Getting the Most From Your Trip

How do you get the most of your guided float trip on the Kootenai River? Easy, as the late Joan Rivers would say (she had the perfect name) ‘Can we talk?’

For you younger folks who are asking yourselves, ‘who is Joan Rivers?’ Google her.

But seriously, let’s talk. Let your guide know your expectations. Do you want to learn something new or just be left alone to fish? Do you want to try casting a trout spey rod? Are you interested in Tenkara fishing and want to see what that’s all about? We will take a few minutes out of the float to show you. Just let us know ahead of time so we can have the equipment ready. Have you tried a double haul? Can you shoot line to your satisfaction? How about a reach cast?

Yup, we can help you with that.

Do you need to be off the river at a certain time because you have dinner reservations in Sandpoint with the in-laws? For goodness sakes, share that before the trip! We are flexible with our launch times.

The river continues to provide nice trout. We had three back-to-back trips  this week and caught at least one 19 inch fish each day along with many others over 14 inches.

Oh, and did I mention our lunches? Maybe I’ll save that for another blog post. J

Current River Conditions:

Flow has recently dropped to 8800 CFS at the Montana-Idaho state line. Water clarity is great and the temps are a cool 58 degrees.  The smaller feeder creeks have dried up, but we’re still getting water out of the bigger ones.

Patterns: adams, stimulators, hoppers (sometimes) and PMDs