Black or brown Bunny Leech patterns are also useful. This is one of the most difficult, challenging trout fisheries anywhere in the world. It can be extremely frustrating to spot large, feeding fish sipping flies right next to your own imitation, but to even get to that point requires a proper fly and proper presentation. The trout are selective, the water clear, and the approach unnecessarily arduous. And you'll have to fight the tricky currents, the moss which drapes your line and covers your fly, and best of all, you have to choose a fly to match whatever they happen to be eating.
Most vets make long casts upstream, try to get a drag-free float, and then pray.
The best public access to the spring creek is through the Conservancy property. All a fisherman needs to do is sign in at the preserve headquarters. The private water of Purdy Ranch holds big trout and must be floatfished by belly boat, but the public may not trespass the high water mark. Other access is at the Highway 20 crossing, the Point of Rocks, and Priest Rapids. Quality of Angling Without fail, any time spring creeks are mentioned or written about, Silver Creek's name is always at the top.