CDA River Report 5.3.15

Weather has been amazing this past week and fishing on the Coeur d’Alene and some of its smaller tribs has been excellent. It feels like July up there and those fish have been eating everything from small streamers and nymphs in the morning to Salmon Flies and Adams in the afternoon. Our favorite patterns have been Hippie Stomper’s, Bloom’s Ant’s, and a gold Chubby Chernobyl!

No need to nymph on the smaller waters, unless you really want to make it a numbers game. A small dropper off your dry will help scoop up a few of those fish skittish about eating something off the surface.

Adding a dropper on the big river is key however. Most anglers have been doing well with a small mayfly or stonefly hung beneath their dry. A double nymph rig has been very effective as well.

In our experience, the fishing has still been a little slow in the mornings before water temps have a chance to warm up a few degrees. Sometime around 11 o’clock things seems to turn around and fishing has been stellar for the rest of the day.

The smaller tribs still have some populations of spawning fish in them so be mindful where you’re stepping!

Watch the flows here: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/id/nwis/uv?12413000

Cheers