Here’s a gallery of images of common hatches / bugs found on Silver Creek.

Silver Creek generally starts the season—beginning the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend each year—with a bang. Baetis, Callibaetis, and PMD’s are the most consistent with all three being around on opening weekend moving forward. Weather dictates their day-to-day behavior; Baetis and PMD’s prefering cloudy and calm days and Callibaetis the warm afternoons in the slower water.

Sometime from late May to the middle of June, we get Brown Drakes. Keep in mind this hatch does not happen in the Nature Conservancy section. It usually starts downstream east of Picabo and works its way upstream to the HWY 20 bridge just upstream of The Willows.

The Nature Conservancy and Double R sections do get a few Green Drakes each June.

By mid-July through a majority of August, we see Trico spinner falls each morning. Baetis and PMD’s can also happen simultaneously or just after the Trico spinner fall. July afternoons can have Damselflies and or Callibaetis, although the afternoon Callibaetis activity typically gets stronger in August and September.

Hoppers generally replace Damselflies sometime in early August, and post-hatch, windy afternoons can be quite productive using Hoppers, Beetles, and Ants.

By September, there are a few tricos lingering around but Baetis and Callibaetis are the two most consistent hatches.

In October, in addition to strong Baetis, there are Mahogany Duns and October Caddis and this can last into early November.

December 1st of each year The Nature Conservancy section closes to fishing. Downstream of the Killpatrick bridge is open to fishing through March of each year.