Spring Valley Reservoir, ID
isolated dock on south side of lake
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 10:00 AM to 1:30PM
- Best Fishing Time
- 10:00 AM to 11:30AM
- Rating
- Fair
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- -
- Water Clarity
- Stained - 1' to 3' visibility
- Water Level
- -
- User
- Derek Blandford
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11" | #10 White Blandford Antron Spider Streamer |
Kept/Released: 0 / 3 |
| 6 | 11" | #10 Black Blandford Beetle |
Notable Fish: 1 @ 13" Kept/Released: 0 / 6 |
| 5 | 11" | #10 Mahogany Gold Bead-Head Mohair Leech |
Notable Fish: 2@ 13" Kept/Released: 0 / 5 |
| 5 | 11" | #10 Peacock Woolly Bugger |
Notable Fish: 1@ 13" Kept/Released: 0 / 5 Notes: Woolly Bugger was peacock body with black feather, black rabbit fur for tail, and had a bit of yellow dubbing for a butt |
| 19 | 11" |
Bluegill
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 6" | #10 Black Blandford Beetle | |
| 2 | 6" | #10 Mahogany Gold Bead-Head Mohair Leech | |
| 3 | 6" | #10 White Blandford Spider Streamer | |
| 10 | 6" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mostly Sunny | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| None | X | ||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 65.0°F / 50.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 10% Full (Waning crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
No other pattern information for this outing.
Hatches
- 16 black Midge Diptera
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Notes
I decided to go enjoy the sunshine for a few hours and figured it was about time to see what a fly rod felt like again. I arrived at Spring Valley around 10am. There wasn't much happening on the surface and I only saw a few midges flying around, so I took my wet line and tied on some of my standard lake flies, the Blandford Beetle and the Blandford Spider Streamer.
Fishing was pretty consistent, although a tad better for the first hour or so that I was there. I was just fishing from a dock on the south side of the lake as I had decided not to take my float tube out as I wasn't sure how long I was going to be there. It was nothing too exciting. Fishing was pretty good, but it was just your typical 10-12" stocker rainbows and some annoying bluegill in between. It was still a nice day to be out.