THE BOISE’S CROWN JEWEL

The South Fork Boise River is nationally renowned for its trophy rainbows, with some trout exceeding 20 inches. (IDFG)

Tucked into the first set of mountains rising out of Idaho’s Snake River Plain, the South Fork is home to a trophy fishery for big rainbows.

By Mike Wright

It may not be all that obvious, but when you travel through the arid terrain of Southwest Idaho you’re also driving by or near some of the best trout fishing waters in the state. One prime example of this is Boise and its suburbs. With more than half a million people residing in the area, it is difficult to believe the trout angling is that spectacular. Odd as it may sound, a resident of Boise doesn’t even have to leave the city limits to get into some very good fishing. In fact, the third largest brown trout ever taken in Idaho (a 35-inch, 20-plus-pound monster) was caught within sight of the Capitol building.

That’s because the urban portion of the Boise River contains rainbow and brown trout, plus approximately 35,000 mountain whitefish. In addition, around 20,000 hatchery rainbows are stocked on a regular basis – even a couple hundred steelhead from the Snake most winters. With the catch-and-release philosophy prevalent in the Boise area, many of these fish remain in the river.

Probably the best time to fish this section of the Boise River is early spring and again in late fall and winter. During the warmer summer months, a bikini hatch takes place, with a sizable number of individuals floating the river. When the hatch is in session, serious anglers may want to find other spots to try their luck. Some will move into the upper portions of the Boise. The higher elevations and cooler waters of the North and Middle Forks provide some excellent fishing opportunities, without the distraction of thinly clad floaters. There are some special regulations on sections of these waters, so it would be advisable to pick up a regulation booklet and a map.

When fly fishing the system, an Elk Hair, Hemmingway or Goddard Caddis would be a must. There are also excellent mayfly hatches, so it would be advisable to have a good supply of Parachute Adams, Purple Hazes, Pale Morning Duns and Blue-wing Olives in sizes 14 to 18. Good nymph patterns would include gold-ribbed Hare’s Ears, Pheasant Tails, beadhead Prince Nymphs and Chironomids, ranging in sizes 12 to 16. Woolly Buggers and Muddler Minnows are also effective in the deeper holes.

For the lure fisherman, Panther Martins, Mepps and Rooster Tails are good choices, but in many cases they will need to have a single barbless hook.

AS GOOD AS the trio is, the real crown jewel of the Boise system is the South Fork, which was also the first in this part of Idaho to be managed strictly as a trophy trout fishery. While closed to fishing in early to midspring, it reopens on the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, May 28 this year.

The productivity of this branch is due to several factors, including the fact that, like the Columbia Basin, the stream flows through rich volcanic soil, which leads to excellent aquatic weed growth, which in turn leads to excellent insect hatches throughout the year.

Another factor that has affected the fishery has been the construction of the Anderson Ranch Dam. Among other purposes, the structure was built to provide irrigation for the agricultural industry in the valley. It also created a tailwater fishery and provides enough water during the winter to ensure trout survival. For the wade fisherman, the first 10 miles downstream from the dam, which are paralleled by road, provide excellent fishing during the summer months. The average water flow during the summer is around 1,500 cubic feet per second, which makes for ideal fishing conditions. After irrigation season, releases are reduced to around 1,000 cfs, which is excellent for waders but wreaks havoc for those who prefer to fish from a raft or a drift boat. When the water levels are too low, it can be very difficult to navigate through this section of the river. However, for those who are able to maneuver through it, the fishing can be spectacular.

Further downriver, below the Danskin Bridge, is a 17-mile canyon section of the South Fork that is only fishable by boat, and it is highly recommended that those who float

The South Fork features a 10-mile roaded tailwater stretch below Anderson Ranch Dam and a 17-mile canyon section between Danskin and Neal Bridges that is only accessible by boat. (ANDY BRUNELLE, USFS)

State biologists regularly monitor the blue-ribbon stream’s wild rainbow trout population and have seen it grow since a 2013 wildfire and subsequent debris flows. Higher runoff scoured out more spawning areas, resulting in a good cohort of larger fish, even as overall numbers slowly reset to stable preblaze levels. (IDFG)

While the South Fork between Anderson Ranch and Neal Bridge is closed in April and May until the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend, the section between the bridge and the upper end of Arrowrock Reservoir (seen here at full pool) remains open under general rules.

it be well experienced on the oars. In an effort to limit the number of craft on the stream, a prohibition on outfitting has been instituted.

