Malad River, ID
Outing Information
- Date
- Start/End Time
- 1:30pm to 8:30pm
- Best Fishing Time
- -
- Rating
- Poor
- Classification
- Public
- Water Temp
- 60.0°F
- Water Clarity
- Slightly Stained - 3' to 5' visibility
- Water Level
- low
- User
- Jason Hansen
Fish Caught
Rainbow Trout
| Caught | Avg Size | Pattern | Optional Fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12" | #14 Pheasant Tail BH | |
| 5 | 10" | #14 Pheasant Tail BH | |
| 1 | 6" | #14 Tan Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear BH | |
| 1 | 6" | #16 Yellow Foamy | |
| 8 | 9¼" |
Weather
| Skies | Morning | Afternoon | Evening |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny | X | X | |
| Precipitation | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Wind | |||
| None | X | X | |
| Very Light - <5 knots | X | X |
- Air Temp High/Low
- 100.0°F / 85.0°F
- Wind Direction
- -
- Weather Front
- -
- Barometer
- -
- Moon Phase
- 81% Full (Waxing gibbous)
Other Patterns Tried
- #16 Gray Emergent Sparkle Pupa
- #14 Royal Trude
Hatches
No hatch information for this outing.
Insect Seining
- Green Rock Worm Trichoptera Rhyacophila
Fishing Partners
No fishing partners were saved with this outing.
Waypoints
No waypoints were saved with this outing.
Notes
I started nymphing at the mouth of the river and worked my way up past the bridge. I had lots of fish on but landed very few. I snagged 3 suckers and landed 1, about 18-20" in length. I did have 3 rainbows on that were > 15" but landed zero of them. I was having issues with losing flies because I was using 5x flourocarbon and it was snapping off. Frustrating. Karl showed up around 5:30pm and I switched over to dry flies - a #14 Royal Trude with varying droppers including a #16 Gray Emergent Sparkle Pupa and a #16 Yellow Humpy. The Trude got lots of splashes, including some from some 12"+ fish, but they were more splashes instead of hits.
Around 7:30 we moved up to the pool at the dam and I had a 12-14" rainbow on the trude but it got off. That's the only hit I had. The fish were rising very inconsistently.