Malad, ID

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Outing Information

Date
Start/End Time
2:00pm to 5:00pm
Best Fishing Time
-
Rating
Poor
Classification
Public
Water Temp
-
Water Clarity
Clear - 5'+ visibility
Water Level
-
User
Tony Broderick

Fish Caught

Rainbow Trout

Caught Avg Size Pattern Optional Fields
1 7" #18 Pheasant Tail Flashback
1 9" #18 Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
2 8"
Total: 2 fish Top Patterns: Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear (1) Pheasant Tail Flashback (1)

Weather

SkiesMorningAfternoonEvening
Mostly Sunny X
Precipitation
None X
Wind
None X
Air Temp High/Low
26.0°F / 30.0°F
Wind Direction
-
Weather Front
-
Barometer
-
Moon Phase
51% Full (Last quarter)

Other Patterns Tried

No other pattern information for this outing.

Hatches

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Insect Seining

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Fishing Partners

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Waypoints

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Notes

USGS flow was 'Ice" but the gage height was ~1.5.
Only caught 2 but I really concentrated on the nymphing. They seemed to like the smaller stuff, both the pheasant tail and the flashback hare's ear. Did get strikes but miss 3-4.
Caught most on the back-drift - when the fly was right behind me and just trailing behind the float in the water. just before the forward cast.
Tried a black wooley bugger with red flash but no luck, tho I didn't try it long.
Saw a few surface hits, one big one, and got a few strikes on the extended tail in pink, but they were little and I wanted to concentrate on nymphs. Lost a lot of flies on snags.
Not as productive as usual but I needed to practice my technique so that was probably a lot of it.