Palouse River, ID

Above Laird Park CG

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Outing Information

Date: Saturday, April 7th, 2007
Start/End Time: 3:15 to 6:00
Best Fishing Time: 3:15 to 3:45
Rating: Poor

Classification: Public
Water Temp: 41.0°F
Water Clarity: Stained - 1' to 3' visibility
Water Level: 350 CFS @ Potlat
User: J Smulkowski

Fish Caught

Rainbow Trout

Caught	Avg Size	Pattern	Optional Fields
0	0"	#12 White E/C Caddis
0	0"

Total: 0 fish Top Patterns: E/C Caddis (0)

Weather

Skies	Afternoon	Evening
Sunny	X	X
Precipitation
None	X	X
Wind
None	X	X
Very Light - <5 knots	X	X
Light - 5 to 10 knots	X

Air Temp High/Low: 72.0°F / 35.0°F
Wind Direction: -
Weather Front: -
Barometer: ca. 30.00
Moon Phase: 71% Full (Waning gibbous)

Other Patterns Tried

#8 Black Woolly Bugger
#14 Gray Goddard Caddis
#16 Tan Elk Hair Caddis
#8 Orange Stimulator
#14 Tan Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
#16 Red Copper John
#18 Olive Blue-Winged Olive

Hatches

18 BWO Blue-Winged Olive Ephemeroptera Baetis
14 gray Spotted Sedge Trichoptera Hydropsyche
14 tan American Grannom Trichoptera Brachycentrus
10 Orange/brown Skwala Plecoptera Skwala
2 brown Sculpin Cottidae Cottus
4 brown/olive Crayfish Decapoda

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

Fished from cliff hole about 1/2 river mile above Laird Park swimming area through fishing area. No luck! Water was high, a grayish stained color, but not muddy at all. Water has been dropping for a couple weeks. No sign of fish anywhere - no rises, couldn't see them in deep holes. Where are they?

Tried dry/dropper, streamer/trailer, nymph/trailer, and dry/trailer setups of basic flies, to no avail. Very prolific bug activity throughout the day...especially BWOs, skwala stoneflies, and unidentified large dun mayflies.