South Fork Boise River, ID
BWO run, Indian Rock
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 10:00am to 4:15pm
- Best Fishing Time
- 1:30pm to 3:00pm
- Rating
- Fair
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 42.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Clear - 5'+ visibility
- Water Level
- 300cfs
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18" | #20 Red Disco Midge | |
| 1 | 18" |
Mountain Whitefish
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 12" | #14 Green Cased Caddis | |
| 3 | 12" | #20 Red Disco Midge | |
| 13 | 12" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| Very Light - <5 knots | X | X | |
| Light - 5 to 10 knots | X | X | |
| Medium - 10 to 15 knots | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 70.0°F / 55.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 27% Full (Waxing crescent)
Other Patterns Tried
- #10 Copper John w/ Rubber Legs
- #20 Black Disco Midge
- #20 Griffith Gnat
- #8 Black Woolly Bugger BH
Hatches
- #18-#20 tan underbody, black head and ba Midge Diptera
- 14 ? Unidentified Caddisfly Trichoptera unknown
Insect Seining
No seining information for this outing.
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
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Notes
I started the day off by streamer fishing the big hole at Indian Rock for about 1/2 an hour. I then drove down to the long run Zak and I fished during the heavy BWO hatch. Nothing was hatching so I started nymphing at the bottom of the run with a slightly different setup: A copper john as the main fly, a 6x 2' dropper to a #20 black disco midge, then 18" up from teh copper john, on a 5" tag, was a cased caddis pattern. I caught 10 whitefish while nymphing the edge of the run and had several more on. No trout.
Around 12:30 I drove the short distance back up to Indian Rock and spied fish from the cliff while eating lunch. There were a couple nice fish rising so I switched rods and setups to hi viz griffiths gnat with a red disco midge dropper. I caught the nice 18" rainbow on the dropper, then had a couple other rainbows that were 17"+ on the dropper before one shook the hook and the other snagged the gnat on moss. I also had a couple other medium trout on briefly. I had no hits on the gnat.