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Archive for February, 2010
South Fork Boise River 2/18 (Dry Fly Fish Idaho)
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Intermittent sunshine, light breeze, and 40 degrees, its still pretty winter like on the South Fork of the Boise River, but the BWO hatches are beginning to kick off.
Around 2:00 in the afternoon a few BWO began to pop, but there weren’t enough of them to bring the fish to the surface. So there were a few fish taking across a long stretch of water, but nothing close enough to serve a fly to. I slowly worked my way down through the hole and all of a sudden, bingo a fish rises about 20 feet away down stream in perfect position to cast to. The tie on fly was a #22 3X long no hackle BWO. I served the fly about 2 feet above his rise and let it float naturally to his position. Bang! He took and a nice gentle set seated the hook for a long fight. After few minutes beautiful big rainbow was in the net.
That was the story for the rest of the day, I tried quite a few locations around Cow Creek, but the hatch was sparse and intermittent. Luckily I was in position on three other fish that surfaced and everyone of them took the offering and ended up in the net. I’m really sure if the hatch was more abundant it could have been a pretty big day. But hey that’s dry fly fishing Idaho in the winter!!!
The four fish landed were caught on the following flies: 2 on BWO no hackle #22, 1 on BWO Emerger #22, and 1 on BWO upright wing adult #20.
The “Ultimate”- Dry Fly Fish Idaho
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The “Ultimate” fly box was designed specifically for any angler wanting to dry fly fish Idaho or any other river and stream throughout the northwest. From small caddis flies that come off in early spring to big stone flies, hoppers, and stimulators that are effective throughout the summer fly fishing season. The “Ultimate” has you covered for any challenge that you will face when you are dry fly fishing Idaho. When you get your vacation scheduled and you are making a run to dry fly fish Idaho, pick up your “Ultimate” fly box and let it work its magic before your eyes.
The "Ultimate" Spring/Summer Pack
Available in 3 colors.
$265.00
How spectacular could it be if you could grab one fly box and know you could meet the fish challenge presented from early spring to early fall? DFI has covered your bases with an awesome selection of 120 (10 dozen) dry flies carefully designed to match the major hatches through the heart of the fishing season. Each fly in this box will have its moment of success. So bring on the fishing challenge because you’ll be amazed how often you’re prepared!!! Insert provided for fly location in box.
South Fork Boise River 2/7 (Dry Fly Fish Idaho)
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We were on the river at 11:30 in the morning. It was a gorgeous day, warm in the low 40’s and no wind. I’d gone early so my partner, Mudd our lab puppy could spend some river time before the hatch, but as we were driving by a big slick above Cow Creek there were rainbows feeding on a slick. So Mudd jumped in the kennel and I started sneaking in on the feeding fish.
It was a near perfect set up, the fish were feeding out from and below a big brush pile on the bank and if I could get to the brush pile without scaring the fish I’d be completely hidden. I very gently moved into position and the fish continued to feed. I made it and the fish were still there.
I watched the group of fish for a few minutes and noticed a large rainbow about 3 fish in and in the lead, he was in perfect position. I made a nice soft cast about 2 feet above the fish and let the #22 BWO No Hackle (dry fly fish Idaho) float naturally to the fish. There was no hesitation, he slowly surfaced and sipped the fly. A gentle hook set, and the fish roars out to deep water and jumps; then runs down river like a bolt of lightning. After a royal thrashing up down the hole a big beautiful rainbow lay quietly in the net. Awesome!! After removing the hook I revived him and admired him for a long time; then watched as he slowly turned away. I absolutely love winter fishing!!
Turning back to the river, there were no fish feeding anywhere in casting distance as in the case almost every time you hook and land a fish on a slick, the other fish all went down. No problem, I simply hung out behind my brush pile and waited. Just like clock work in about 5 minutes the fish began surfacing again and I selected another rainbow to serve the fly.
For 3 hours I hooked big rainbows on a combination of flies. The BWO No Hackle #22 started strong, almost every fish that I could get positioned on was hooked, but the hatch changed and the fish began working just under the surface. Emerger (dry fly fish Idaho) time, so I change over to our BWO Emerger #22 3XLong (dry fly fish Idaho) and bang the fishing was on again. A dead drift method into feeding troughs worked really well to start with and a little later swinging the fly through fish zones worked really well.
Later in the day after I had exhausted the slick I moved down river to a favorite riffle below Cow Creek and tied on an adult upright wing BWO. I was able to land a few more fish there. All in all it was a pretty good winter fishing day. I ended up landing 16 gorgeous rainbows and lost quite a few also.
Shown below are the South Fork Arsenal of BWO:
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South Fork Boise River 1/28 (Dry Fly Fish Idaho)
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Intermittent sunshine, light breeze, and 40 degrees, its still pretty winter like on the South Fork of the Boise River, but the BWO hatches are beginning to kick off.
Around 2:00 in the afternoon a few BWO began to pop, but there weren’t enough of them to bring the fish to the surface. So there were a few fish taking across a long stretch of water, but nothing close enough to serve a fly to. I slowly worked my way down through the hole and all of a sudden, bingo a fish rises about 20 feet away down stream in perfect position to cast to. The tie on fly was a #22 3X long no hackle BWO. I served the fly about 2 feet above his rise and let it float naturally to his position. Bang! He took and a nice gentle set seated the hook for a long fight. After few minutes beautiful big rainbow was in the net.
That was the story for the rest of the day, I tried quite a few locations around Cow Creek, but the hatch was sparse and intermittent. Luckily I was in position on three other fish that surfaced and every one of them took the offering and ended up in the net. I’m really sure if the hatch was more abundant it could have been a pretty big day. But hey that’s dry fly fishing Idaho in the winter!!!
The four fish landed were caught on the following flies: 2 on BWO no hackle #22, 1 on BWO Emerger #22, and 1 on BWO upright wing adult #20.
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