Malad River, ID

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
1:30pm to 8:30pm
Best Fishing Time
-
Rating
Poor
Classification
Public
Water Temp
60.0°F
Water Clarity
Slightly Stained - 3' to 5' visibility
Water Level
low
User
Jason Hansen

Fish Caught

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
1 12" #14 Pheasant Tail BH
5 10" #14 Pheasant Tail BH
1 6" #14 Tan Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear BH
1 6" #16 Yellow Foamy
8 9¼"
Total: 8 fish Top Patterns: Pheasant Tail BH (6) Foamy (1) Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear BH (1)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Sunny X X
Precipitation
None X X
Wind
None X X
Very Light - <5 knots X X
Air Temp High/Low
100.0°F / 85.0°F
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
81% Full (Waxing gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

  • #16 Gray Emergent Sparkle Pupa
  • #14 Royal Trude

Hatches

No hatch information for this outing.

Insect Seining

  • Green Rock Worm Trichoptera Rhyacophila

Fishing Partners

No fishing partners were saved with this outing.

Waypoints

No waypoints were saved with this outing.

Notes

I started nymphing at the mouth of the river and worked my way up past the bridge. I had lots of fish on but landed very few. I snagged 3 suckers and landed 1, about 18-20" in length. I did have 3 rainbows on that were > 15" but landed zero of them. I was having issues with losing flies because I was using 5x flourocarbon and it was snapping off. Frustrating. Karl showed up around 5:30pm and I switched over to dry flies - a #14 Royal Trude with varying droppers including a #16 Gray Emergent Sparkle Pupa and a #16 Yellow Humpy. The Trude got lots of splashes, including some from some 12"+ fish, but they were more splashes instead of hits.

Around 7:30 we moved up to the pool at the dam and I had a 12-14" rainbow on the trude but it got off. That's the only hit I had. The fish were rising very inconsistently.