06-04-2010, 09:45 PM
Alot of guys will fish the eastern part of the Conservancy to the Kilpatrick Bridge with a float tube. This area is referred to as the "Pond". East of the Kilpatrick Bridge you can float (with float tubes only I think / No toones) accross the Purdy Ranch section to the Hwy 20 Bridge. ( You can't get out of the high water mark here) and You' ll need a shuttle back to Kilpatrick. Thats about the only public access left thats any good. Don't be worried about the rep of Silver Creek, the big fish are smart and hard to fool but it gets some of the best hatches you'll ever see later in the summer and you can catch fish with a little work. Besides that it is just a out of this world experience just to be there. I always look for the mother ship for a ride to fly fishing narvana when I'm there. If you love to fly fish it's something you need to do. It's alot like the South and North Forks of the Snake in the sense that it's in our backyard and people come from all over the U.S. and World to fish it. Yesterday I talked to a couple of guys from North Carolina that were just way cool, everybody is just so nice, it's like everybody's first time at Disneyland.
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