Recent stories by Alan

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Oct. 9, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly fishing October is the final month to fish many of the region’s popular trout-stocked waters, but Rocky Ford Creek in Grant County offers great prospects throughout the year. The …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Oct. 2, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O4 Fly fishing The Upper Proper and Flatlands of the Yakima River have trout hitting size 16-18 Yellow Mays, as well as No. 10-12 Crane flies. Nymphing has produced the best …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Sept. 25, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly fishing The North Fork Coeur d’Alene is low and clear, but some large fish are being fooled with small flies and light tippets. The St. Joe is about the …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Sept. 11, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly fishing The Fish Washington website ( wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/washington) has expanded to provide the “whens, wheres and how-tos” for fishing Washington’s high-elevation lakes. It now has fishing information for hundreds of …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Sept. 4, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O3 Fly Fishing Cooler weather is bringing out some good hatches of blue-wing olives, pmds, caddis and mahoganies on the Coeur d’Alene. Mid-day fishing has improved greatly.

• Alan Liere: The true value of relics

  Aug. 28, 2014 in Outdoors, Sports on Page O3 I can’t wait to show off my most recent summer art purchases – two magnificent prints, one by David Maass and one by Lee Kouba. It seems a lot of …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Aug. 28, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing Fly fishermen are taking a few Clearwater River steelhead. It’s not hot fishing, but it’s a good early-season option.

• Alan Liere: You can always rely on good ol’ granny

  Aug. 21, 2014 in Outdoors, Sports on Page O3 By its nature, knot-tying is a skill that should be reinforced on a daily basis, but outside of weekend camping forays or the pursuit of fish and game, modern man … 1

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Aug. 21, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing North Fork Coeur d’Alene fly fishing is fair. The mid-river stretches from Prichard to Big Hank are best. Hopper fishing has been productive at mid-day.

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Aug. 14, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O4 Fly Fishing The small streams in the Chelan and Okanogan areas have dropped into fishing shape. Hit the Icicle, Entiat, White and other small streams with a three-weight for fast …

• Adventures await with night fishing for kokanee

  Aug. 7, 2014 in Sports on Page O3 Nighttime kokanee fishing has been good to excellent at Loon Lake for most of the summer. With the generous limit of 10, I’ve caught enough of these landlocked sockeye for …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  Aug. 7, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing Catch-and-release trout fishing in the Methow River is good. The open area extends from the Lower Burma Road Bridge (below the town of Methow) upstream to the Weeman …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  July 31, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing The Spokane River is fishing fairly well any time of the day. Late evening caddis hatches are getting a lot of risers. Double nymph rigs during the day …

• Mining for purple: Huckleberry pickers wear stains with pride

  July 24, 2014 in Outdoors, Sports on Page O1 After a two-year hiatus from picking, I recently returned from a huckleberry excursion to the Metaline Falls area. The seat of my jeans was stained purple, I smelled like DEET, …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  July 24, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing The Yakima River is experiencing summer flows and the fishing has been decent despite the heat and high water. The #12 black Copper John is a good pattern …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  July 17, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing Fly fishing has slowed on the North Fork Coeur d’Alene River. You can still take fish early and late with a deep dropper, however, but it won’t be …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  July 10, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing On the Coeur d’Alene River, tubers are in full force below Prichard. Your best bet for some uninterrupted fishing is early morning.

• Alan Liere: Aspiring to lesser challenges

  July 3, 2014 in Outdoors, Sports on Page O2 My fifth grade science book said rocks came in three major groups – igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. For me, rocks came in four basic groups – throwing rocks, skipping rocks, …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  July 3, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing Fishing is good on the North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene. Mayfly and golden caddis patterns will produce. The upper river is getting a lot of pressure, but …

• Weekly hunting and fishing report

  June 26, 2014 in Outdoors on Page O2 Fly Fishing Amber Lake cutts are lying near the bottom and not moving very far to feed. The narrows on the west end have been good in the evening.

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