Thousand Springs, ID

Ritter Island

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Outing Information

Date: Monday, February 25th, 2019
Start/End Time: 1:30pm to 4:00pm
Best Fishing Time: -
Rating: Fair

Classification: Public
Water Temp: -
Water Clarity: Clear - 5'+ visibility
Water Level: -
User: Tony Broderick

Fish Caught

Brook Trout

Caught	Avg Size	Pattern	Optional Fields
2	6"	#20 Leggy Hare's Ear
2	6"

Rainbow Trout

Caught	Avg Size	Pattern	Optional Fields
1	9"	#12 Adams Parachute
1	9"

Total: 3 fish Top Patterns: Leggy Hare's Ear (2) Adams Parachute (1)

Weather

Skies	Morning	Afternoon	Evening
Cloudy		X
Precipitation
None		X
Wind
Very Light - <5 knots		X

Air Temp High/Low: 44.0°F / 38.0°F
Wind Direction: -
Weather Front: -
Barometer: -
Moon Phase: 65% Full (Waning gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

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Hatches

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Insect Seining

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Fishing Partners

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Waypoints

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Tides

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Notes

Always wanted to try here, heard it's a cure for winter fishing isolation.
Easy to find, weedy, easy wading, mod current. Fished East of the bridge to base of the Falls.
I'm sure the fishing is much better than I experienced only because I was handicapped by forgetting my glasses in the truck so I was limited to fishing with what I had tied on. They liked the smaller flies and, without my glasses, I couldn't see well enough to change out those small flies! After watching multiple surface hits on my float, I was able to tie on a #12 Para Adams (the only thing I could see) and got multiple strikes immediately. Missed ~4-5, landed one. Probably would have done better with a #16 or #18.
Beautiful place, awful smell from local diary ranches, tranquil. Perfect place to cure the winter doldrums.