NF Coeur d’Alene River 6/20/18

If you have not been up to the NF CDA lately you should get up there. I fished both Sunday and Monday. Both days were good from start to finish. On Sunday I fished just below Lost Creek. If your crossing the river watch your step it is slippery. I know this from personal experience. Fish were actively rising throughout the late afternoon til dusk. Butthead Purples and Olives #10-12 were working very well as were varies stonefly patterns. Drake’s and PMDs were hatching but they were keying on stoneflies. Line control is also very important. I had about a half dozen fish in a row that when hooked turned and ran right at me. Since I was barbless I lost a few. Monday I headed up to the confluence for the entire day. Again fishing was good from start to finish. The hatches were a little scarce. Small Yellow Sallies were coming off. A basic #18 Yellow Sally did the trick. But like the day before they were keying on stoneflies #10-#12. Look for fish holding in deeper pools and runs. Cast up and over to the riffles above and drift it into the pool. It seems to take 3 fish hookups to quite the pool. You will probably get more strikes with a half submerged stonefly, rather than one riding high. The fishing should remain good for the next few weeks. Thunderstorms on Thursday, then warmer, sunnier weather moves in for the next week. Looks like summer is here.

Prichard 265 CFS, Catalonia 1,080 CFS

Hatches;
Golden Stonefly
Green Drakes
Little Yellow Sallies
Caddis
PMDs

Suggested Flies;
Kings CDC Stonefly
Henry Fork SpGolden
Norm Wood Special
Rogue River Golden
Wilsons Little Golden
Chubby Chernobyl Black
Butthead Purple and Olive
Swishers PMX #16
Jakes Drake
Down Wing Drake
Sedgehammer Caddis
​Thorax PMD