Colorado rivers, and many other mountain lakes and streams that you can pull of the side of the road and fish. and the other five that I'm to lazy to mention are Oregen, California, Alaska, Utah, and Northern Nevada.