Spokane River anglers: no need to wait until spring

Kelli Hornbaker reels in a rainbow trout caught in the lower Spokane River's murky February flows. (Dan Barth)

FISHING -- Cool weather and brown weather hasn't kept some anglers from checking out their home water this month.

Kelli Hornbaker, pictured above, caught and released this feisty rainbow trout casting a Panther Martin lure -- gold blade orange body -- in the Spokane River downstream from Nine Mile Falls Dam.

Note: The Spokane River upstream from Plese Flats in Riverside State Park closes to fishing on March 15 for the spring spawning season.

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