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Skykomish River - June 27th, 2009
supplied by: All About the Fly RECORDED:71 °FISHING: Good
The Skykomish is in perfect shape, 50+ water temp 5-6feet vis. Steelhead # have been improving each week and should get getter through mid July. With the water temp up its time for me to switch to the floating line, my favorite way to fish for Steelhead.
Methow River - June 26th, 2009
supplied by: Griff's Fly Fishing Adventures RECORDED:80 °FISHING: Good
I spent the day with my two best friends, Pete and Pepper, my two setters floating and fishing the Methow. I floated from Twisp to Carlton. Since I was by myself, I spent more time floating rather than fishing. However, what fishing I did get inwas pretty darn good. I caught fish on both dries and nymphs. The biggest fish of the day was a 19" cutthroat on a big dry. The take was classic. I could see him coming and it was in slow motion. Talk about "Longsuffering;" it was hard not to pull the trigger on him. And fight, he made to great runs to the center of the river jumping at least 3 times each run. It has been awhile since I was into my backing on a trout reel, but he did it twice. I love the Methow.
Yakima River - June 18th, 2009
supplied by: Griff's Fly Fishing Adventures RECORDED:82 °FISHING: Good
I fished the Upper Yakima from South Cle Elum to the Thorp Bridge. Despite the "Gale Force" winds in the afternoon, we had decent fishing. Nymphing with stoneflies and a San Juan Worm was the most effective technique we used, but we also turned several fish on big dries. The biggest fish of the day was on a nymph, and the only thing that would have been better is if we could have gotten a picture of him. The big rainbow broke off right at the boat, and lets just say he was big. The river was in great shape and the fishing should only get better.
Amber Lake - June 11th, 2009
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:80 °FISHING: Good
Amber has always been one of the more popular destinations because of its close proximity to Spokane and quality of fly fishing. The reports coming in are varied, some are doing well and others are experiencing a void between hookups. Chironomids such as the black krystal flash, Kendalls burgandy vintage, red snow cones and chromies are working alond with damsel and dragon fly nymphs
Medical Lake - June 11th, 2009
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:80 °FISHING: Good
Fishing well with one of the best patterns working there is Swedes electric bugger, the black hot head leech or of course, the famous Olive Willy. The area just off the rocks to the north is one of the favorites according to a few of our customers.
Columbia Basin Lakes - June 11th, 2009
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:80 °FISHING: Good
Sprague Lake off I90 is one of the better lakes in the area that is putting out consistently high numbers of rainbows, most over 19 inches in length. Best access is off the Max Harder road from the town of Sprague where you can find a few boat launches. The lake is relatively shallow, but the bio mass there is incredible. You know you have reached the lake when driving along I90 because you windshield is plastered with bugs. Using either a sinking or sink tip fly line, find some of the coves in the lake and work the shoal areas with either an electric bugger, damsel nymph, black leech or the olive Willy with a short erratic retrieve. And hold on. The wind can be the down side, as the lake gets straffed almost constantly during the spring and early summer months.
Chopaka Lake - June 1st, 2009
supplied by: Griff's Fly Fishing Adventures RECORDED:90 °FISHING: Fair
Chopaka Lake is an awesome place to be, and the fishing is just icing on the cake. All of the campsites were full this weekend and then some. For everyone except the Chironomid anglers, I guess I'd have to say the fishing was fair. And for the four guys who anchored up in front of our camp and fished Chironomids; well, it was one fish after another. The fish are healthy and fought well; going in the air at least twice and sometimes more. One of the NWF ladies group landed a 22" bow on a Damsel Nymph. It was fun.
The local rivers are still high and dirty with the warm weather, and may be that way for awhile. I plan on heading up on the Methow later in the week and explore more of the stillwaters in the Okanogan. There are plenty of them and lots of fish diversity with Rainbows, Browns, Tiger, Brook, and Cutthroat Trout as well as Bass.
See ya on the river or maybe even a stillwater, Rod
Cowlitz River - May 20th, 2009
supplied by: Angler's Guide Service RECORDED:55 °FISHING: Good
Cowlitz in good shape running at 8670 cfs and 3 ft of vis.
Steelhead fishing picking up for summer runs. Still lots of smolts around so sidedrifting has been a little slow. One way to get around the smolts while sidedrifting is to use eze eggs with your eggs so that when they pick off all your eggs you still have color.
One of the best techniques has been fishing with a diver and a coon stripe prawn. You can fish them either dyed pink or just natrual. By fishing the prawn you can catch the summer runs or a ever once a while a springer without catching all the smolts.
Springer fishing continues to be good up around the Barrier dam. Best techniques have been fishng a T-50 Faltfish with a wrap of Mackreal or hover fishing eggs and or a herring in the deep hole around Baker Rock.
Should continue to be good for the next couple of weeks before the summer steelhead swarm into the river.
Lewis River - May 20th, 2009
supplied by: Angler's Guide Service RECORDED:56 °FISHING: Good
Lewis in great shape running at 8700 cfs and 5 ft of vis.
With the Lewis river being closed for springers all the concentration has been focused on Summer Steelhead.
The best techniques has been fishing Divers and Coon Stripe Prawns. I have been fishing coon stripes deyed pink on a 5ft leader and 2/0 hook. With the water a little high try staying in the slower water in about 4 to 10 ft deep in tailouts and head end of riffles.
When the water drops a little sidedrifting with eggs or prawns has also been veru good. I have been fishing with 2 #4 vision hooks and a cheater with my bait.
This getting better each day and will continue to and will only get better witha little drop in the water.
Sol Duc River - May 20th, 2009
supplied by: Angler's Guide Service RECORDED:50 °FISHING: Good
The Sol Duc in great shape running at 5 boards and 6 ft of vis.
The springers have been stretched out from the hatchery all the way down to the mouth. Fish starting to hold up in the deep holes.
Best techniques have been fishng diver and bait in the upper river and in the lower river both diver and bait or plugs.
For the diver and bait combo the best success has been diver and Fresh sand shrimp with a little eggs under the tail. You might try a coon stripe prawn behind a diver as a mix up.
In the lower river or if the river comes up try fishing some plugs in sizes T-4 flatfish or a X-4 flatfish in Blue scale, Blue pirate, green pirate, green hornet, nuclear hornet, silver, Mr. Bill, Mrs Bill and the Flounder.
Springers will continue to be good through the middle of june.
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