St. Joe River, Idaho

Hatches

Salmonflies
Skwalas
Grey Drakes
March Browns
PMD's

The Fishing

Nope! Heavy rains blew out the St. Joe River. The river may get back to a more manageable level mid next week. We will keep you posted.

Current Flow

Red Ives = Affected by ice ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Red Ives

Calder = 11500 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Calder

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

Hatches

PMD's
Salmonflies
Skwalas
Drakes

The Fishing

We were back out on the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River yesterday. Fishing has been good, but mostly in the afternoon if you are looking to fish dries. Morning hours have been mostly nymphing. Afternoon hatches of salmonflies, pmds, skwalas, drakes, and some caddis will get some fish up. Mostly the dry fly fishing has been blind fishing with a stonefly, typically of the salmonfly variety which has been working the best. Nymphing with a stone / lightning bug combo has been well. Most fish will eat the stone but a fair amount are eating the lightning bug, probably due to the amount of pmd's that have been out. The higher up you go, the slower the fishing has been, especially the first half of the day. Conditions may change with rain in the forecast so keep tabs on what is happening, currently it's good.

Current Flow

Prichard = 1110 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Prichard

Cataldo = 5420 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Cataldo

Miscellaneous

The Fishing

Lakes -
Our local lakes slowed down a bit last weekend with the warmer temps, but with colder weather moving we should see an uptick in trout fishing. Chironomids, balanced leeches, callibaetis, and damsels/dragonflies will produce fish throughout the day.

Bass and carp fishing has also been good with fish getting ready to spawn, so the feedbags have been put on. Come into the shop if you're interested in trying something new. Both of these fish are really fun to catch on the fly!

Spokane River, Washington

Hatches

Caddis
Salmonflies

The Fishing

The Spokane River will re-open the Saturday before Memorial Day (May 25th)

Current Flow

16600 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Lower River / Post Falls

Steelhead Rivers

The Fishing

Good smallmouth bass fishing on the Grande Ronde lately. High, but very fishable! The river is open year round now up to the Oregon State Line for gamefish like bass. Minnow / Smolt patterns work great this time of the season.

Current Flows

Grande Ronde River at Troy - 9960 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Troy

Snake River at Anatone - 95300 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Anatone

Clearwater River at Spalding - 63300 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Spalding