Boise River, ID
Barber Park - First Bend
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 7:45am to 12:00pm
- Best Fishing Time
- 11:15am to 12:00pm
- Rating
- Poor
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Slightly Stained - 3' to 5' visibility
- Water Level
- 240cfs
- User
- Jason Hansen
Pictures
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 9" | #20 Black Parachute Midge Emerger | |
| 3 | 9" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudy | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| None | X | ||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 25.0°F / 20.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 58% Full (Waning gibbous)
Other Patterns Tried
- #8 Black Egg Sucking Leech
- #14 Red Copper John
- #8 Orange Roe Glo-egg
- #20 Griffith Gnat
Hatches
- 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 tried my hand at steelheading up at Barber Park. I got there shortly after dawn and focused on nymphing the first bend down from where people put their rafts in. I nymphed all morning and caught nothing. Several fishermen showed up across the river from me and none of them caught anything.
Around 11am I walked dowstream a ways and found a slow bend in the river where a pod of 8"-12" fish were rising to midges. I tied on a Griffith's Gnat with a black Parachute Midge Emerger dropper and caught 3 fish on the dropper while losing a couple others. They weren't too big, especially on the 8 weight. :) Still good to catch a few fish after getting seiously shut out all morning.
Comments
zstroud
9" trout is not exactly a steelhead. I have not heard how people are doing up there this fall.