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I figured I'd go fling a few casts at the steelies in the Boise River while everybody else was worried about the Bronco/Vandal game. I've had luck in Stanley in the early spring when I run a nymph rig with single egg patterns on my fly rod- will that work on the Boise this early, ya think? or am I better off just fish nymphs tied on stout hooks?
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yes it will work they are not hitting the egg to eat it they are hitting it because it pisses them off. it will work year round.
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the old men we fished with were using bobbers with trout beads and did better than anyone that i saw.
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Thanks guys- went tonight and caught a 24 inch buck right off the bat on a little orange bead. Also had a reall big one on for a while on a dropper below (stonefly nymph) but the fish trew the hook on the 3rd tailwalk. pretty awesome. I'll post a pick of the little one on the Boise river steelhead thread-
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where did you go?
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I hit the run just below Barber Park bridge. Pretty congested, but most people were really nice.
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