THE MAIN DRAWS of the South Fork are the lure of catching wild native trout and the number of 18- to 20-plusinch rainbows. The excellent river conditions, along with prolific insect hatches, have led to outstanding growth rates. The population of large rainbows has remained very high. As Art Butts, a fisheries biologist for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s Southwest Region, has stated, “Recently we have more of the larger rainbows than we have ever seen in the South Fork.”

As for the wild trout population, it is a somewhat different situation. A large portion of the native redbands have interbred with the coastal strain of rainbows, making it more difficult to ascertain just how many, if any, true native rainbows are present in the fishery. However, IDFG has had a no-stocking policy for over 30 years, so it might be justifiable to consider the trout in the river now to be natives.

Nearly a decade ago, a major wildfire hit the South Fork area, 2013’s Pony-Elk Complex, and it was felt that it would actually have a positive impact on the fishery. Without the vegetation to hold back spring runoff, a great deal of silt would be scoured away, thus improving the spawning grounds and increasing the number of smaller fish in the stream.

According to IDFG surveys, the trout population decreased the year after the fire, but by 2017 had rebounded markedly, “with a large group of fish between 10 and 14 inches … likely a direct result of increased spawning gravels and habitat resulting from the post-fire debris flows.” By 2020, these fish represented “a large group of fish 16 inches or greater,” though the population as a whole went down somewhat and now “appears to be stabilizing back towards pre-fire levels.” Some IDFG officials

and anglers are concerned, but at least for now, the number of larger fish has been excellent.

THE SOUTH FORK produces a cornucopia of insect hatches throughout the season, and like many fisheries in the Northwest, midges are the first to appear. They begin as early as January, making a chironomid imitation the fly of choice. Some adults may start hatching out, but the numbers are rather limited.

When the midge adults do finally start to appear in sufficient numbers to attract surface feeding, a Griffith’s Gnat or Renegade in sizes 16 to 20 are the most popular patterns. Some blue-wing olives can also be found on the water in late winter and early spring. They pretty much disappear during the summer, only to reappear again in the fall.

By June, the selection of food increases dramatically. Early in the month, PMDs along with caddis adults begin making an appearance in large enough numbers to cause feeding frenzies. This time frame is also when the mayfly known as Epeorus alberte – imitated by one of my favorite dry fly patterns, the Pink Albert – is often found floating on the surface.

By mid-June, golden stones, salmonflies and occasionally cicadas will appear. To the trout, this time of year is like finding a box of Whitman’s Sampler chocolates on the water. They may prefer the coconut cream for a while, then suddenly another kind of chocolate becomes more desirable. The dry fly angler would be well advised to stock his or her fly box with a wide assortment of patterns.

By late summer and early fall, cranefly and terrestrial imitations, along with Yellow Sallies, should be added to the fly box. Although the South Fork is best known for its dry fly fishing, a variety of nymphs, such as Pheasant Tails, gold-ribbed Hare’s Ears, Prince Nymphs and soft hackle Peacocks, should be included.

AS YOU CAN imagine, the quality of the fishing on the South Fork of the Boise is not exactly a deep, dark secret. Besides the residents of the Boise area, devoted anglers from all parts of the country descend on the stream each year with thoughts of giant rainbows dancing in their heads. The vast majority of the angling pressure is concentrated on the section from the Anderson Ranch Dam downstream to the Neal Bridge, which is a few miles above the top end of Arrowrock Reservoir. It is certainly understandable why this section of the river is so popular, but the water above Anderson Ranch Reservoir up to and including Big and Little Smoky Creeks is often overlooked. To those anglers seeking a little more secluded fishing experience, this section of the South Fork could definitely be considered. Although there are not as many fish in this section, there is still the opportunity to catch one measuring 20 inches or more, plus the possibility of landing a rare bull trout, which must be released immediately. These upper regions are definitely worth checking out, but again, bring a map and the fishing regs.

