Coeur d'Alene River Report 5.3.16

Fishing on the Coeur d'Alene River this last week has been great. Lots of bugs mid-day has made for some happy anglers with plenty of solid fish stories to tell. River flows continued to fall all week, making for great water visibility. Many variations of may and stone flies are definitely in the air. I was able to float from Big Hank down to Shoshone this past weekend with great results on March browns and JC specials for drys. The 20 incher and Trina's micro copper stone produced good results under an indicator. Streamers in brown/olive also helped us land several hearty fish.

With that being said, it was definitely the Crowd Surfer Salmon fly that produced some of our most hair raising action; including one fish that broke off on 2x that will haunt my dreams for a little while. Skating this dry with large aggressive twitches was just what the doctor ordered for some larger Westslope Cutthroat trout. This next week might be a little hit and miss if the river flow bumps up like projected, and we lose some visibility in the water. The only way to be certain if the fish are on the bite is to get out there and enjoy some of that mountain air.