Silver Bow's Blog

Blind Casting

Prospecting with dries

Sometimes I notice trends with the angling public that perk my ears occasionally and get me thinking that perhaps more folks might be doing / thinking the sam...

Intro to Fishing Soft Hackles

An oldie but goodie.

Soft hackles flies and techniques have been around for quite some time. They are often some of the simplest styles of flies and the techniques used to fish them...

North Idaho Streams Pre-runoff Flies / Rigs

Most anglers associate the NF Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe Rivers as summer time dry fly fisheries... which they certainly are. However, there are some other great "shoulder" seasons ...

Rocky Ford Creek - Flies / Techniques

Rocky Ford Part 2

Part 2 of our Rocky Ford Creek discussion will cover some basic techniques and flies that we like use and fish during the winter months...

Tube Fly Rigging 101

While tube flies have been around for a long time now we still get lots of questions on how to rig them. Most people shy away from fishing or tying flies on tube flies, however, it...

Fly Patterns for the Fall Trout Fishing

Fall fly fishing is probably one of the best times to fish our area rivers like the St. Joe, North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene, Clark Fork and others. The rivers are less crowded, th...