Next time you travel through an arid, sagebrush-covered area, it might be advisable to remember the fishing possibilities of the Boise River. The surroundings may not seem like trout heaven, but there is more than meets the eye. NS

The river also hosts bull trout, but they are strictly a catch-and-release species. (IDFG)

A well-stocked South Fork Boise fly box should include Pink Albert nymphs and adults, adult Pale Morning Duns (top row), along with Chironomids and Pheasant Tails (second row), caddis, cicada, cranefly and terrestrial imitations, and Yellow

With their size, color, flash and vibration, spinners are great lures for catching trout at Northwest lakes in spring. Author Buzz Ramsey likes to cast from his drift boat towards shore to cover shallower water earlier in the day before sunlight drives the fish deeper. (BUZZ RAMSEY)

Count On Spinners For Trout Action

The trout hit my spinner with a vengeance and immediately headed across the lake before performing a double somersault. It then changed direction and headed for a submerged stump located near the shore we had been casting toward. I pulled back on my rod and managed to turn the torpedo-acting fish away from the barkcovered obstacle before he took off again. Although this rainbow trout wasn’t as large as a salmon or steelhead, its speed, acrobatics, fast runs and the fact that we were experiencing nonstop fishing action made catching this and the other trout we encountered that morning a lot of fun. After all, any fat trout measuring more than 12 inches is considered a good one, and this fish was pushing 20.

We’d tried several different fishing methods during our morning adventure. The first was to slowly troll small FlatFish and Mag Lip plugs 50 to 60 feet behind our boat, all tipped with a ¼-inch section pinched from a white-colored and scentfilled PowerBait maggot.

Trolling plugs produced for the first hour but the trout either moved or wised up to this tactic, which forced us to try something different. It has always amazed me at how fickle trout can be in regard to what method, lure, size and color they BUZZ do and do not like at any given time, and RAMSEY how what works on one lake might not produce very well on another. IT WAS THEN that we switched to casting and retrieving spinners. After all, there are few fish that can resist the sonic vibration produced by a blade spinning around a wire shaft. The other thing appealing about

Most anglers casting spinners for trout employ 6- to 7-foot rods in combination with spinning reels filled with 6-pound-test monofilament fishing line. Keep in mind that long rods offer more casting leverage and thus distance, which is why most of Ramsey’s trout casting rods are in the 7- to 7½foot range. You can add scent by tipping one prong of your hook with a PowerBait or Gulp! maggot or pinching a short section from a scent-filled worm. Yakima Bait has developed a spray-on scent that won’t mat down the hackle on your spinner and works on other lures and baits too. (BUZZ RAMSEY)

fishing spinners (and casting spoons, for that matter) is they allow you to cover a lot of water in a short amount of time.

Our strategy was to cast and retrieve spinners toward shore while working our way around the lake before the midmorning sun drove the fish off the shallows and into deeper water. My job was to keep our drift boat 60 to 80 yards away from the bank while sons Blake and Wade cast toward shore. I got a few casts in too while working to keep the boat straight and slowly moving us along so we would constantly cover new water.

Our best-producing spinner, at least that morning, turned out to be a chartreuse-colored Rooster Tail spinner tipped with a 1/2-inch section pinched from a Gulp! worm. Tipping lures with a scent-filled product works better than you might think, as it can turn slow fishing into hot action, and is something we often do.

Trout, like all fish, are attracted to spinners due to their size, color, flash and vibration. And although any one of these ingredients will catch fish, when combined into one product – a well-designed spinner, for instance – they are more than a little effective for catching every type of game fish that swims.

WITHOUT A DOUBT, the most popular way to fish a spinner is to employ the castand-retrieve method. It’s so easy: Just tie a spinner on the end of your line, cast into a nearby body of water and reel/retrieve your spinner back to you.

When it comes to finding trout, what I’ve observed is that they are likely to be found cruising near the surface or in the shallows when water temperatures are cool, early or late in the day, or when the light is low due to cloudy conditions. Fish are more likely to be found near bottom (or at some level above it) during the middle of the day when the sun is bright. Warm surface temperatures can also drive coldwater fish, like trout, to more comfortable levels deeper in the lake.

To determine the depth your spinner is running, and be able to return to it, may require you to practice what’s known as the “count-down” method. In preparation for learning this technique, realize that most spinners having casting weight built into their design will sink at a rate of 1 foot per second.

Here’s how: cast out, and allow your spinner to fall freely to the bottom, counting one-one thousand, two-one thousand, etc., until it hits bottom, signified by your line going slack. Now that you know the bottom depth based on counting, you can begin your very next retrieve at varying depths above the lakebed, which will help you avoid hanging bottom or catching weeds or moss on subsequent casts. Using this simple procedure will allow you to search for fish at different depths and reliably return to the

fish-producing level once trout are located.

