08-11-2004, 05:23 AM
Owyhee River - August 5th, 2004
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=73,re"]Angler's Habitat[/url]
RECORDED:![[Image: hot.gif]](http://www.fisheyesoup.com/member_site/photo/icons_metar/hot.gif)
95 ° ![[Image: blackSpacer.gif]](http://www.fisheyesoup.com/images/blackSpacer.gif)
FISHING: Good
Owyhee River
Good
If you have not heard there was a two seperate mudslides that came into the river. One of these and the less severe one went in right at Snively Hot Springs. The more severe of the two went in about one mile above the first bridge. It made a lot of changes to the river,some good and some bad. Fishing above the worst slide has been good. The water clarity is back to normal in the upper stretch and down to about one and a half miles above the hot springs. The flows are running steady at right around 200 cfs which is very fishable. There is still a good number of bugs in the river and the fish know it. There are PMD's, Callibaetis, Baetis, and Caddis.During the early afternoon I would try a nymph setup but carry my dry rod with me and be ready for rising fish. Most of the hatches have been around the late afternoon but they are sporadic. The fish are getting pretty picky and used to seeing the regular old PMD's and B.W.O.'s. Try throwing a small black, chocolate, or, olive emerger under a Blue Winged Olive or PMD. When I fished this on Sunday it was good but fishing can be tough, one guy I was with didn't even get a bite. Moving around and finding the hatches is the key to catching fish consistently.
Flies: Beadhead Pheasant Tail, 16-20, Prince Nymphs, 14-20, Copper Johns, 14-18, PMD Emergers, 16-18, Calibaetis Emergers, 14-18, Baetis Hatchmatcher, 20, PMD Comparadun, 16-18, Olive Midges, 18-20, Black Midges, 18-20, Baetis Emergers, 18-20, Olive Emergers, 18-20, Parachute Callibaetis, 14-20
supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=73,re"]Angler's Habitat[/url]
RECORDED:
95 ° FISHING: Good Owyhee River
Good
If you have not heard there was a two seperate mudslides that came into the river. One of these and the less severe one went in right at Snively Hot Springs. The more severe of the two went in about one mile above the first bridge. It made a lot of changes to the river,some good and some bad. Fishing above the worst slide has been good. The water clarity is back to normal in the upper stretch and down to about one and a half miles above the hot springs. The flows are running steady at right around 200 cfs which is very fishable. There is still a good number of bugs in the river and the fish know it. There are PMD's, Callibaetis, Baetis, and Caddis.During the early afternoon I would try a nymph setup but carry my dry rod with me and be ready for rising fish. Most of the hatches have been around the late afternoon but they are sporadic. The fish are getting pretty picky and used to seeing the regular old PMD's and B.W.O.'s. Try throwing a small black, chocolate, or, olive emerger under a Blue Winged Olive or PMD. When I fished this on Sunday it was good but fishing can be tough, one guy I was with didn't even get a bite. Moving around and finding the hatches is the key to catching fish consistently.
Flies: Beadhead Pheasant Tail, 16-20, Prince Nymphs, 14-20, Copper Johns, 14-18, PMD Emergers, 16-18, Calibaetis Emergers, 14-18, Baetis Hatchmatcher, 20, PMD Comparadun, 16-18, Olive Midges, 18-20, Black Midges, 18-20, Baetis Emergers, 18-20, Olive Emergers, 18-20, Parachute Callibaetis, 14-20