Spokane River, Washington
Hatches
Fall caddis
October caddis
BWO'sThe Fishing
The Spokane River is one of your better fall fisheries. Stable water, warmer water, and a few bugs still hatching make for good conditions. Mornings will be tough / slow. Mid-day and later will be best. BWO's and midges will have some fish podded up and feeding early afternoon for a few hours. While you could still throw a chubby / dropper around the indicator and euro rigs will produce more. Streamers and yes even some soft hackle fishing exist. There are a few fall caddis this time of the year. Nymphs can include... but not limited too... rubber leg stones, blow torch patterns, hot bead stuff, perdigons, san juans or squirmies, tungsten pt's, caddis pupa. Our guide crew is still running some trips and having some good days!
Current Flow
2430 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Lower River / Post Falls
NF CDA - North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Hatches
BWO's
Midges
The Fishing
Not really many reports as of late, but the last reports we had were good. Dry fly fishing in the afternoons has a little window. Mornings are brisk, better to sleep in. Always worth dredging some streamers in the deeper pools too. For dries I'd say stick with small stuff.... bwo's, bwo emergers, midges and midge emergers, small purple haze. Probably won't see too many bugs anymore like October caddis or fall caddis. Definitely nymph rigs!
Current Flow
Prichard = 87.6 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Prichard
Cataldo = 423 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Cataldo

St. Joe River, Idaho
Hatches
October caddis
BWO's
Midges
The Fishing
No reports as of late from the St. Joe River. Educated guess says it's like the North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River still... just a smaller window if you were to have some dry fly opportunity. Mornings will be slow. Look for softer currents and deeper runs / pools. Bring your small bugs like bwo's and midges, plus emergers in both of those. Should be able to drum up some fish here, just don't plan on it being an all day slay fest.
Current Flow
Red Ives = 61.9 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Red Ives
Calder = 351 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Calder

Miscellaneous
The Fishing
Hitting repeat this week... Not a whole lot to report as the season is winding down. Still have some lake opportunities on late season lakes but not much for reports.... most folks have been hitting moving water and steelhead fisheries.
Steelhead Rivers
The Fishing
Grande Ronde / Snake - Good fishing overall reports from most places. Swinging is definitely more of sink-tip and leech situation on the Grande Ronde (if you are actually looking to catch something) the Snake and the mouth of the Grande Ronde you can fish traditionals still and have reasonable odds... though in my humble opinion it's more of sink-tip / leech game as we progress into November. Indicator tactics are working very well for steelhead lately.
Clearwater River - we really haven't had any direct reports from here this past week since our last update, but there is no real reason not try or for it to not be fishing well. If you don't go then then you will never know!
Copy and paste this link to view steelhead dam counts, you will need to select "Steelhead" from the menu list to view the steelhead numbers: https://www.fpc.org/web/apps/adultsalmon/R_yeartodatecomparisontable_results.php#tabs-5Current Flows
Grande Ronde River at Troy - 614 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Troy
Snake River at Anatone - 14300 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Anatone
Clearwater River at Spalding - 3570 ft3/sec
Prediction Flow - Spalding
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