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Today at Jimmy’s, May 8th, 2021

                                                                                             All Seasons Angler 2021 Casting Class

Casting Class Pd

Class Location on Events Center Drive

We offer this class schedule each summer to help get you on the water with basic casting skills. We recommend that you have your own equipment for the class because having such provides becoming familiar with which you will be fishing. However, we can provide tackle if needed. Here is how the 2021 schedule unfolds.

2021  CLASS SCHEDULE:

May 12th                        Wednesday                      6:30-8:30 PM

May 18th                        Tuesday                            6:30-8:30 PM

May 20th                       Thursday                          6:30-8:30 PM

May 26th                       Wednesday                      6:30-8:30 PM

June 1st                         Tuesday                             6:30-8:30 PM

June 9th                        Wednesday                       6:30-8:30 PM

June 17th                       Thursday                           6:30-8:30 PM

June 22nd                    Tuesday                              6:30-8:30 PM

June 23rd                      Wednesday                       6:30-8:30 PM

June 29th                       Tuesday                            6:30-8:30 PM

July 2nd                        Thursday                           6:30-8:30 PM

July 7th                           Wednesday                      6:30-8:30 AM

July 13th                        Tuesday                              6:30-8:30 PM

July 15th                        Thursday                            6:30-8:30 PM

July 21st                       Wednesday                       6:30-8:30 PM

July 27th                      Tuesday                              6:30-8:30 PM

August 4th                    Wednesday                       6:30-8:30 PM

August 10th                  Tuesday                               6:30-8:30 PM

August 19th                  Thursday                             6:30-8:30 PM

August 24th                 Tuesday                              6:30-8:30 PM

August 24th                 Wednesday                       6:30-8:30 PM

Here are particulars:

LOCATION: Pond (see above photo) on Events Center Drive off South Utah Avenue

FEE: $20 per student per session.

    • FOUR STUDENTS PER CLASS
    • TACKLE PROVIDED IF NEEDED, NO CHARGE
    • BEGINNING INSTRUCTION
    • OTHER CLASSES BY APPOINTMENT

Brief Intro/Refresher to Casting:

If you can’t attend one of our classes but need a brief introduction to casting or a refresher, give us a call to set up a time with one of our shop staff. These short 15 to 20 minute classes are here at the shop and are perfect for those who need some quick instruction for an upcoming trip or a quick refresher on the basics. There is no charge for this class.

Contact the shop (208-524-7160, [email protected]) to enroll and for more information.

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South Fork, May 4th, 2021

The river features cold, clear water with flows not raised enough to inhibit fishing and at present being below normal for the season. The best patterns of note seems to be any of the numerous rubber legs around.

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Henry’s Fork, May 4th, 2021

Stonefly

Courtesy Dave Pace

This weekend a lone adult giant stone fly was spotted by a team of drift boat fly-fishers along the river between Stone Bridge and Ashton. Certainly an “early bird”, it best suggests that it is time to offer giant stone fly nymph patterns when fishing the river from Warm River to Chester. For now the other patterns we have suggested in recent fishing reports ( BWO, caddis, and midge life cycle patterns, streamers, and small nymphs of choice) will work fine until later this month when the bulk of the big stone fly activity begins.

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Today at Jimmy’s, May 4th, 2021

We will soon offer our Fly Casting class schedule on this web site.    For this year we  have a location change.  Rather holding these at Tautphaus Park, we will move to the Snake River Parkway ponds.  We will give the exact location when we place our class schedule on this web site.

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Small Streams, May 4th, 2021

Flow out of Blackfoot River Reservoir was essentially doubled to 193 cfs a few days ago. Look for more increases in flow here as we get further into the irrigation season. This month run-off will begin in our small streams draining high country, and back country roads will begin to open.  We will get information on these events and place such in our fishing report to help with decisions on where to fish such waters.

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South Fork, May 1st, 2021

Flow out of Palisades Dam was upped to 5690 cfs last night (now 7040 cfs at Heise, 3280 cfs at Lorenzo). Look for more increases to come. Flow out of the dam remains much below normal (7800 cfs) for this date. Water remains quite cold for aquatic insect activity except for that from midges. Rubber legs, streamers and nymph patters near riffles bring most success.

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Henry’s Fork, May 1st, 2021

Very good fishing is present from the Ora Bridge to Chester backwaters. BWOs have peaked, but caddis are active in good numbers.  Presenting nymph patterns from large stonefly sizes down to small produce quite well. Fall River is bringing in discolored water from farm run-off, so fishing below Chester Dam suffers a bit.

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Still Waters, May 1st, 2021

The Blackfoot River Road from just east of Bone to the Blackfoot River Reservoir is graded and open. Ice is still on the reservoir but likely to go fast. It looks like Hebgen Lake will be free of ice by the end of this weekend. Hawkins Reservoir seems to attract many anglers of all terminal gear persuasions. Midge life cycle and leech patterns produce here. Daniels Reservoir has yet to offer good fishing, but warming weather will bring it on. Same applies to Springfield Reservoir.

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Today at Jimmy’s, May 1st, 2021

Thunder Ridge

Thunder Ridge High School of Idaho School District 93 offers a Lifetime Sports program which introduces students to the outdoors and its wholesome activities. Fly fishing and its fly tying corollary is one of the activities.  Lifetime Sports instructor and organizer Jody Webb, for a second year arranged with Jimmy’s All Seasons Angler to host the program’s fly tying seminar in the shop for a two to three-hour session each day (last Tuesday and Wednesday) in which to introduce students to fly tying.  The seminar subject was construction of a woolly bugger and a renegade. Trout Unlimited, its local affiliate the Snake River Cutthroats, and the shop provided tools and materials to tie these flies. We recommended Buck Goodrich and Mike Miller, both much experienced in fly tying teaching, as instructors to Jody. Buck and Mike gladly offered their services to instruct students during both sessions, and most students were successful in tying these patterns. Jody offered that the day following the tying sessions participating students would go to a well-stocked public pond to test their luck at using flies they had tied.  Hopefully some of the attendees will find through Jody’s efforts that fly fishing combined with fly tying can become a most enjoyable lifetime outdoor activity.

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