River Reports by NWO

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Felt??? Rubber??? Both??? Decide for yourself!!!

The Coeur d'Alene: (See Map)

Doesn't get much better than this! Still plenty of water, but much more manageable throughout the drainage. Upper stretches are starting to get a little skinny, but the mid and lower river keep giving up big fish! On the tail end of the drakes and golden stones but they are still around especially on a cloudy day or evenings. Hoppers, beetles and ants should really start in full force soon!

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The St. Joe - (See Map):
Joe has been great the last week or so. Plenty of wading to be had above Avery and the fish are still fat and happy. Big dries have been the ticket with or without droppers. Maybe start with a prince, or pheasant tail or cj dropper and then switch to another dry like a pmd, bwo, or caddis when the fish really start looking up. Streamers are always a good option on the Joe as well!

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Clark Fork (Click for more info.)

Clark Fork is fishing and giving up some nice fish. Big dries with deep droppers, or double rubber legs nymph set ups will get the job done until the caddis or pmds get the fish up in the afternoons and evenings. Any cool weather should have this river hopping!

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The Spokane: (Click for more info.)River dropped and is starting to give up some fish. Decent small mouthing, with the occassional trout being caught as well. Caddis in the evening, but most of the action will come subsurface on a caddis pupae/softhackle or wooly buggers or leach patterns.

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Hayden & Other Area Lakes:
Lakes have been picking up for smallmouth and large mouth bass. Pike and Crappie have been biting pretty well too. A good option until the rivers come down a little bit.

Although we do not guide the local lakes, we are out on them almost daily, so we will always have an up-to-date report. The most effective patterns we've found are small leech and damsel patterns, including the Ruby Eye Leech, Carey Special, Olive Wooly Bugger, and the Boucher Special. If you don't have a boat, call us at the shop for a great deal on several different pontoon boat packages from Bucks Bags.

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Crab Creek: (Click for more info.)
Still fishing well and should keep fishing with the cool forcast and the amount of rain we've had lately.

Click HERE to see the caliber of fish that are in Crab Creek - "any big rainbow that is in a tiny little creek" - they are impressive!
 

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Rivers We Fish Regularly:
The staff at Northwest Outfitters regularly fish the North Fork of the Clearwater, Kelly Creek, and The Lochsa River. Call the shop to find out the fishing status of these beautiful Idaho waterways.
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