Lewiston River Report 7.7.16
Words By: North 40 Outfitters
Posted: July 08, 2016

 

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Trout Streams:

Our local trout streams have more or less hit their mid-summer stride.  Most river flows will show a steadily dropping trend. That being said, the next couple of months may be the best of the year to spend time on a trout stream and escape the valleys mid-summer heat. 

Check out Current Water Temps and Flows Here

  • Stones: Golden stones, Yellow sallies,
  • Mays: PMDs, Brown Drakes, Green Drakes
  • Caddis
  • Terrestrials: Ants, Beetles, Spruce Moths, Hoppers

Fly Recommendations:

Copper Johns , Lightning Bugs, Prince Nymphs, Micro Stones, Pats Rubber Legs, Explosion Stones, Lucent Prince Nymphs, PMD Crawler, Birds Nest, Tung. Caddis, Flashback Hares, Split Case Pmd, Shimmer Nymph, Partridge Caddis, Tungsten Terminator Stone

Humpies: Red, Orange, Yellow, Royal; Renegades, H&L Variant, Adams, Purple Haze, Purple Para Rooster, Wulff, Rocky Mountain Mint: Purple, PMD; Stimulators, Chubbies, J-Slam: Yellow, Tan, Blooms Para Ant, Hippie Stomper , Power Ant, Snow Shoe Spruce, Long Horn Beetle, CDC Golden, Adult Golden, Fluttering Golden, Larimers Golden, Elk Hair Caddis: Olive, Tan, Black, Brown, CDC Caddis ,X- Caddis, Para Caddis, Fin Fetcher Caddis, Para PMD, PMD Pullover, CDC PMD, Organza PMD Spinner, Last Chance Cripple PMD, Furminskys brown drake, Clown shoe sally, Elk hair extended body sally

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Bass:

If you are looking to stay a little closer to home, Smallmouth fishing on the Snake/Ronde is improving daily as temps increase. These rivers offer a great alternative to the local trout streams boasting aggressive fish with incredibly bad attitudes. 

Fly Recommendations:

Larger poppers: Black, Chartreuse

Sex Dungeons, Flesh Eating Sculpins, Morrish Mice , Kiwi Zonkers, Skiddish Smolts: Grey, Kreelex Minnows