Idaho Fish Report

Anglers report good to excellent fishing for browns and rainbows. Spring hatches are common: mayflies (BWOs), midges, ants and crickets. Most of the heavy hatches are now closer to the dam. Match the hatch as a dry fly or try a larger dry fly (such as a cricket) with an emerger (such as a mayfly or midge) or scud for a trailer. Winter streamer/bottom combinations are also working. Streamers are usually a fish-imitation (such as a sculpin) followed by a scud or egg. Anglers using lures are also successful. Try crankbaits, spinners, spoons and jigs in fish, crayfish, black, white, silver and gold colors. During our recent electrofishng survey, biologists measured and released big healthy trout. They also removed numerous flies (hooks). One guide commented it was free fly night and proof that a 6X tippet does not effectively hold a Green River rainbow.