Recent stories by Alan

• Hunting and fishing

  December 31, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B5 Fly fishing The Methow River has a sizeable population of mountain whitefish and they can be caught readily on flies. The daily limit is 15, with no minimum size and …

• Hunting and fishing

  November 26, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B3 Trout and kokanee Area winter lakes Hog Canyon, Fourth of July, Williams and Hatch will open Wednesday after being closed for rehabilitation last year. Fish biologists Chris Donley and Bill …

• Hunting and fishing

  October 8, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing The guest speaker at this month’s Spokane Fly Fishers’ meeting is steelheader extraordinaire John Shewey. Johnwill give his presentation at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the St. Francis School/Church …

• Hunting and fishing

  October 1, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing As fall progresses, St. Joe and Coeur d’Alene cutthroat move downriver. Find the right spot and you’ll have a great day with larger fish.

• Hunting and fishing

  September 10, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing The vinyl hatch on the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe rivers has ended and fishing has been excellent throughout the systems. Blue winged olives and PMDs are hatching.

• Hunting and fishing reports

  September 3, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing Fly fishermen and spin-casters are taking some really big rainbow recently near Mirabeau Park on the Spokane River.

• Hunting and fishing

  August 20, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B5 On the Coeur d’Alene River the fishing has stayed decent up the river, especially in the mornings and evening. The vinyl hatch is in full force, mostly in the midriver …

• Hunting and fishing

  August 13, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B4 Steelheaders in the catch-and-release Clearwater are having a ball throwing small flies on top. Mike Beard of Northwest Outfitters in Coeur d’Alene says this is the best early fishing for …

• Hunting and fishing

  July 23, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B5 Fly fishing The South Fork Snake River is fishing well. Golden stoneflies are coming off, and fly anglers are having luck in the riffles. Several incentive payments (including one fish …

• Hunting and fishing

  July 16, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B5 Fly fishing The Clark Fork was running at 6,400 cfs at midweek and dropping. Fishing has been good for those braving the wind. The St. Joe was flowing at 255 …

• Hunting and fishing

  July 9, 2010 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing The Grande Ronde was down to 3,300 cfs on Wednesday – high, but finally fishable. Guide, Rick Hedding says he and his young son, Sam, did an evening …

• Hunting + fishing

  June 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B4 Fly fishing Fly fishermen hoping to fish the classic trout streams such as the St. Joe, the Coeur d’Alene and the Clearwater need at least another week for the water …

• Hunting + fishing

  May 28, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Fly fishing Thursday’s rain is likely to foul river fishing, although the Clark Fork was still dropping Thursday morning. Stoneflies were hatching on the Bitterroot. 1

• Hunting + fishing

  May 7, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Fly fishing Recent runoff has the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe rivers running high and turbid. If you absolutely need to fish, go high into the watershed. The Clark Fork …

• Hunting + fishing

  April 30, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Fly fishing McDowell Lake, which opened Saturday, is producing excellent fly fishing for rainbow, most running 18-21 inches. A bloodworm pattern fished near the bottom has proven effective.

• Hunting + fishing

  April 2, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Fly fishing North Fork Coeur d’Alene River trout have been feeding consistently throughout the day. Skwalas and golden stones are out, and there is always the chance of an afternoon …

• Hunting + fishing

  March 19, 2010 in Sports on Page B9 Fly fishing Spokane resident Steve Moss went to Rocky Ford on Tuesday, experiencing “Chamber of Commerce” weather and cooperative fish. “The early morning consisted of a scud breakfast chased a …

• Hunting + fishing

  March 12, 2010 in Sports on Page B4 Fly fishing The Methow River closes at the end of the month, but fly fishermen are still taking steelhead as well as incidental catches of rainbow and bull trout.

• Hunting + fishing

  March 5, 2010 in Sports on Page B9 Fly fishing Lenice Lake was the most popular and best-performing quality water on Monday’s opener. Triploid trout averaged 19-21 inches with a few up to 24.

• Hunting + fishing

  January 1, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Fly fishing Despite cold, slightly roiled water, a few hardy fly fishermen are finding trout that are still looking up on the Big Spokane. If you’d rather drive farther and …

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