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| Clark Fork River - August 9th, 2008 |
RECORDED: 
86 °
FISHING: Good
There are several locations one can drift from and to on the river, but from Forest Grove to Superior can really make a trip to the river worth while. Using dry golden stone patterns with an occasional adams or humpy here and there will keep you very busy for most of the drift. Bead headed hares ear or pheasant tails will work I am sure, but there is nothing like the take on a dry fly. Most of the rainbows were in the teens, but there is that occasional bull trout that will surprise you. It did me! I thought for sure it was a small chinook salmon porposing on my salmon fly pattern, judging by the size of this monster as he exposed himself rolling on the surface. For those of you that know me, I will leave this one alone. Needles to say, go fish the Clark Fork.
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| Columbia Basin Lakes - August 9th, 2008 |
RECORDED: 
78 °
FISHING: Excellent
Rock Lake is one of the hottest lakes to fish right now according to several reports coming in from very reliable sources. Although the lake is about 7.5 miles long, it produces some of the finest brown and rainbow trout fishing when its hot. The boat launch is primitive, but workable. Try using a full sinking line with almost 90 ft. of it out and on a slow wind driven drift, short strip either electric buggers or Swedes olive hot face leech. Work your way down about a mile lake left and stay about 30 to 40 feet out from the rocks. Rock Lake can be very dangerous with high winds for small boats, as there is no shoreline for some distances. Take care.
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| Coeur d'Alene River - August 9th, 2008 |
RECORDED:
70 °
FISHING: Great
The NFCDA and related tribs are in fine shape, especially in the upper sections of the river where the road turns to dirt. You may have to do a little exploring (walking) to where the river and the roadside angler have parted company. Some of the canyon areas from Jordan have reported some great dry fly action using hoppers, stones and ant patterns for cutts from 10 to 14 inches with the occasional 16 inch beauty. Cutts are very aggressive and explosive on the dry fly, so its really not necessary to present your number 26 BWO on a perfectly timed flawless cast. Cast the bug for the tug.
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| St Joe River - August 9th, 2008 |
RECORDED: 
78 °
FISHING: Great
People, more people and even more people. Good grief! What used to be a sanctuary for the fly flinger is now a bring your own rock to stand on experience. But there is still hope. Forget about finding a camp space on the weekends, but if you fish from Tin Can to Red Ives you will find some great cutthroat fishing in these waters. My friend Steve and fellow rod builder from Spokane has been fishing the upper river with a great degree of success. His go to pattern has been the Rag Wool Sculpin, tied here in the shop at Swedes. Fished in the deep slots and pools this pattern just wrecks fish. For the dry fly purist, he recommends a gray drake in the early evening hours. In any event, be prepared to do some exploring the side tribs also.
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| Spokane River - August 9th, 2008 |
RECORDED: 
81 °
FISHING: Fair
The lower Spokane River from TJ on down is actually doing very well. The Rathdrum Aquifer interchanges with the lower river in certain sections where underground springs become present in the river offering cooler more oxygenated and nutrient rich areas. These areas are now producing some very fine rainbow trout fishing using soft hackles, bead headed princes, bloody marys, small stones and of course, Swedes pheasant tail lightning bug. My preference would be to fish them on the swing without a strike indicator or off a hopper. Some of the river sections are quite irregular and deep and the fly needs to get down to the fish. My friend (one of two) was just down there the other evening and managed to take about 6 beautiful rainbows on an olive Humpy size 14.
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