Still Waters

Now is the time to fish our Irrigation Reservoirs which are mainly in southeast Idaho. Chesterfield and Hawkins Reservoir are open to fly and spin and  bait fishing. Irrigation and summer heat will slow fishing on each of these. Daniels, Springfield and Twenty-Four Mile Reservoirs are managed as trophy fisheries so have barbless hook, no bait, length restrictions, and motorized boating restrictions on each.  Fishing strategies are similar for each.  Midge pupa patterns work well on all these waters when wind is absent. Find the taking depth, after they are suspended under an indicator, and head for shallow waters where aquatic vegetation is increasing. Damsel fly nymph patterns are effective near vegetation and fished in the same manner this time of the season.  When windy conditions (make sure that life preserver is on!) prevail, switch to sink tip or full sink lines to present leech and woolly bugger patterns with a slow retrieve.