Silver Creek

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Silver Creek At Sportsman Access Nr Picabo ID, 2 mi from the river.

98cfsat build, Nov 12, 12 PM MT

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 100 cfs to 159 cfs, around 111 cfs.

Water temperature at the gauge: 46°F.

Also gauged at Silver Ck near West Campground: 101 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.0 in of water in the snow at Garfield R.S. and 2 more stations, against a median 0.3 in for the date (0 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 19, peaks Mar 20 and is gone by Apr 23; runoff follows the melt.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

• Midgessizes 18 to 22
• Small eggs and worms
• Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator

Typical for the week over 10 years: 100 to 159 cfs. Running 98 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.

• Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.

Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.

Fly shops on this water

• Lost River Outfitters KetchumWebsiteFishing report, updated Apr 2
• Picabo Angler PicaboWebsiteFishing report, updated Oct 31
• Silver Creek Outfitters KetchumWebsiteFishing report, updated Nov 6

Nearby waters

• Big Wood River13 mi

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