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Alan Liere
Alan Liere is a freelance columnist for the sports department who writes a weekly hunting and fishing report.
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Recent stories by Alan
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Hunting and fishing
July 19, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River is experiencing its lowest flow in the last 20 years. That and the “vinyl hatch” have made fishing poor in the lower stretches. Above …
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Hunting and fishing
July 12, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing The Big Spokane is fishing well in the morning. Fish are focused in the faster water. Streamers and double nymph rigs do a nice job. Pat’s Rubber Legs …
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Hunting and fishing
June 28, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River was recharged by recent rains and levels are good. Poor weather has kept anglers off the water, and as it drops again, cutthroat fishing …
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Hunting and fishing
June 21, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River is fishing pretty well for cutthroat and the St. Joe is picking up. The Clearwater is just beginning to fish. 2
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June 14, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River is fishing very well with PMDs and caddis bringing the action. The St. Joe is coming down still, and floating is now an option. …
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June 7, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Trout and kokanee A few hardy anglers have braved nighttime temperatures and are catching kokanee by jigging Glo hooks and maggots on the northeast side in about 30 feet of … 4
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Hunting and fishing
May 31, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River is the best local bet for river trout fishing, but the St. Joe is starting to come around.
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Hunting and fishing
May 24, 2013 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing Amber Lake is still a good bet for cutthroat running 18 inches and up. Try leech patterns close to the bottom. 2
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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
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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 …
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Jan. 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 …
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Jan. 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 …
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Hunting and fishing
Jan. 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 …
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Hunting and fishing
Dec. 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.
