Horsethief Reservoir, ID

Started at King's Point

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
5:00pm to 7:30pm
Best Fishing Time
-
Rating
Poor
Classification
Public
Water Temp
-
Water Clarity
-
Water Level
-
User
Jason Hansen

Fish Caught

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
1 6" #16 Pheasant Tail Retrieve: Trolling
Notes: Dropper off a #12 PT
1 6"
Total: 1 fish Top Patterns: Pheasant Tail (1)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Mostly Sunny X
Precipitation
None X
Wind
None X
Very Light - <5 knots X
Light - 5 to 10 knots X
Air Temp High/Low
65.0°F / -
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
88% Full (Waxing gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

  • Rollover Scud
  • #10 Black Mohair Leech
  • #12 Pheasant Tail

Hatches

  • #12 Zebra abdomen, cream thorax Midge Diptera

Insect Seining

No seining information for this outing.

Fishing Partners

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Waypoints

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Notes

I trolled a mohair leech on a sinking line all the way across the reservoir from King's Point and had zero or 1 hit. I changed to using 2 nymphs and had 1 or 2 hits. I tried the rollover scud with no success. The wind subsided and fish started popping everywhere. They were rising to emergers it looked like - you'd mostly just see their dorsal fins as they took stuff subsurface. There were lots of midges around, but they were pretty cream colored. I switched to my floating line and tried a #18 adams and a #20 griffiths gnat but nothing. I tried a stimulator and nothing. I tried slowly stripping in a #16 pheasant tail and nothing. By this time it was dark so I had a #12 pheasant tail and a #16 pheasant tail on and paddled my way back to my car and caught 1 6" trout on the #16. THAT'S IT.