Idaho Fish Report

Bull Trout are eating big streamers quite nicely


by The Fly Fishers Place
12-10-2022
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At the Metolius expect #16 yellow mayflies (cinygmula) and #20-22 Blue Wing Olives and some October Caddis and Black Midges.
Eggs, Perdigons, Caddis Pupa, Walt’s Worm, Frenchie, Blue Psycho and Golden Stone Nymphs.
Bull Trout are eating big streamers quite nicely. At some point in the winter they do tend to shy away from streamers somewhat and end up eating eggs and red ice cream cones as well as anything on a catch percentage basis.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pinch your barbs. It is the law, but to ignore it purposely is not cool. My friend (and FFP guide) Steve ran into some young dudes that had a wrestling match going on with a nice bull trout. The poor fish was hooked in the face and the mouth (this goes back to the 2 hooks we talked about on the last report) BUT what made it worse is these guys said they did not pinch their barbs because they didn’t want to lose a fish. That is dumb. Selfish. And against the law. I hope Karma and the OSP Fish and Game guys catch up with these fella’s real soon.





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