TRAILS -- I'm working late today, after taking the morning off to give a little TLC to a local hiking-biking route. Portions of the route were overwhelmed by spotted knapweed a few years ago before I started spot-spraying the weeds as they emerge in spring.…
FISHING -- Steelhead aren't making that big early spirt up the Snake and into Idaho this year. The run numbers over Both Bonneville -- as well as the few hundred a day that were marching over Lower Granite last week -- are hovering around the…
SALMON FISHING -- Rain predicted for this week is forecast to cause a big surge of runoff in the region's rivers. It won't be pleasant for a lot of people. But the silver lining could be tamer rivers when the late-arriving spring chinook salmon finally…
FISHING -- Some anglers know they don't have to wait for the "opening day" at many of the region's lowland trout lakes. Sprague Lake is one of many lakes open for fishing year round. You'll travel a long way to find fish that are any…
RESERVOIRS -- From all indications, the Lake Roosevelt drawdown will continue into May with a possibility of lake elevations going to 1220 feet or lower. That's grim for anglers who will see another year of fish pouring over the dam and out of the reservoir.…
FLY FISHING -- Swede’s Fly Shop, 1611 N. Ash St. in Spokane, is joining the Orvis Co. in a free series of basic fly fishing and fly tying clinics. Fly Fishing 101 classes will be offered 10 a.m.-noon on the first Saturday of each month…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
