10-03-2009, 09:10 PM
Fished the Payette last evening near Emmett.
Fishing was very slow overall - fish were lethargic and had to work for strikes. Most productive was working Crayfish patterns in slack water/flats... I think the cold weather on Thursday and the incoming weekend cold front really slowed the bite down... but I did land one really nice smallie (19 inches) - which is my new record smallmouth for Idaho and my new record smallmouth on a fly rod. Caught her on a Crystal Bugger Fly and released her after taking this photo
Tight Lines
Tom
Fishing was very slow overall - fish were lethargic and had to work for strikes. Most productive was working Crayfish patterns in slack water/flats... I think the cold weather on Thursday and the incoming weekend cold front really slowed the bite down... but I did land one really nice smallie (19 inches) - which is my new record smallmouth for Idaho and my new record smallmouth on a fly rod. Caught her on a Crystal Bugger Fly and released her after taking this photo
Tight Lines
Tom