
These cutthroat trout ran from Lake Coeur d'Alene through the "mill stream" past Rutledge Mill into Fernan Lake.
February 12, 2025
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February 12, 2025 1:05 a.m.
North Idaho Memories: Fernan fishing in 1949
After experiencing the flyfishing frenzy on the Coeur d'Alene River these past years, it occurs to me that there might be some interest in the early flyfishing I experienced before the "cutthroat preservation era," and perhaps some nostalgia in this aged Idaho native.