Spokane River, Washington

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BWO's
Midges

The Fishing

The Spokane River is still plugging along as one of the better trout fishing options around the area. Streamer fishing has been quite good, our guide Jesse has been getting into fish consistently using the trout spey. He reported that fish were willing to engage with a variety of presentations, whether that was a steady swing or stripped retrieve. Nymphing is still a constant and I’d start targeting the more “winter” water going forward. Slow moving but not frog water, deeper zones with some structure are all likely areas to find fish this time of year. There’s still a decent window of BWO activity midday but that’s getting slimmer by the day. Hot bead or standard stone patterns, attractor nymphs, san juans/squirmies are all worth tossing around under the indicator. Streamer patterns that imitate sculpin, leeches or baitfish will get the job done..

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Current Flow

2430 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Lower River / Post Falls

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

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BWO's
Midges
Fall caddis

The Fishing

Still hearing from a few folks venturing up the CDA lately. Doesn’t sound like fishing has been incredible up here this past week, but it’s still a worthy option if you’re trying to get out of town for the day. You can still drive wherever you want to on the drainage, but the best window of fishing will be on the lower river below Prichard. The cutts tend to work their way downstream this time of year and pod up in the slow, deep water for the winter months. Nymph rigs or a slowly fished streamer are going to be the most effective presentations. Maybe a shot at a fish or two still eating BWOs or midges, but I wouldn’t count on it being super consistent.

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Current Flow

Prichard = 158 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Prichard

Cataldo = 819 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Cataldo

St. Joe River, Idaho

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BWO's
Midges

The Fishing

It was a pretty damn good season on the St. Joe River! Despite a low water year the St. Joe hung in there and continued to be the stellar cutthroat fishery that it is. As we approach late November now and temperatures starting to dip to uncomfortable ranges we are wrapping up the fishing reports for this fishery until sometime around late February or March when it begins to thaw out again. Thanks for checking in weekly and we hope to see you around the shop this winter. We appreciate you supporting our local small business.

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Current Flow

Red Ives = 120 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Red Ives

Calder = 610 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Calder

Miscellaneous

The Fishing

Heard from a couple folks that have fished Rocky Ford recently. Sounds like the weeds are still very present, but you can find the lanes in between where the fish are hanging. If you’ve fished here before, you know what to expect. Scuds, midges, small baetis will all play. Toss a streamer around and see if you can’t wrangle one of the pond donkeys.

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Steelhead Rivers

The Fishing

The Grande Ronde and Snake rivers are still putting fish out. Looks like we’re going to see a weather shift later next week that will bring some cold weather into this region. The Ronde can get a little dicey when the cold starts to lock things down, but the Snake will hang in there a little longer, being a larger river with warmer water temps. On the Ronde, nymphing will be most effective but it’s still worth swinging larger profile flies on sink tips. The Snake is mostly a swing game for me, I like running anywhere from a T-8 to T-14 sink tip depending on the run.

The Clearwater is still worth a shot, flows did come up quite a bit last weekend but have since dropped back into good shape. You can still find fish on dry line techniques here but I’d have sink tips ready to roll.

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Current Flows

Grande Ronde River at Troy - 727 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Troy

Snake River at Anatone - 15700 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Anatone

Clearwater River at Spalding - 5050 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Spalding