Billingsley Creek, ID

Vader Grade

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
9:30am to 12:00pm
Best Fishing Time
-
Rating
Good
Classification
Public
Water Temp
-
Water Clarity
Clear - 5'+ visibility
Water Level
-
User
Jason Hansen

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Fish Caught

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
4 10" #14 Pheasant Tail BH
8 11" #16 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear BH
12 10.67"
Total: 12 fish Top Patterns: Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear BH (8) Pheasant Tail BH (4)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Sunny X
Precipitation
None X
Wind
None X
Air Temp High/Low
75.0°F / -
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
68% Full (Waxing gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

  • #12 Black Booby Fly
  • #10 Yellow Stimulator
  • #14 Copper John
  • #14 Ginger Deep Sparkle Pupa

Hatches

No hatch information for this outing.

Insect Seining

No seining information for this outing.

Fishing Partners

Karl Sloth

Waypoints

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Tides

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Notes

Someone was already fishing the main pool from the hatchery outlet when we arrived so we started fishing the spillway riffles below the pool. Fishing was quite slow and I eventually walked up by Karl and started fishing a Booby Fly with a lot of weight 1' up from it into a school of small to medium-sized fish that were comically facing away from us at the tail of the main pool. The Booby fly did look great underwater, dipping and rising with each strip, but the fish would only look at the fly and chase it.

Eventually the guy fishing the main hole left and I started nymphing the outlet with a lot of weight. I caught many fish, mostly on the hare's ear, and had one fish on briefly that was very nice. Finally Karl and headed in to Hagerman for lunch and to fish the Tupper Grade section of Billingsley.