I've been fishing quite a few small creeks and streams up in Island Park lately and catching TONS of Brookies! I have had several 100+ fish days. All have been on dry flies - mostly hi-vis parachute Adams. The water is crystal clear where ever you go! This is some of my favorite fishing!!!
You can see a video of my fun here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og1jjUHlqss&sns=em
Enjoy!
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Very cool. Heading that way in a couple weeks if you want to pm me where[
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What fun. Those are perfect size for sturgeon bait, but I would be a shame to harm them.
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Nice action. I have spent the past 10 years learning all I can about small stream brookies here in Idaho since moving here from Nebraska. Many streams are like you said, gin clear. Some are that size, many are very small. My favorite fly is a #20 Griffiths Gnat or a #18 Grey Hackle...all in the film. Para Adams and what I call Para Royal Coachmans work too.
Just a bit of advice....carry pepper spray....Grizzlies merge on these small streams in the Fall to feed on stream side Haw Berry Bushes.
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[quote DCG]Just a bit of advice....carry pepper spray....Grizzlies merge on these small streams in the Fall to feed on stream side Haw Berry Bushes.[/quote]
Oh, I know!! A friend of mine was hunting yesterday and had a grizz pull the sneak on him and get within 10 yards, from behind! Real scary!
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Fun creek! Thanks for sharing.
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Looks like it was a fun day! Thanx for sharing the video
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I have been fishing I.P, for 50 years and the brookie fishing is the finest it is a true riot but it looks like you are fishing the upper buffalow not a creek. great show lots of creeks with lots of size differances in each. Thanks for sharing.
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Thanks for sharing. Looks like fun. Was the barb pinched on those fly's? Some of them looked a little difficult getting out of the fishie's mouth?
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No, I don't usually pinch the barbs down unless I have to..like for steelhead.
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Thanks for sharing. I have been fising small creeks all summer long. Yet I haven't targeted any with brookies this year. That is unusual because usually I catch a lot of them.
Windriver
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[quote tob04002]No, I don't usually pinch the barbs down unless I have to..like for steelhead.[/quote]
Appreciate the straight forward response.
I would politely, and respectfully ask that you consider to always pinch the barbs when fly fishing, and especially when you are catching and releasing.
Thank you for your consideration!
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Looks like fun gonna try and go out this weekend.
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[quote Metalheadgene][quote tob04002]No, I don't usually pinch the barbs down unless I have to..like for steelhead.[/quote]
Appreciate the straight forward response.
I would politely, and respectfully ask that you consider to always pinch the barbs when fly fishing, and especially when you are catching and releasing.
Thank you for your consideration![/quote]
What is the best way to do this? I've had a hard time while steelhead fishing even, and can't find a good tool to do it. I usually try using my pliers but that even still doesn't do the job very great. What would you suggest?
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