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• Hunting and fishing

  December 2, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing The Grande Ronde River is clear and cold, and steelhead fishing is tough, although anglers from Northwest Outfitters in Coeur d’Alene had a successful trip recently. They said …

• Hunting and fishing

  October 7, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing Fly fishing for steelhead on the Methow is excellent. Try drifting a Glo Bug under a strike indicator or swing big wooly buggers and leeches. 1

• Hunting and fishing

  August 26, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing The Clark Fork is finally dropping. Water conditions are perfect. The best fishing is on the lower river with hoppers and big foam bugs. The Blackfoot continues to …

• Hunting and fishing

  June 3, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B4 Fly fishing The St. Regis has dropped into the marginally fishy zone at 1,400 cfs. That’s still high but should make it fishable through the weekend before blowing out again.

• Hunting and fishing

  May 6, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B6 Fly fishing The Bitterroot River in Montana is one of the few fishable rivers right now. It has been very good. The Clark Fork could be blown out by the …

• Hunting and fishing

  April 22, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing Pat Way at Northwest Outfitters in Coeur d’Alene says there has been a lot of insect activity on the Coeur d’Alene and the St. Joe rivers, and cool …

• Hunting and fishing

  April 15, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B5 Fly fishing The Clark Fork near St. Maries was running at 8,240 cfs at midweek and on a steady decline. Fishing was reported to be good but not great. The …

• Hunting and fishing

  March 25, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing Dusty and Burke lakes in Grant County are providing fair fly fishing for 14- to 18-inch rainbows. Chironomid patterns along the shorelines are working under a strike indicator.

• Hunting and fishing

  March 18, 2011 in Outdoors on Page B7 Fly fishing There has been a significant amount of Skwala stonefly nymph activity throughout the day on the Yakima River. Most success has been using a dropper system with a …

• Hunting + fishing

  August 28, 2009 in Sports on Page B7 Trout and kokanee Lenice Lake has been very good for big trout, especially if you can fish around the frequent wind storms. An olive Wooly Bugger works as well as …

• Hunting and fishing

  March 13, 2009 in Outdoors on Page B3 Fly fishing The Coeur d’Alene River is kicking out a few cutthroat and some whitefish, particularly from Cataldo to just past Kingston. As with the Clark Fork, which has also …