In addition, working your lure near bottom, especially on a deep lake, may require you to step up to a larger/heavier spinner size. For example, you might switch from a fairly light spinner – 1/16 to 1/8 ounce – when working it near the surface to one weighing 1/4 ounce or more when scouring the depths.

Of course, spinners with built-in casting weights come in a variety of different blade shapes, which affect the tone of their fish-calling/sonic vibration and influence pulling resistance. For example, a Rooster Tail spinner features a semi-wide blade shape that will allow you to work it fast when searching for fish but then slow down your retrieve speed once fish are located.

Spinners with wider blade shapes, like those offered by Mepps/Blue Fox, produce more fish-calling vibration than narrower blade shapes and facilitate the slowest of retrieve speeds – a feature that can be very appealing to the sometimes-finicky trout.

Keep in mind that spinners are often most effective when retrieved slowly, just fast enough to keep the blade turning. Strikes are usually definite, but some fish will just stop the spinning blade, so when in doubt, set the hook.

WHAT WE CAUGHT during the abovementioned trip was a mixture of rainbow, brown, cutthroat and brook trout. When it comes to eating quality, they are all good but it’s the brook trout that have the sweetest-tasting flesh. They’re mostly tiny at the lake we were fishing, so we don’t get to keep many. Our eating preference among the others is cutthroat, rainbow and browns, in that order.

What we do is fillet the sides off, including the belly bones, and slice each side fillet into lengthwise strips about an inch wide, dip in a thin batter and deep fry in oil until golden brown. Most of our friends can’t believe how

A little tip from a guy who has fried a few fish in his time – the author recommends halving your trout fillets and then battering them with Pride of the West, available at grocery stores, or a slightly watery homemade batter that helps dissolve remaining fish bones when the fish is fried a little

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Lowland lakes are where it’s at in spring, but as their waters warm with summer’s arrival, head to the mountains to keep the spinner bite going. Buzz’s sons Blake and Wade show off stringers they put together at a higher elevation lake when they were younger. (BUZZ RAMSEY)

good-tasting they are.

Our favorite store-bought batter is one called Pride of the West. However, we often mix our own with ingredients that include: 1 cup flour, 1/4 cup corn starch and 11/2 tablespoons of baking powder. Just mix with water. As mentioned, we often make our batter a little thin and fry our fish a little crispy so as to dissolve the lateral bones that remain in the side fillets.

There are literally thousands of lowland and high-elevation lakes in the Northwest. And while the former can produce hot trout fishing during the spring season, the action generally slows on many as water temperatures increase with the approach of summer. It’s then that many avid trout anglers switch their focus to mountain lakes, where the water remains cool and the fish bite all summer long. Either way, don’t pass up on the fishing fun to be had catching trout with spinners this season. NS

Editor’s note: Buzz Ramsey is regarded as a sport fishing authority, outdoor writer and proficient lure and fishing rod designer.

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Childhood – even though it was quite some time ago, it amazes me the pieces FOR THE LOVE of it that I carry to OF THE TUG this day. I’m pretty By Sara Ichtertz positive we all do. I know I was blessed, as the pieces I carry are not a burden. Though there were trials and tribulations, they never crushed me. They never stopped me from believing in myself and my own abilities.

The unwavering love from my folks allowed the hard times to help me in the long run, not hurt me. Their ways allowed life’s pain to never become me, but rather allowed me to learn and grow from it. They allowed me to build this foundation, and it has proven to be quite strong. I realize no matter what structures we might develop or try to develop in life, our foundation remains the same. We will face storms of mass destruction and that foundation has everything to do with how we handle the rough times, and more importantly, how we move on from them. What a huge thing, what a huge responsibility, and at the same time it can be such a huge gift. Truly the greatest gift we as parents can ever give our children is to help them possess a foundation worth standing on.

Life will never be perfect, but how you see life is huge. My children will not look back necessarily at what I bought them, but what I gave them. As time continues to show me, I’m so happy knowing I dove into

For author Sara Ichtertz, taking her son Nate fishing and teaching him how to catch trout was about much more than just that – it was a way for him to learn how to solve problems and build a lifelong foundation

around that. (SARA ICHTERTZ)

motherhood and Mother Nature with my whole heart, and with the best of intentions.

