Spokane River, Washington

Hatches

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The Fishing

Spokane Update: The lower river below Hangman Creek is currently blown out as of midday 3/5. Gonna take a few days for flows to settle down and for clarity to improve.

Things are hanging relatively steady on the Spokane currently, flows are still high but have been slowly dropping over this past week. The main thing to keep an eye on right now is the flow from Hangman Creek. When this bumps up to higher flows, everything downstream will be a muddy mess. Fortunately, you can fish above the confluence below town or check out the river in the valley. Our guide Sean W. was out on Tuesday with some customers and it sounds like they had a solid day. Everything they found was on nymph rigs. Jesse reported getting a couple fish to eat a big chubby last week while throwing a dry-dropper, so maybe try slinging some foam bugs around? You never know!

There is a good opportunity to hop on a Spokane River guided trip before the season ends, give Silver Bow Guide Manager Bo Brand a call to see what dates we have available.

Last day to fish the Spokane River is March 15th. It closes after that for spawning and will reopen the Saturday before Memorial Day.

Current Flow

8580 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Lower River / Post Falls

NF CDA - North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

Hatches

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The Fishing

The CDA is currently on a slow rise, this shouldn’t have much effect on the fishing though. If the bump gets more drastic I’d give it a couple days to chill out but right now it looks like a good option. Should be seeing some good hatches around here before long, I’d have BWO’s, March Browns, Nemouras and Skwalas all on hand for the near future. Been hearing of a few folks fishing up here lately and everyone seems to be finding a few fish. I’d plan on getting your days in up here sooner than later this season, odds are we will see seasonally low flows as we get further into spring.

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Current Flow

Prichard = 835 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Prichard

Cataldo = 3320 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Cataldo

St. Joe River, Idaho

Hatches

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The Fishing

From here on out I’m putting the St Joe on my radar. Heard from a couple people fishing up here this last week and it sounds like fishing has been solid. Boat ramp access is good on the lower stretches below Marble Creek. Although this is typically a few weeks behind the CDA in terms of fishing and hatches, I’ll echo bringing your springtime dries along. Fish should be looking towards the surface as soon as hatches get rolling.

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Current Flow

Red Ives = 189 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Red Ives

Calder = 3080 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Calder

Miscellaneous

The Fishing

Plenty of action for those getting out on the early opener lakes. Amber has been fishing very well, also seems to be getting the most attention from local anglers so don’t plan on having the place to yourself. I fished Medical lake a couple days earlier this week, we found some very nice fish but nothing crazy for numbers, which is pretty standard out there. No reports yet from Coffeepot but I’d have it in the lineup for sure. Typical early season flies have been producing, I found the best success on various blob colors and balanced leeches.

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Steelhead Rivers

The Fishing

Our reports for steelhead land (Grande Ronde, Snake, Clearwater Rivers are winding down as we approach spawning season. Time to give them a rest as approach March.

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Current Flows

Grande Ronde River at Troy - 3610 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Troy

Snake River at Anatone - 26500 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Anatone

Clearwater River at Spalding - 15000 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Spalding