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St. Joe River 8/8 (Dry Fly Fish Idaho)
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After yanking a spoon around for two days fishing Mackinaw (dry fly fish Idaho), it felt really good to have a fly rod in my hand. And add to that a spectacular crystal-clear river made it even better. We traversed the river from St. Maries on FH-50 through Calder and onto Avery. It was all my wife could do to keep me from fishing some of the beautiful runs of water for 50 miles. We located a shady little camping spot in a cedar grove, set up camp, and by 2 pm, we found ourselves at Milepost 65.
I located a deep riffle with boulder edges and holding water around deep submerged boulders. The tie-on fly was a Beetle #14 (dry fly fish Idaho) because cutthroats and beetles have a historic love affair. I served the beetle along the boulder edge, and it hovered between the cover of deep water and the gentle current of the bank. And just like clockwork, the old cutty stuck his head out and ate the fly. There’s just something fabulous about a fighting cutthroat in gin-clear water. You see his every flash of red and silver as he reluctantly slides into the net. And so it went on day 1 at the Joe. I puddle jumped from hole to hole, and every one of which produced more fish–an array of gorgeous cutthroats 8-15” long.
The main highway runs besides the St Joe River (dry fly fish Idaho) for 70 miles, so you’re continuously fishing a line of water then jumping in the rig and driving to the next one. I located a canyon that would be my target for the 2nd day. There were no major hatches of anything on the first day except for a mayfly hatch at about 6 pm on the first day. But the larger fish were not keying on the mayfly hatch.
Flies that caught fish:
Beetle #14
Beetle
The most realistic beetle pattern available. It has a peacock belly, a sculptured body, and exactly 6 moose hair legs. DFI beetles are killer flies in almost all waters.
$1.80
PMD Parachute Mayfly #18
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Black Gold Stimulator #16
Black Gold Stimulator
$1.95 — $2.25
“Get Her Done” Series Caddis Gray #16
"Get Her Done" Series
The “Get Her Done” Caddis Series could be the hottest new patterns on the market today. The days of the elk hair caddis are over once you use this life-like masterpiece. We had phenomenal results in the testing period on these flies and we’ve tied them in all the predominant caddis colors. These flies are a must in your fly box and a game changer on the surface of the water.
$1.95
Adams Caddis Green #18