River Reports by NWO

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The Coeur d'Alene: (See Map)

Winter fishing has arrived. Deep water nymphing should be the best technique for awhile. Possible still some BWO's or midges coming off in the afternoon, but will be a fairly sporadic ordeal. Concentrate on the lower river in some of the deeper runs and you should be able to find some fish. Streamers can also be effective this time of year.

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The St. Joe - (See Map):
Water is getting colder, and the fish seem to have moved down. Wouldn't fish much above Avery and again looking for blue wings, mahoganies and midges to be coming off for a few hours in the afternoon. Nymphing a prince or pheasant tail with an RS2 dropper in the deeper slots or pulling a streamer could picked up some fish as well.

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Steelhead (Click for more info.)

The Steelheading is really good, but the catching has slowed a little. With the colder water a sink tip will help put your fly in front of their face and not make them chase quite as far. Not getting the lurching grabs as much, but there are still a lot of fish willing to move a little ways for a fly. Getting better reports from the Clearwater in the last week, and the Grand Ronde and Snake are still fishing well. the nicest part about this time of year...the the crowds have thinned out considerably.

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The Spokane: (Click for more info.)It's been a great summer on the Spokane. Deep water nymphing and soft hackles thru the riffles have been getting some quality red bands. A great half day option for a quick fix.

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Hayden & Other Area Lakes:
Hayden is starting to pick up for crappies, large mouth bass, pike, and the occassional big rainbows. Leaches and buggers below a indicator.

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.)
Gonna be a great fall out in the desert. The summer didn't seem to hurt the fish so if you want some semi-technical fishing for large trout book a trip today!

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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