Coeur d'Alene River Report 5.29.16
The Coeur d'Alene River continues to fish well. The Memorial Day weekend produced some favorable bug hatches. The river flow continues to drop with it, now at about 1330 c.f.s. (Check out today's flows here). The golden stones have made an appearance in full force. Big bugs are producing some solid action. Every willow bush we floated by on Sunday had adult golden stones climbing all over them.
Anchoring just off these bushes and chucking olive and yellow "chew toys" under the branches produced several exciting eats. Pats rubber legs, brown cheater belly size 10, seemed to be the nymph of choice. Stroli's dimmer stone was also a hot bug for the day sub-surface. Several may flies were also in the air. Yellow sallies and pmd's fished in the flats landed us a few fish as well. With the river projected to keep dropping, the time to float is now before the flows get to low to do so.
Make sure to swing into the Fly Shop to grab any flies or gear that you may need, or maybe just some last minute advice. And if you can't make it in, you can always get your flies online: