Fish like to fool me. They will ignore my fly or lure to the point that I don’t think they are even there. I said last week that I didn’t think the coho were going to show up in the Icicle River in good enough numbers to provide decent fishing. Then they did. When I stopped by the river I saw more rigs parked at the access than I had all season, and when I looked over the bank there was an angler pumping a fish to the bank. I spoke to the angler, and they said they had hooked a few in the stretch below the hatchery and were going to try the spot on East Leavenworth Road before they quit for the day. Joe Zelinski was there, checking catches, he said that the Icicle had come up with the heavy rain that fell in Leavenworth, and that pulled the coho into the river. Anglers were doing the best they had since the season opened in late September. It will remain open through the end of November. He reminded anglers about the posted boundary that they can fish on the Icicle, and to keep below it. Enforcement is checking.