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FYI, Idaho has made changes to the regulations for the Westslope Cutthroat streams in the Panhandle and Clearwater areas. Bait fishing will now be allowed on significant lower sections of the St. Joe, North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene, etc. People will be expected to release any Westslope Cutts...

I love that section of the river!

Thanks! Looking Good!

It is often iced over or mostly iced over on March 1, but often there is at least some open water at the launch. Since I live so far away, I don't know what Spokane's winter was like this year. The fishing to the right of the launch can be stellar before it starts weeding up a lot. Great...

Any word on how Amber Lake is fishing? I now live 700 miles away from it, but have great memories of fishing Amber on the opening!

I love that lake! I have never seen the water that high there. Good luck!

You are very wise to do that!

I have had some great days on that lake. I think the other lake is Hogan Lake. I remember running into a grizzly out there once.

I have used 9 foot 6wt Sage RPLs for sinking lines and a 10 foot 5 wt custom made rod for indicator fishing for over 30 years, fishing lakes 20-30 days per year while working, more after retiring. Two years ago, one of my RPLs finally broke. I bought a couple of Echo Stillwater 10 foot 6...

I love lake fishing and particularly enjoy the lakes in Okanogan, Spokane, Stevens and Pend Oreille Counties, and of course in B.C. Circumstances have conspired to keep me away from Blue Lake for a few years. On a recent trip to Okanogan county lakes, my best friend and I were very surprised...

Great post! I'm spending the summer in Cody and will be leaving at the end of September. I caught a number of nice fish at East Newton before it got too warm. The few days I have been able to get out to a river, they looked like chocolate because of the frequent rainstorms, although I did...

They are the best!!! Mine are now half boot/half Aquaseal where they are falling apart!

I do 5 times for heavier tippet and 6 times for 5X to 7X tippet.

I have both a 10 ft 6 wt Echo Stillwater and a 10 ft 6 wt Echo Lago. I got both last fall/early winter. I do a lot of casting with them, casting to the shoreline and stripping back as I work along the shoreline. I am a stillwater fanatic and have used both approximately 25 days since March...

Rio Grande in touch line - the head is one rod weight larger than the stated line size, which really helps turn over the indicator and fly/flies. I have caught hundreds of fish on my current Rio Grande line and it casts beautifully and is holding up well.