South Fork Boise River, ID
Run by road above Cow Creek bridge; Original Hole; CS 4 Run
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 1:30pm to 8:30pm
- Best Fishing Time
- 2:30pm to 4:30pm
- Rating
- Fair
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 53.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- 1860cfs
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 17.3" | #16 Pheasant Tail BH |
Notable Fish: 19", 18", 15" Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 3' - 6' Leader/Tippet: 2'-3' dropper Notes: Above Cow Creek Bridge |
| 3 | 12" | #16 Tan Elk Hair Caddis |
Notable Fish: 14", 12", 10" Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 3' - 6' Notes: Tail of Old Hole |
| 6 | 14.65" |
Mountain Whitefish
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14" | #16 Pheasant Tail BH | |
| 1 | 14" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X | ||
| Medium - 10 to 15 knots | X | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 75.0°F / 55.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 0% Full (New)
Other Patterns Tried
- #10 Orange Stimulator
- #16 Black Zebra Midge
- #16 Yellow CDC Biot Thorax Dun
- #16 Yellow CDC Loop-Tuft Emerger
- #18 Yellow Halfback
- #18 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear BH
Hatches
- #18-#20 Pale yellow Pale Morning Dun Ephemeroptera Ephemerella
- #14-#16 Light underbelly; Dark slate win Flav Ephemeroptera Drunella flavilinea
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
Nathan BradburyWaypoints
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Tides
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Notes
There were lots of people down in the canyon for the Labor day weekend. Nathan and I started at the run above Cow Creek bridge. He tried fishing upstream a bit; I worked downstream. I found a pod of fish rising to PMDs along the edge. I caught 3 on bh pheasant tails and missed a couple more on nymphs while missing one or two on a yellow cdc biot thorax dun. My PMD patterns are all #16 for the O - I need some #18 and #20 for the SFB.
After that we drove downstream to the long run after the original hole. I didn't find any fish, but Nathan got into a couple risers towards the head of the run. I ended up walking to the Original hole and found fish rising along the edge. I caught 3 on an Elk Hair caddis - no love for the dropper. I returned to find Nathan in the same spot - and found a couple fish still rising. The Flav hatch was getting started. I have no Flav patterns.
Our second to last stop was at the CS 4 run. Fish were rising like mad - across the river in the slack area. There were only a couple fish rising on our side of the river, and I have no idea what they were taking. The wind was ridiculous.
We finished the night upstream a ways. Fish were going crazy at dusk, as were the bats, and I have no idea what was hatching. The wind made casting difficult.
All in all a fun day. Could have been very good if the wind wasn't so windy. Good to see the PMD hatch in the early afternoon, then Flavs in the evening, but I have no idea what was going on at dusk. Fish were jumping out of the water. Caddis perhaps? But I didn't see too many caddis around the water at dusk.
[edit]
I talked to Chris today about the dusk hatch and he said there's a #12 caddis that's hatching right at dusk. That explains the exhuberant rises.