Silverfork and browns

**Scott V** · 08-11-2009, 08:08 AM

Well it finally happened, I got my browns from the Silverfork. It has only taken me 2 years to pull a brown from water that I have heard so many times that it is full of them. They were not big, but I do not really care to much about size, yes it is nice to catch a big fish, but it is nicer to catch a fish I have been hunting for a good amount of time. I meet up with Hoser1 "John" and we walked a section that I fished last week, so I knew where I could get him into fish. Little did I know I was going to get my browns, and boy was I happy. The biggest one went about 11 inches and that was just fine for me. Now I just need to find one of those 18"+ browns and preferably on a streamer in moving water.

My first brown on the lower section of the Silverfork

This one put up a good fight

Not the biggest, but I couldn't be happier

The flows are still nice and somewhat high compared to last year so the Silverfork should be fishable for some good time.

**Mik** · 08-11-2009, 10:13 AM

About time! Looks like one on a parachute....do I see a black ant?

**Scott V** · 08-11-2009, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Mik

About time! Looks like one on a parachute....do I see a black ant?

Yes that is a black ant you see, I do on occasions listen to peoples suggestions. Thanks Mik, I'll see you at Watt hopefully once the halfpounders are back.

**troutbm** · 08-11-2009, 06:19 PM

Good luck on that 18 incher ! Can that rivers bio mass actually support a fish of that size ? I doubt it.

**Scott V** · 08-12-2009, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by troutbm

Good luck on that 18 incher ! Can that rivers bio mass actually support a fish of that size ? I doubt it.

I wasn't meaning I was hoping for an 18" out of the Silverfork, just out of any moving water. But I have heard rumors from some old timers that they do exist that big in the Silverfork, but you have to hike far and hard to find them.

**troutbm** · 08-12-2009, 06:43 PM

My mistake. It would be pretty cool to get a big one out of the silver fork though. Nice browns in moving water, I'd head to the east slope or more central sierra.

**bolden** · 08-12-2009, 08:06 PM

I'll just leave this here...

**DFrink** · 08-13-2009, 07:04 AM

I love it!

**Bill Kiene semi-retired** · 08-13-2009, 09:02 AM

Up Hwy 50 I think there is a self sustaining population of small wild Brown trout on the South Fork, Silver Fork, Silver Creek and Caples Creek.

I think they mostly plant Rainbow trout which are more easily caught.

**I know that on these streams there are some spots that are not fished as much because of the distance it takes to get there from your car.

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Veteran (80 something now) fly fisher Walt Bennett told me he use to fish in the afternoon on those streams (40 years ago?) with a large #8 dry fly. He said the fish really did not eat it but came up and looked at it or took a pass at it. Later in the evening going back downstream he would use a small #14 dry fly and run it carefully throw the spots where the larger fish showed themselves and at that time he would catch some of them.