Spokane River Report 10.12.16

Everyday, I travel roughly 20 miles along the Spokane River to work, and every day I try to imagine what the fish and insects will be doing. Last Saturday, I was fortunate enough to get out of work in time to find out.

Curious how the river is doing? Check out the current river flows here

Jake had given me a streamer to try that had caught some nice fish at Nunya Creek on his days off, so my first stop was one of my favorite streamer runs on the Spokane. True to my sarcastic nature, I had to mess with him via text letting him know I caught a "whopper" on his fly.

After my good-natured ribbing, I proceeded to land a few nice fish on his streamer before moving on to look for risers.

While the Spokane isn't necessarily known for it's dry fly fishing, there are certainly times when you can find pods of fish feeding on the surface. If there's one hatch that will bring Spokane River fish to the surface it's BWOs. These little olive trout treats will be hatching on a consistent basis until March. Right now, the main hatch will take place from mid-morning through mid-afternoon, but as the days get shorter so will the hatch window.

Want to try out some new flies? Check out our fly selection here

I was able to land a dozen or so redbands on dries before the hatch shut off around 4:00. Size 16 parachutes and comparadun flies were definitely producing the best. You may have to scale down to 6X tippet for the picky fish rising in the flat water stretches.

The unsettled weather forecast for the rest of the week is well suited to both streamer fishing and BWO hatches. Come into the shop so we can get you hooked up with the flies you need to have a successful day on the water!