Observed
24d ago
Hatch Status
Fall BWOs #18-22
Conditions
Excellent hatches and stellar fishing across the board on the Coeur d'Alene right now. Fish are getting picky as water cools, so target slower, deeper water: pools, tailouts, and deep ripbank areas. Work mahogany duns #14-16, fall BWOs #18-22, and October caddis #6-10. Watch rising patterns closely: a nose poke with bubbles suggests a dun off the surface, while a dimple with a tail flick signals an emerger.
Gauges
Techniques
- As water cools, fish hold in deeper slow moving water: deeper pools, tailouts, and deep riprap banks
- Use longer and lighter leaders like Rio suppleflex 12ft 5x/6x when throwing small dries at picky fish
- Pay attention to how fish are rising: nose up with bubbles indicates dun off top; dimple with tail flick indicates emerger
- Smaller streamers in tan, brown, and olive are producing; cover water to find aggressive fish
- Jakes hatchbacks and thorax duns imitate emergers well
- Kris Keller's Ms. Tickle cripple and Bob Quigly's cripple emerger are great cripple patterns
Recommended flies
Jakes hatchbacksThorax dunsMs. Tickle crippleCripple emergersSmaller streamers in tan, brown, and olive