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Coeur d'Alene River

The Coeur d'Alene River flows 37 miles (60 km) from the Silver Valley into Lake Coeur d'Alene in the U.S. state of Idaho. The stream continues out of Lake Coeur d'Alene as the Spokane River. From Wikipedia

Flow now

Coeur D Alene River Nr Harrison ID, 10 mi from the river.

660cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

05701,140Oct 12Nov 11

The typical week here, from 10 years of record: 673 cfs to 1,140 cfs, around 856 cfs.

Also gauged at Coeur D Alene River Nr Cataldo ID: 445 cfs, Nov 12.

Snowpack

0.1 in of water in the snow at Mica Creek and 2 more stations, against a median 0.6 in for the date (11 % of normal).

The snowpack here usually builds from Nov 5, peaks Mar 29 and is gone by May 17; runoff follows the melt.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

  • Midgessizes 18 to 22
  • Small eggs and worms
  • Pheasant tail and zebra midge nymphsunder an indicator

Typical for the week over 10 years: 673 to 1,140 cfs. Running 660 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

Brown Trout are spawning (October to December). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Brook Trout are spawning (September to November). Stay off clean, light-coloured gravel in riffle tails and pool tailouts, and leave paired fish alone.

Mountain Whitefish are spawning (October to December). The egg bite behind spawning whitefish is the best winter nymphing of the year: an egg pattern below the riffles.

  • Egg patterns in the runs below the spawning gravel, never on it.

Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.

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Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.