Spokane River Report 1.25.17

I've been going through steelhead withdrawals lately after seeing all the chrome fish that some of my friends have been catching on the Olympic Peninsula. The only known remedy for someone trapped hundreds of miles inland is to swing some streamers for trout, which is exactly what I did for a couple hours on Monday.

The Spokane River is in absolutely perfect shape right now with flows holding steady at 2,800 cfs. The only exception is if you're going to be fishing below the confluence of Latah Creek, you'll want to focus your efforts on the north side of the river due to runoff.

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

My typical plan of attack when I fish the Spokane River is to swing through a run first with streamers and follow that up with a heavy dose of nymphing if I don't get many grabs. Yesterday, however, my nymph rod saw zero action because the streamer bite was on in a BIG way! While the Spokane isn't known for fish measured in pounds, you will occasionally find one. This #fathawg decided to eat my sculpin pattern just as I was getting ready to make another cast.

For those of you who haven't gotten into the trout spey game yet, you are seriously missing out. Lobbing a heavily weighted fly on a sinking tip has never been easier, and now with true 3 - 4 weight spey rods on the market swinging for trout is a blast!

Even if you don't have the coin to drop on a spey outfit, don't let that stop you! You can use an OPST Commando Head on your single-handed rod and still spey cast your favorite streamers. Come into the shop and let us help you get setup to fish streamers more effectively!

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