Idaho Fish Report

I’m seeing a surprising amount of Callibaetis on Crane Prairie. I started fishing Crane in the 80’s and my college fishing buddy and I used to fish it every thursday morning with a crew of old guys from the fly club. Chester and I were in float tubes and Clyde, Dick and Warren were in prams. They drank Screwdrivers and we drank chocolate milk and ate Hostess mini chocolate doughnuts. And we were all there for one true reason: Callibaetis. 
It was epic. 
For many years the Callibaetis were in huge declines there. Since the 90’s I never counted on Crane being a good callibaetis lake. At least consistently. But these last couple of seasons I have seen more and more, so I am hopeful for a true comeback. When my friends Milt and Otto were in the boat this week we saw a lot of Callibaetis hatching, and pumped one fish that showed it was all she was eating. My friend “Blue Anchor Bob” said he found the same thing this week. Good news. 
Fishing is pretty good as long as the weather is stable. And it will be now. 
Balanced Leeches (black, brown and olive), Chironomids and Callibaetis plus now is the time to really start fishing the damsel nymph too.