Billingsley Creek, ID

Vader Grade

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Outing Information

Date: Sunday, May 25th, 2008
Start/End Time: 10:00 to 3:30
Best Fishing Time: 10:00 to
Rating: Good

Classification: Public
Water Temp: -
Water Clarity: Clear - 5'+ visibility
Water Level: -
User: karl

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Fish Caught

Brown Trout

Caught	Avg Size	Pattern	Optional Fields
1	20"	#16 Black AP Nymph	Time Caught: 12:00 Fish Depth: 6' - 10' Water Depth: 6' - 10' Water Type: pipe hole Retrieve: drift Leader/Tippet: 4x Notes: Dropped 6 ft off pinch on indicator.
1	20"

Rainbow Trout

Caught	Avg Size	Pattern	Optional Fields
4	12"	#18 Zebra Midge	Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 1' - 3'
4	12"	#18 Brown Copper John	Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 1' - 3'
2	12"	#18 Peacock Renegade	Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 1' - 3'
5	12"	#12 Yellow Stimulator	Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 1' - 3'
1	12"	#20 White Spinner	Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 1' - 3'
2	12"	#20 Black Spinner	Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 1' - 3'
1	12"	#18 Pale Yellow PMD Emerger
1	12"	#18 Pale Yellow PMD	Fish Depth: 1' - 3' Water Depth: 1' - 3'
20	12"

Total: 21 fish Top Patterns: Stimulator (5) Copper John (4) Zebra Midge (4)

Weather

Skies	Morning	Afternoon
Sunny	X	X
Precipitation
None	X	X
Wind
None	X	X

Air Temp High/Low: 70.0°F / -
Wind Direction: -
Weather Front: -
Barometer: -
Moon Phase: 65% Full (Waning gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

No other pattern information for this outing.

Hatches

14 tan Speckle-Wing Quill Ephemeroptera Callibaetis
18 pale yellow Pale Morning Dun Ephemeroptera Ephemerella
black 24 Midge Diptera

Insect Seining

No seining information for this outing.

Fishing Partners

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Waypoints

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Notes

Billingsley Creek was real nice but it is already very weedy. However in the channels that weren't choked with weeds the fish were stacked all along the creek. When I arrived at 10:00am there were quite a few PMDs coming off the water and alot of fish rising, but I must have just caught the tail end of the PMD hatch because it was over within a few minutes. In addition to PMDs I think the fish were also taking midges on the surface because the rises continued although not as frequently. I also saw a large group of callibaetis dancing over a stillwater section of the creek when I arrived.

I'd like to get there an hour earlier to catch more of the PMD hatch.

Oh yeah, as I fished the pipe hole I heard a ruckus on the far bank. I assumed it was some quarreling blackbirds or maybe gulls landing. When I looked up I was surprised to see a lone turkey standing at the edge of the creek.