Spokane River, Washington

Hatches

BWO's
Midges

The Fishing

The Spokane River is a good option for the narrow fall window of fall fly fishing around the region. Streamer and nymphing will be the go-to for most of the day with some bwo activity in the early afternoons. Nymphs can include (but not limited to) rubber leg stones, squirmies or san juans, perdigons, spanish bullets, thread frenchies, and caddis pupa. Often patterns with hot beads or hot spots work well this time of the year. Sculpins, lead eye leeches, and sparkle minnow kinda stuff works well on sink-tips this time of the year. Finding softer currents is important as temps cool off.

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Current Flow

2800 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Lower River / Post Falls

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

Hatches

BWO's
Midges
Fall caddis

The Fishing

I (Sean) got out on the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River this week for a couple hours. There is some bwo, midge, and fall caddis activity in the afternoons with the potential at some fish on dries. Mornings and most of the day a nymph or streamer rig is the go-to. Not all the pools are full of fish, if you are dredging with a nymph rig and have tried some of the usual fall patterns with no success I would recommend moving on to a different pool as the fish are fairly podded up. The lower stretches will be best now that we are in mid November. Still worth fishing on the nice days at least for the afternoon!

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Current Flow

Prichard = 317 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Prichard

Cataldo = 874 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Cataldo

St. Joe River, Idaho

Hatches

BWO's
Midges

The Fishing

Not much to report from the St. Joe River as the window of opportunity is limited this time of the year so not many people are willing to drive here from this area. If you do go I'd say just read the NF Coeur d'Alene and apply those tactics / logic on the St. Joe since the fisheries are super similar.

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Current Flow

Red Ives = 200 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Red Ives

Calder = 915 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Calder

Miscellaneous

The Fishing

Not much to report for mid-November! Still some opportunities out there though

Steelhead Rivers

The Fishing

The Grande Ronde and Snake rivers are still putting fish out. Pay attention to weather and water temps this time of year, the Ronde can get a little dicey when the cold starts to lock things down. The Snake will be one of the best options over the next couple of months, since the water stays warmer and fish will remain relatively active. Sink tips will be rigged up on all of my rods going forward, but in the right water dry lines will stay play.

I managed to find a couple fish on the Clearwater earlier this week. Fishing isn’t red-hot here and you gotta work for it, which is typical. Finding a big B-run fish is the allure to the Clearwater, not necessarily numbers of steelhead.

Current Flows

Grande Ronde River at Troy - 779 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Troy

Snake River at Anatone - 15600 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Anatone

Clearwater River at Spalding - 4530 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Spalding