Silver Creek 2006 Pt. I

Well, I've had 24 hours to recuperate and reflect on the annual Silver Creek trip. Make it to the campground at 12:30 AM Friday morning. Up at 6:30 to dress and head out. Get to the stream at 7:15 and then stand around and wait for the trico hatch. And wait. And wait. Sometime around 9:30 the stream erupts with millions of tiny mayflies swarming, mating, heading upstream and finally diving/falling into the stream to complete their reproductive cycle. The trout of the stream proceed to gather in large pods and go into a feeding frenzy. The water appears to boil with the gulping of large fish sucking down tiny insects. Anglers have about 90 minutes to hook into a monster fish.

It is truly something to behold and something even better to experience.

To satisfy Dave's request for fish photos, here is my first trico-trout from Friday morning.


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