The Northern California Fly Fishing Board

Things have been put on hold out here on the South Fork. As of Sunday we had 19 straight days of rain and there is no more room for the water in Palisades Reservoir. Yesterday the Reservoir hit 100% of its capacity. So the water resource guys were forced to match the inflow and outflow. Currently the South Fork is flowing at 23,500 cfs. Needless to say that this is a lot of water. Making the fishing a little difficult. All of the trips for the Lodge have been cancelled or rescheduled this week. Things should start to look better next week with clear weather in the forecast. I think summer has finally made its way to southweast Idaho.

Prior to the large dose of water things were progressing nicely. Lots of fish eating rubberlegs and cobberbobs. Most days we were boating around 20 trout with a mixed bag of rainbows, cuttys, and browns depending on what stretch of river you were fishing.

For those of you looking to do some fishing out here in Idaho I would wait about another week. By that time things should start settling down in southeast idaho and western wyoming. Keep your fingers crossed as dry flies are just around the corner. Big Dry Flies are the name of the game out here.

Tight Lines!

Thanks for the honest report. I'm heading back that way (Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah) for some fly fishing when it gets good, and many of the reports I've read by fly shops in the area make it seem like it's better than it really is. I know that's typical, but it's refreshing to get some candor every now and then.

Cheers!

--FlyGuy (Dave)