Black Canyon 4/9/11

Be very careful when fishing Black Canyon. Not only was the fishing poor and the water off color but around 1:00 I got a text message from another guy that was fishing down there. They had released an extreme amount of water through the dam at about noon. He was out in the river standing on a rock and very quickly the rock was under water. They do weird things with that river and while they do it fishes very poorly and can become very dangerous. Check the Pacificorp website before you leave to check stream flows. If the flow is more than 100 CFS, don't bother. I don't know where I will be fishing in the coming weeks, but there are a few local creeks that are spring fed that should be pretty good. Utah folks will wait for Chesterfield to open up and I will wait for 24 Mile reservoir. Hopefully the Portneuf will blow out soon leaving the river much cleaner and the fishermen much happier.

Fishing Report March, 4 2011

Cold and windy between Lava and Mike's. Took my boy out to the river and only saw one fish. Water color and clarity were very poor even with the low flows. Very little bug activity, I saw a few midges coming off about 3:00 but no fish moving, not even in the foam lines where the usually hand out. Next time I think I will fish higher even if I have to walk some to get there. Some good reports up toward Croney's but will have to check that out another day. Blue wings should start moving in the next month or so especially if we get some 50 degree days. I will be stocking the box with small pheasant tails, emergers, cripples and spent wings waiting for the spring action to begin. It should be really fun in the next month or so as long as the flows come down a little.

Fishing Report Jan. 29, 2011

Idaho has changed stream seasons and regulations. Check them out at http://idahofishandgame.org. The changes are wonderful and many of the streams that have previously been closed are open under catch and release regulations.

I have recently fished "chalkstream" and have picked up good numbers of fish on the surface and fishing nymphs and streamers. The water is a little off color but there are good numbers of fish finding midges in the foam lines, and the fish seem to be active subsurface. Micro leeches, wooly buggers in purple and olive and the green bomb have all picked up good numbers of fish. Fish seemed to be more active closer to town.