Boise River, ID
End of Parkcenter: 1) 4.0 mi SE trail marker; 2) 3.8 SE trail marker
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 2:00pm to 5:00pm
- Best Fishing Time
- 3:00pm to 4:00pm
- Rating
- Good
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 47.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Slightly Stained - 3' to 5' visibility
- Water Level
- 266cfs
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12" | #22 BWO CDC Biot Thorax Dun |
Fish Depth: < 1' Water Depth: 1' - 3' Leader/Tippet: 5x |
| 1 | 12" | #22 BWO CDC Striving Dun |
Fish Depth: < 1' Water Depth: 1' - 3' Leader/Tippet: 6x |
| 2 | 12" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Sunny | X | ||
| Mostly Cloudy | X | ||
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Sleet/Hail | X | ||
| Wind | |||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X | ||
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X | X | |
| Medium - 10 to 15 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 45.0°F / 44.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 65% Full (Waning gibbous)
Other Patterns Tried
- #20 Pheasant Tail Flashback
- #18 Tan Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
- #16 Green Green Rockworm
- #16 Copper Copper John
- #12 Black California Leech
Hatches
- Blue-Winged Olive Ephemeroptera Baetis
- Midge Diptera
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
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Waypoints
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Tides
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Notes
I started at a run just downstream of the SE 4.0 trail marker, nymphing with a california leech and a hare's ear dropper. I had no luck, so I went upstream and waded across to fish the other side of the run. No luck nymphing, but I was seeing occasional fish splash the surface. I cut the hare's ear off and made some casts and retrieves, and had a couple small hits.
The fish were still rising so I switched to a cdc thorax bwo and missed several fish initially before landing a nice 12" rainbow. A couple casts later and I had a 16" rainbow on before I lost him and the fly when he made a run.
I didn't have any luck for awhile after that so I switched to the striving dun and landed another 12" and had a few other hits. Things started tapering off so I went downstream to the SE 3.8 marker and nymphed a nice run. I had two rainbows on within a couple casts but both got off, including one with my green rockworm fly. A few minutes later I hooked into a NICE fish, and if it was a rainbow it would have been 18"-20". I played him for several minutes before he finally shook the fly free. :(
All in all a fun day and I had 10-15 fish on, easy, so it was frustrating to only land 2. But to have a 16" rainbow and possibly another 18-20" rainbow was fun.