I CAN’T EVEN fathom that my son will be 13 years old next month. I am three times his age and realize his foundation for life is pretty much laid, but I can’t help but wonder if I’ve given him everything he needs within it. Out of all of the reusable things in life, time is simply not one of them and as I see my children turning into the people they ultimately are, I am thankful I gave them something money cannot buy. Give them love. Show them love. Give them space to

test the waters without you hovering over them. And no matter the outcome, as long as they try, encourage them in a positive way, as we are the most influential people in our children’s lives.

As Mother’s Day approaches, I find myself feeling thankful I was able to pack us up and pack us out into some of the most beautiful places on Earth. I am so grateful that I believed in these two feet and this heart, as they were all I needed to lead our way.

With just tiny trout rods, split-shot, nightcrawlers and maybe a bobber or two, we learned so much more than how to catch trout. In gaining strength within myself, I was able to not only learn from my children, but learn about them as well.

My daughter Ava loves all God’s critters and, honestly, she would rather be in pursuit of her forest pet for the day than hunting for the fish. She is driven and confident, and that’s what matters to me more than anything. I have watched her personality traits develop as we fished, and even though she may only fish to put a smile on my face, she has gained many strengths that I don’t think she would have if I had handed her a tablet instead of a trout rod. Brother, on the other hand, fishes very much for his thrill of the pursuit and his love of the tug. Nate’s ability to now look at the water and choose his own fishing approach will help in dealing with the troubling times we face in life. Good or bad, he will know how to think for himself, and that is huge. Children need something to believe in; why not help them believe in themselves?

LOOKING BACK ON it now, even though trout fishing was often the core of our adventures, it was not the point; it was far deeper than that.

I could have taken a completely different route in their little lives, but I stood strong in my beliefs and felt passions galore when embracing the outdoors with my children and remaining unplugged from the electronic stimulation boom that was all around us. We did indeed find countless trout, so many in fact I got to where all I could hope was that their hooksets were effective as I had gotten to where I had zero desire to bring so many tiny trout home. Those little fish will swallow that hook in no

Ichtertz’s daughter Ava “loves all God’s critters and, honestly, she would rather be in pursuit of her forest pet for the day than hunting for the fish. She is driven and confident, and that’s what matters to me more than anything.”

time flat. But if their hooksets had all been just perfect, we wouldn’t have had ourselves nearly as many fish fries, nor buckets of brined trout for the smoker, because losing fish kept them trying to perfect their skills.

I realize now how beautiful all of that really was. Together we pursued those little fish. Together we found them. Together they gained strengths their foundations needed. Together we prepared our harvest, and together we came to our table, enjoyed each other’s company, and shared so much more than the little fish before us.

Where I sit now nearly a decade later, I am amazed at how when Mother’s Day rolls around, Nate is the one who gathers the gear. Having learned what we would need from a young age, he is ready to pack us up and pack us out! Ava packs a dandy of a picnic, just like her momma, and it’s wild how I can truly relax now.

All those tangled reels I never gave up on were worth it. Here I am a decade into embracing nature independently as a mother and sitting back and watching my children stand on their own two feet. I watch them rig their own rods, tie their own knots, bait their own hooks with confidence and cast the setups like they mean it. This in no way came overnight. It took years of devotion from all of us.

And now Nate and Ava are capable of teaching their cousins to fish the banks of whatever water lies before them. They gladly hand off fish, and I love it. Seeing such sights helps me live my life with little regret as the years fly by. They have amazed me in their growth and their abilities. Brother has shown me a far more effective way to clean those little buggers and nowadays he is who cooks up the little fish with pride. Go for it, son! Honestly, they taste better and better each time he is the one who cooks them. And so I realize that all of the good you do will come back to you full circle and ultimately will live on inside of them as well.

AS THEIR ABILITIES have grown, my

responsibilities have changed. By allowing my kids to truly give it a whirl (not me

just handing off one fish after the other – I know I can fish, but I wanted them to understand the work behind the thrill of success as that’s so important in life, no matter the thrill), they see what it takes. Carrying myself with patience and grace I let them fail without harsh judgment, as they need know what failure feels like in order to truly succeed. We all do, and so if fishing was my safe way to allow them to think they were “just fishing,” then I am good with that. Success has a whole new meaning when you actually earn it.

I don’t want to burden my babes with adult problems; I just want them to know they have the skills to face them when they’re off building their own lives. Motherhood is flying by and the day will come that they no longer have my hand to hold, and in that moment I hope they see my smile and remember: They do not need my hand because they have built these amazing foundations worth standing on themselves. My heart is on the river and I couldn’t change it, even if I tried. NS

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