South Fork Boise River, ID
Anderson Bridge; CS 6; CS 5
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 10:00am to 6:00pm
- Best Fishing Time
- -
- Rating
- Fair
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- 300cfs
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10" | #16 Black Zebra Midge |
Time Caught: 10am-1pm Notes: Anderson Bridge |
| 1 | 16½" | #16 Black Zebra Midge |
Time Caught: 1pm-2pm Notes: CS 6 |
| 1 | 14" | #16 Black Zebra Midge |
Time Caught: 1pm-2pm Notes: CS 6 |
| 1 | 19" | #16 Black Zebra Midge |
Time Caught: 2pm-3:30pm Notes: CS 5 |
| 1 | 10" | #16 Black Zebra Midge |
Time Caught: 3:30pm-4:30pm Notes: Karl's Pool |
| 1 | 6" | #20 Olive Clear Wing Spinner |
Time Caught: 5pm-6pm Notes: CS 6 |
| 6 | 12.58" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | X | X |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | X |
| Wind | |||
| None | X | ||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X | X | |
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X | X | |
| Medium - 10 to 15 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 75.0°F / 45.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 20% Full (Waxing crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
- #12 Orange Stimulator
- #18 Olive CDC Biot Thorax Dun
- #20 Olive CDC Parachute
- #18 Black Disco Zebra Midgeling
- #18 Red Disco Zebra Midgeling
- #16 Red Copper John
- #18 Pheasant Tail BH
- #18 Partridge and Pheasant
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
Karl SlothWaypoints
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Tides
No tide information was saved with this outing.
Notes
I met Karl at the Anderson Bridge. I arrived before he got there and started nymphing my way up the run with an orange Stimulator for the indicator and a dropper to a black Disco Zebra Midgeling about 2 1/2' down. Nothing. I worked my way up to where I had spotted and fished the nice 20"-ish rainbow yesterday that was swimming in the shallow currents by the bank. I presented a ridiculous number of nymphs to him and never had a take. Well, never had a take I knew about. I tried at least 15 flies without luck over the course of 45 minutes or so. I finally gave up and went to find Karl.
We drove down to Indian Rock and saw a few decent fish from the cliff. Karl stalked a fish while I spotted him from the cliff, and on Karl's first presentation with a Royal Coachman, the fish came up and hit it! It was quite exciting - probably a 16" fish. I then worked to some fish upstream of the cliff, catching a 16 1/2" and a 14" on the zebra midge.
After that we drove upstream to the CS 5 run where Karl spotted a nice rainbow in maybe 6" of water in the middle of a riffle. It was impressive that he spotted the fish. He worked the fish for awhile while I spotted for him, but it was just too far away and hard to tell if he got any hits. I went downstream about 10 yards and amazingly was able to spot a rainbow in riffles in 2' deep water. I do mean amazing - the fish was extremely well camouflaged and I was only able to see him every few seconds, and even then I never really knew if it was a fish I was looking at or not. I fished him with my zebra midge on a 2' 5x dropper from the stimulator for 10 minutes or so, adding split shot, removing split shot, and had no obvious takes. I added on another foot of tippet and fished him for a couple more minutes before I finally saw the stimulator dip under and he was on. He turned out to be a nice 19" rainbow. I was simply pleased to have spotted him in those conditions.
Karl and I fished to a few other fish in that hole without luck before moving upstream to the riffles I fished a couple weeks ago. I nymphed a little deeper and caught a couple whitefish but of course no trout. Karl took off and I went back down to CS 6 and fished to a pod of rising fish upstream of the cliff. I caught one on a clear wing spinner that was pushing 6". Blah. I took off and headed home.
Overall: rough day, didn't say any larger fish rising, didn't see any real hatch, and caught very few fish for all the nymphing that was done.
Comments
bifurcated monkey
blah, is being on the s. fork of snake, with six boats, people fishing all day, and the largest fish is 17 inches, and not many of them. i will meet you this weekend.