Our local lakes are stocked full of rainbow and cutthroat trout. Add our smallmouth bass and sunfish, and you have awesome fishing action for the beginner to the serious angler. You can use worms and powerbait on the bottom or under a float, or you can cast or troll lures and spinners. I think casting flies or trolling them is an excellent method. For flies, using leeches and minnow patterns on sink-tip or sinking lines will work.
River fishing is very rewarding for pristine summer steelhead and large brown trout.
You work the deeper water and log jams for the larger fish. Tons of small rainbows will be in the faster open water. Using fry patterns, spinners and lures, you will be into the fish. We also have sockeye salmon entering our rivers which are fun on the fly. Pink, green and silver streamers flies have been working for us.