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| Coeur d'Alene River - July 5th, 2010 |
RECORDED: 
57 °
FISHING: Great
The NFCDA water volumes are in pretty good shape right now, according to R. Weaver, and 30 to 40 fish days are well within reason. While the green drakes are showing up and the cutthroat are aggressively feeding, tossing a big ugly out there will bring some surprising results. A small copper John size 16 or 18 as a dropper would also be a good combination. Weaver says a large stimulator or sofa pillow worked best for him just recently. Drifting the lower river in a pontoon boat can gain you some otherwise difficult access.
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| Columbia Basin Lakes - July 5th, 2010 |
RECORDED: 
59 °
FISHING: Good
Sprague Lake is a hit or miss scene right now, as the wind can literally blow you off the lake and makes casting a challenge in creative wind knot construction. The rainbows are huge. We have had reports of some tipping the 10 pound scale and are very fiesty to catch. The electric bugger by far is the top producing fly on the lake, but the fish are dispersed. Because of the lack of structure in the lake and it having a lot of weeds, the fish can be a little difficult to find. Again, use your full sinking line for best results. Fishing has slowed a bit. but if you locate the right drop offs and work the deeper water, you should fair well.
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| Clearwater River – North Fork - July 5th, 2010 |
RECORDED:
61 °
FISHING: Fair
Have a few reports coming in from the NFCWand the Kelly Creek area. The water volumes were up, but the higher one fishes, the less of runoff one has to contend with. Pools and seams really come into play and accuracy of the presentation is more focused, especially using small BWOs, small caddis patterns and even parachute adams in these slower more protected sections of the streams. Our small hot headed mini bugger played a big part in their success as a nymph pattern, as the cutts just slammed into them. Late afternoon and early evening were the best hours to be on the water. Had to work for the fish, but well worth the effort.
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| Kettle River - July 5th, 2010 |
RECORDED:
59 °
FISHING: Good
Had a fairly good report come in from our neighbors up north in BC, as they were fishing the Kettle in the US with golden stonefly nymphs and while rainbows were occasionally taking the stone pattern, they were pleasantly surprised with some sizeable brown trout that wanted some of the action. They suggested using either a full sinking or sink tip fly line and fish the deeper pools in the river letting the nymph just tumble through the pools. Extending your tapered leader to 12 feet with tippet helps, but the nymphs need to be weighted if using this technique. There is no doubt when the fish grabs the fly!
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| Spokane River - July 5th, 2010 |
RECORDED: 
59 °
FISHING: Fair
The Spokane is starting to come down a bit in water volumes, but for the past few weeks we have been doing well using weighted streamer patterns, a shop specialty pattern combining the characteristics of a carey special with a wooly bugger. The brown, olive and black patterns seem to work equally as well. These patterns have great visiability and movement and are proving to be the number one fly right now in the river. Fished on the swing with a short strip retrieve, the areas below TJ and plants ferry are producing some beautiful 14 to 18 inch redbands. Try using a sink tip line or a 10 foot sinking poly leader off the end of your floating line.
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| St Joe River - July 5th, 2010 |
RECORDED: 
57 °
FISHING: Good
The river is fishing well and the water volumes are cooperating, clear up to Red Ives. Fly flat and Tin Can are doing well on green drakes, pmd patterns and the rag wool sculpin. fishing in the early mornings or the late afternoons. Crowds are starting to show up in numbers on the weekends, so it would recommended a week day trip might find you more elbow room. If you do not mind walking up stream from Spruce Tree a few miles or so, the rewards are great. Again, as with the NFCDA, take some big uglys along as well as the bead head emergers.
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