Fishing Reports

Owyhee River, Lower

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GAGE

TIME

FT/CFS
℉/Turb

GRAPHS

Owyhee
Rome

6 pm

2.66/830

7 30 year
forecast

Owyhee
bl Owyhee Dam

6 pm

2.16/264

7 30 year
forecast

Importance by half-month
Super Major Minor Slight None

Hatches are matched from Westfly's database of "standard" fly patterns.

Callibaetis

Nymph

Size 14-16 Pheasant Tail. Brown

Lakes, slow water: slow retrieve, lift-and-settle, wind drift

Emerger

Size 14-16 Quigley Cripple, Film Critic, Hackle Stacker. Gray to tan

Lakes, slow water: chuck-and-sit

Dun

Size 14-16 Sparkle Dun, Hairwing Dun, Adams, Comparadun. Gray to tan

Lakes, slow water: chuck-and-sit

► Callibaetis in rivers? Yup! It happens in slow stretches of this stream. During a hatch, use a Callibaetis Cripple or Sparkle Dun.

Caddis

Adult

Size 12-18 Goddard Caddis, X Caddis, Parachute Caddis, Elk Hair Caddis. Body: brown, green, dark gray; Wing: tan, brown

Riffles: standard dry fly, skating

Egg-layer

Size 12-18 Diving Caddis, Soft Hackle. Body: brown; Wing: black

Riffles, current seams, backeddies below riffles: surface swing, shallow nymph, rising nymph

► Expect evening hatches in the fast water sections where the rainbow trout live. Carry size 14-16 dry flies in tan and olive.

Midge

Pupa

Size 10-22 Chans Chironomid Pupa, Zebra Midge. Black, gray, olive, red, creams, browns

Lakes, rivers: static midge, deep midge, verticle retrieve, shallow nymph, indicator, tight line

Adult

Size 10-22 Griffiths Gnat, Sprout Midge. Black, gray, olive, red, creams, browns

Lakes, rivers: chuck-and-sit, standard dry fly

► When trout are midging, a Sprout Midge or Griffiths Gnat can work well, but a pupa pattern is always a good choice.

► Trout can be very picky about size and color of the pupa. You may need to swap flies several times to find the right combination. You can speed up this process by fishing two pupas at once and noting which one the trout show more interest in.

► Be prepared for morning midge hatches in the slow water sections.

Baitfish

Adult

Size 2-8 Muddler, Woolly Bugger, Clouser Minnow, Possie Bugger. Browns, olives, silver, greens

Lakes; rivers over gravel and cobble, undercut banks: count-down-and-retrieve, slow retrieve, wind drift, deep swing

► Try large Woolly Buggers or other streamers on an intermediate line in the slackwater pools; focus on deeper water near rocks.

Trout

► You may encounter hatches of pale morning duns and midges in the slow water sections.

► Don't be put off by the murky quality of the water.

► Keep an eye on the river gage; when the irrigation season starts, flows will increase substantially and the water will be cold.

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