I have always said, "Drive another hour and the quality of the fishing will be worth it." I proved it to myself once again by making the trip up north to Republic. I got a chance to fish Curlew Lake and Twin Lakes on the Colville Indian Reservation. The trip to Republic is beautiful. I usually travel up through Ephrata and pass by Lake Lenore, Blue and Park lakes and follow the shore of Banks Lake all the way to Electric City. Outside of Coulee Dam I take the road that leads over the hill to Highway 21. This highway runs north from Keller and you follow the San Poil River all the way to Republic. The hills are all green this spring and you are bound to see lots of wildlife along the way. There are some nice places to stay in Republic and the State Park at Curlew Lake is one of the best maintained I have ever seen. Trout fishing on Curlew Lake is excellent, with rainbow up to 14 inches plentiful. There is good bass fishing on the lake, too, and I saw many huge tiger muskie. Twin Lakes are bigger than I remember and I had more fun bass fishing than catching the small trout on North Twin.