St. Joe River, Idaho

Hatches

BWO's
Mahoganies
October Caddis
Fall Caddis
Spruce Moths
Terrestrials

The Fishing

Some good reports, some slower reports, some decent reports. Could be time of the day, could be barometric pressure changes... could be the earth's rotational axis is off. Lol, hell it's fishing, not catching, I don't know. Well worth going and fishing though, most everyone is catching fish and some nice ones. Fall is setting in here and the fall hatches are just starting. Have some fall caddis, October caddis, mahoganies, bwo's, purple haze, midges, and that frickin' spruce moth that everyone talks about that the fish never eat. Pack 'em all with you cuz every day is different, and some stretches of the river will vary from others. Ants are probably the best patterns I've hear of lately and traditionally when I fished here a lot in September a cinnamon ant would crush 'em.

Current Flow

Red Ives = 80.0 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Red Ives

Calder = 375 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Calder

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

Hatches

Fall caddis
October caddis
BWO's
Mahoganies

The Fishing

Kenyon and I swung up here for a quick evening fish Wednesday after Kenyon was done guiding. Yes, you read that correctly... we literally drove here for about 1.5hrs of fishing... after he guided all day on the Spokane. We checked out a couple spots on the lower river. A couple October caddis were out, but more importantly there mahogany dun spinners from a hatch earlier in the day, as well as the fall spotted sedge caddis. Fish seemed keyed in on the caddis pupa and some of the spinners on the surface. Find a soft riffle, or foam line, or one of the sloooowwww pools and you will find fish. Dries should get it done fine, nymphing will definitely work too, but dries would be my first choice. Didn't have time to streamer fish, but a stripping something smaller size like a Tung Thin Mint, BH or CH buggers, or small sculpins should work fine. A cinnamon color ant worked well for Kenyon too I forgot to mention. Fall colors starting to show up here!

Current Flow

Prichard = 78.7 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Prichard

Cataldo = 325 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Cataldo

Spokane River, Washington

Hatches

Caddis
Terrestrials
Pseudo Baetis
BWO's
October Caddis

The Fishing

Got out on the Spokane River today with Thomas & Thomas Rod Rep Jon Covich, Mike, Kenyon, and Bo. Good fishing overall. The streamer bite has been pretty solid, the Big Bird bugger was best for us. Chubbies with tungsten jig caddis pupa droppers were also very good. Most fish came on the tung caddis pupa, but some ate the big dries. Some fish were eating some pseudo baetis on the on the surface, but we didn't have time to try to pick them off, those fish get snotty. Euro and bobber rigs are working great. Something like a tweny inch stone, red dart, blow torch with a caddis pupa pattern will work all day long. Get after it! Or call us and we will row you around!

Current Flow

1340 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Lower River / Post Falls

Miscellaneous

The Fishing

Outside of the usual Spokane, Coeur d'Alene, and St. Joe River reports not much else! Cloudy weather will make for some good fishing conditions on the Clark Fork River. Typically the NF Clearwater / Kelly Creek is good until early October so that is worth a trip too.

Steelhead Rivers

The Fishing

Commission closes steelhead fishery in Clearwater River basin - https://idfg.idaho.gov/press/commission-closes-steelhead-season-clearwater-river-basin



Got a good Clearwater River from Matt Seaton who tangled into a few steelhead over the weekend. He said they were 3 for 5, one which was a pretty large B run steelhead from the looks of it. One of the largest I've seen for this time of the year. No words on the Grande Ronde or Snake River yet, normally there are a few fish around by this time of the year but it will be sparse.

Current Flows

Grande Ronde River at Troy - 824 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Troy

Snake River at Anatone - 17500 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Anatone

Clearwater River at Spalding - 6930 ft³/sec
Prediction Flow - Spalding