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• Hunting and fishing

  May 17, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing The best river option for fly fishermen right now is the Coeur d’Alene, which is dropping and should be in decent shape by Saturday. Finding clean, slow water …

• Hunting and fishing

  May 10, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing Fly fishermen are catching lots of 10-11-inch rainbow as well as some 16-inch brookies on the west side of Spokane County’s Fish Lake. A Bead Head Damsel Nymph …

• Hunting and fishing

  May 3, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B5 Fly fishing Amber Lake still has good numbers of 12-14-inch cutthroat as well as some much larger. A leech pattern on a sinking line will account for a lot of … 1

• Hunting and fishing

  April 26, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene is moving pretty fast and wading is tough. Fish the slower water. Skwalas, March browns and grey drakes are showing. The St. Joe is dropping …

• Hunting and fishing

  April 19, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing Lake Chopaka, a longtime favorite of fly fishermen in the Okanogan, opens April 27. Chopaka has been terrific the past two seasons, and is expected to be great …

• Hunting and fishing

  April 12, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing Hutchinson/Shiner Lake, near Othello, Wash., is a warmwater species project lake with quality crappie, bluegill, and largemouth – a great place to fly fish for warmwater species with …

• Hunting and fishing

  April 5, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing Newman Lake water is very murky, but fly fishermen are hooking some solid largemouth on the edges of the flats on the northeast end. Large pike flies in …

• Hunting and fishing

  March 29, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing Omak Lake on the Colville Indian Reservation is at its peak in April. Start gearing up now for a shot at those big Lahontan cutthroat. A tribal license … 1

• Hunting and fishing

  March 22, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B8 Fly fishing Fly fishermen who make the hike into Dusty Lake are catching some big rainbow. Lenore Lake anglers are starting to catch nice-sized cutthroat on chironomids. 1

• Hunting and fishing

  March 15, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing Big Four Lake, one of the Tucannon Lakes in Columbia County, is fly fishing only. It is full of cooperative 8- to 9-inch recently planted rainbow, but 300 …

• Hunting and fishing

  March 8, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B8 Heads up The Inland Northwest Wildlife Council’s 53rd annual Big Horn Outdoor Adventure Show runs March 21-24, at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. 1

• Hunting and fishing

  March 1, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B9 Fly fishing Dusty Lake in the Quincy Wildlife Area opens today. It is popular with fly anglers and produces rainbow and brown trout to over 20 inches and tiger trout …

• Hunting and fishing

  February 15, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B8 Fly fishing After a three-year hiatus, the Fly Fishing Show returns to Seattle Saturday and Sunday at the Lynwood Convention Center. The show is fly fishing only and features a …

• Hunting and fishing

  February 8, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B8 Salmon/steelhead Steelhead anglers are putting in a lot of hours on the Snake and Clearwater rivers with little success. A bright spot is Hells Canyon, where backtrolled plugs have accounted …

• Hunting and fishing

  January 25, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B9 Fly fishing At Northwest Outfitters in Coeur d’Alene, Mike Beard says the lower Snake River has “actually been OK” for steelhead, though shelf ice can be a problem. Beard predicts …

• Hunting and fishing

  January 18, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Salmon/steelhead At Camp, Cabin and Home in Lewiston, Andy Alldredge says the Clearwater River is up a little but fishing pretty well for steelhead. Participation, he says, is minimal. The …

• Hunting and fishing

  January 11, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B7 Salmon/steelhead Water on local steelhead destinations has dropped and fishing has been good if you can catch a warmer day. Guide Toby Wyatt, of Reel Time Fishing, says he has …

• Hunting and fishing

  January 4, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Salmon and steelhead There has not been much angler activity on Idaho steelhead waters this week, but those fishing between the Clearwater confluence and the Orofino Bridge are catching a …

• Hunting and fishing

  December 28, 2012 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing Whitefish can be the saviors of sanity for fly fishermen this time of year. The Coeur d’Alene River has them, and you might also catch a trout. Other …

• Hunting and fishing

  December 21, 2012 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River has dropped enough to make afternoon streamer or nymph fishing for cutthroat worth the drive. Afternoons are best.

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