08-04-2007, 01:26 AM
Henry’s Lake
Henry's is still singing a
tale. The lake is being inconsistent and slow for the most part. Recently it has showed some signs of improving with some people finding and catching fish. Then it slowed down again. There is not just one hot spot maybe one or two warm spots but even those have slowed recently. I don’t even dare say the spots because the lake has been so inconsistent. One day you can catch some fish make plans to fish it again and it’s slowed down again. Kind of scary to plan trips around. We have been able to change some trips to Sheridan Lake. Some trips we moved to the fall. I don’t like being out fishing when things are not good let alone take someone under those conditions. The weekend of July 20th had showed some promise of things kind of turning around some and did last for about a week. It since has slowed down. Most fish being caught right now are the one and two year old fish. Some big ones are turning up still from time to time.
There are still a lot of theories but no real hard facts as to why the fish are doing what they are doing. We are trying to figure out what is going on with the lake but have not found the golden key to unlock the gate. We are in good company because no one else has either. There have been some really good fly fishermen fishing the lake and have not unlocked the lake.
We will keep searching along with others to figure out what is going on with the lake. Damon Keen the lake manager is helping in this process. He has been awesome to work with along with the other members of the Fish and Game team.
Stay tuned for more news!!
Sheridan Lake
Sheridan has been the bright spot with fishing being red hot on some days, good on others days with a few fair days mixed in. The water temps have risen and have started to have some impact on fishing and at times have slowed things down on some days. We haven’t had a day yet that you could say was a bad day so we are very happy about that. We are having a great Damsel hatch and are still going strong. Currently we have Callibaetis coming off along with the Damsels. You get Gulpers from 8:30 to about 12:30 and Damsels from about 10am to 2pm. I can tell you catching the Kamloops on a dry can be ohhhh so fun!
The fish are on Damsel’s. Most damsel patterns will work with some being more affective than others. It sometimes depends on the day, some days they like a brighter damsel like the Flash Olive and other days they like something a little more subtle like the Cheeter Damsel. The Callibaetis cripple patterns seem to be working best with maybe some spinners working early then moving to the cripples as the hatch move on through the morning. Before the hatch gets going strong you can use some Hares Ear, Pheasant Tail and Callibaetis nymphs to get you going early. It’s been so much fun on the dry’s we have not used the nymphs as much.
Fishing around the weed beds and shallows have been the most productive.
Island Park Reservoir
IP has shown some signs of life in the last month. Some folks are catching some decent fish (19” to 23”) with most fly fishermen fishing the west end. We will be spending more time on IP in the coming weeks and will have more information coming up.
As always if you have any questions or suggestions please give me a call at 208-390-2177.
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Henry's is still singing a
tale. The lake is being inconsistent and slow for the most part. Recently it has showed some signs of improving with some people finding and catching fish. Then it slowed down again. There is not just one hot spot maybe one or two warm spots but even those have slowed recently. I don’t even dare say the spots because the lake has been so inconsistent. One day you can catch some fish make plans to fish it again and it’s slowed down again. Kind of scary to plan trips around. We have been able to change some trips to Sheridan Lake. Some trips we moved to the fall. I don’t like being out fishing when things are not good let alone take someone under those conditions. The weekend of July 20th had showed some promise of things kind of turning around some and did last for about a week. It since has slowed down. Most fish being caught right now are the one and two year old fish. Some big ones are turning up still from time to time. There are still a lot of theories but no real hard facts as to why the fish are doing what they are doing. We are trying to figure out what is going on with the lake but have not found the golden key to unlock the gate. We are in good company because no one else has either. There have been some really good fly fishermen fishing the lake and have not unlocked the lake.
We will keep searching along with others to figure out what is going on with the lake. Damon Keen the lake manager is helping in this process. He has been awesome to work with along with the other members of the Fish and Game team.
Stay tuned for more news!!
Sheridan Lake
Sheridan has been the bright spot with fishing being red hot on some days, good on others days with a few fair days mixed in. The water temps have risen and have started to have some impact on fishing and at times have slowed things down on some days. We haven’t had a day yet that you could say was a bad day so we are very happy about that. We are having a great Damsel hatch and are still going strong. Currently we have Callibaetis coming off along with the Damsels. You get Gulpers from 8:30 to about 12:30 and Damsels from about 10am to 2pm. I can tell you catching the Kamloops on a dry can be ohhhh so fun!
The fish are on Damsel’s. Most damsel patterns will work with some being more affective than others. It sometimes depends on the day, some days they like a brighter damsel like the Flash Olive and other days they like something a little more subtle like the Cheeter Damsel. The Callibaetis cripple patterns seem to be working best with maybe some spinners working early then moving to the cripples as the hatch move on through the morning. Before the hatch gets going strong you can use some Hares Ear, Pheasant Tail and Callibaetis nymphs to get you going early. It’s been so much fun on the dry’s we have not used the nymphs as much.
Fishing around the weed beds and shallows have been the most productive.
Island Park Reservoir
IP has shown some signs of life in the last month. Some folks are catching some decent fish (19” to 23”) with most fly fishermen fishing the west end. We will be spending more time on IP in the coming weeks and will have more information coming up.
As always if you have any questions or suggestions please give me a call at 208-390-2177.
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[font "Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"][size 2]We are increasing our specialty stillwater products. We now have our specially dyed hackles, Crystal Chenille's and other great stillwater materials available. Give us a call for prices and availability. We are getting closer to updating the web site so stay tuned. We will have a little market place with pictures of materials but most likely will not happen until the guide season slows down some. We are getting there however yea!!!
Sincerely,
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