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So, the Hopper fishing is pretty good everywhere. You can fish Hoppers on the Creek, you can fish Hoppers for fish you seek. You can fish Hoppers on the Wood, you can fish Hoppers in the nude. Fish those Hoppers on the Lost and fish them at all cost. Fish Hoppers on the Salmon River, where the water will make you shiver. Don’t forget to fish them on the South Forks, and then finish the day popping champagne corks.
Fish a Hopper with a dropper and fish them all day long. Fish them made of foam so they float and bob like a song. Fish those Hoppers in the dark and certainly fish them around Heagle Park. There is a time to fish a Dave’s and that’s on the Wood where the fish will rave…
OK, so the Hopper fishing is really good this summer. No amount of rhyming will change that. This is great for anglers new to the game who want to practice fishing without worrying about fly choice. You can literally fish a Hopper from sunup to sundown.
In other insect news, the Trico spinner falls in the morning remain outstanding. There has definitely been a slow upstream push of the Trico as the waters south of Highway 20 are becoming a little more prolific than the north side. When the wind is down, the damselfly action remains very good in certain areas of the river. Finding fish eating damselflies is a matter of hunting for those areas. They are the same every day the wind is down. Find them and put them in your pocket for those days with the right hot/calm conditions.
The South Fork of the Boise remains at 800 CFS and should stay there for a while, we hope. There is some boating, depending on the size of your boat, and there is some wading, depending on the size of your legs. If you go, a Hopper is an excellent choice (Pink Alberts are good, too).
The Lost is fishing well both above and below the reservoir. Crane flies and Hoppers are working in the tailwater section, and the freestone areas and the forks are all fishing well with small general attractors like Adams, Stimulators and Trudes.
With summer coming to an end for children, we can expect to see fewer anglers on the rivers. Hunting season is about to take even more anglers off the water—and we haven’t quite gotten to football season!
Happy fishing, everyone!
