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Snake River - February 17th, 2007
supplied by: Snake River Guide Service FISHING: Poor
Snake river fishing will be in full swing within the next couple of months. As weather becomes predictable and more spring like the interest in fishing will grow. Remember we have our covered boat for the spring and summer fishing. That cover is nice for spring showers but becomes a real asset for your comfort and well being when the temperatures rise and the sun is an issue. We enjoy having all age groups on board and having that shade makes it a possible for everyone to experience the outing.
Queets River - January 21st, 2007
supplied by: Fishing Northwest FISHING: Good
Coming back in shape fast. Cold weather will bring this river in fast. The Salmon River steelhead are in good numbers. Should be good fishing when the level drops, maybe in a few days or so.
Stillaguamish River – North Fork - January 7th, 2007
supplied by: Dickson Flyfishing Steelhead Guides RECORDED:48 °FISHING: Fair
Was fishing great before the river blew out to 25K. Jonathan had a great day just before the new year that produced the report pic. She has come down to 3,300 now. The pulse of water should make for some great fishing as the water comes down and clarity goes up. There are quite a few anglers in the usual spots, if you don’t mind hiking around you can get some 1 on 1 time with the river.
Illwaco - September 12th, 2006
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC RECORDED:75 °FISHING: Excellent
Pacific Albacore are amazing animals. Not only beautiful they are undoubtedly the strongest fighting fish in our state. Capable of pulling off over one hundred yards of backing in seconds, this fish will make you fight for every inch you gain back. Sometimes you get lucky. As a whole our latest Albacore trip was our most successful. The only thing that would have made it better was a supply of live anchovies for some chum. Even without chum, there were so many Albacore we didn’t have trouble getting 14 fish for 5 fly anglers. An easy ‘Bar’ crossing, flat seas and t-shirt weather made the trip as well. Once we hit the 62 degree water you could see ‘jumpers’ in almost any direction. Unfortunately the flat seas had a downside. We could see small pods of fish working everywhere, but without chum the fish were pretty skittish and were difficult to keep near the boat. The action still felt non-stop as we were constantly spotting fish and when we were able to find a larger school, hook-ups were all but guaranteed.
Lenore Lake - April 2nd, 2006
supplied by: Puget Sound Fly Company, LLC RECORDED:52 °FISHING: Good
Lake Lenore offers a different experience for anglers. It is very accessible, harbors huge trout, and is easily fished from shore. The only downside is that this is not a secret and conditions can get crowded on weekends. If you fishermen are willing to explore a little or fish from a boat they will be rewarded with more space and solitude.
Fishing: Lahontan Cutthroat are in the shallows right now (in huge numbers) looking for a place to spawn. The North end of the lake is loaded right now, but enterprising anglers can find fish at other locations on the lake. Please limit your techniques to those that minimize the risk of foul hooking or snagging these fish (floating line and chironomid or lightly weighted fly.)
A floating line and bead head bugger with a 9’ fluorocarbon leader tapered to 2x-4x also works great, and with a slower retrieve doesn’t foul hook fish.
Flies: Snow Cones, Chan’s and a variety of other chironomids are working well right now. SLSB’s, Twin Lake Specials, Carey Buggers and other buggers and leaches are very effective for those of you who would rather retrieve flies.
You know you are a steelhead junkie when: You have just spent the past month camped out on the Grande Ronde, get home and find out you old stomping grounds is smoking, so off you go..... Poor wife.
Seems like all I have done in 2005 is travel. This fall has been particularly crazy. One of the few good things about returning from the Grande Ronde is, it is supposed to mark the last traveling away from home, for the year. Supposed to........
Typical Fall on the Seattle North Streams.
Its been raining. Rivers are a little swollen, but fish are coming. I check out my River Flows every day, that I am home.
North Sound Streams: Not a lot of spawning Pink salmon this year, but with a little luck, the eggs will make it beyond the critical egg stage. Pinks are trying to wrap it up, Coho are in, Chum are coming in, SRC will start heading up their natal tribs, Dollies will be coming down from spawning......and they will be hungry. Things are definitely on the go. Stilly North Fork: Air & water temperatures have dropped into the 40's.
Steelhead flies: As you would probably imagine, egg patterns are good with both Chinook and Pinks are in post spawn. Mikes Glue Egg-n-shuck http://www.streamsideflyshop.com/Glueeggshuck-pic.htm We are seeing Coho all the way up into the upper reaches of the North Fork, and some really large Searuns are hanging around the steelhead waters. Remember, only the hatchery steelhead are legal. Leave everything else alone.
The lower Stilly was fishing well right up to the weekend. Deer Creek and Boulder Creek both blew out, which forced the Saturday Tidewater school, to revamp into an upper river gig. Kudos' the Rod with his first steelhead on a fly. Pretty cool. Thanks to all for coming!
The Skagit River: The upper Skagit between Marblemount and Sauk River confluence is actually back up to normal flows:
The most amazing amount of summer/fall Chinook spawning I have witnessed in years is now finished. Always good to see the fish. The Skagit River Humpy run was only "OK," but at least we maintained a viable stock. Now it is time for the Chum & Coho show. We do our best chum fishing in the standard steelhead waters. Techniques differ a bit from the standard wetfly swing but they will bite. I think it is really hard to beat the egg-sucking leech patterns. I personal favorite is "Black Bart" http://www.streamsideflyshop.com/blackbart-pic.htm
The big Dolly/Bulls will be coming out soon. They will be all over the Chum spawn & carcass. (think Alaska rainbows).
Speaking of which: Check out our home page for our 2005 Steelhead, Salmon & Dolly school November 18 or 19
I need to forewarn you: Guys have been asking about this particular school since before we even headed to the Grande Ronde, back in September. The guides and I really enjoy this multiple species gig.
It's not just about the North Sound Rivers: Good time to be hitting those Hood Canal trib. mouths, as the Chum will be smelling for home. Better prepare for a jam show. That why my guides & I will be splitting time between the Stilly, Skagit and the Sauk, this winter. It's a cold time, but a quiet time........until you hook a Chum headed south.
I will write more specifics, as we get further into the home town fishing, again.
Many have read some to all of my Stories and articles. My favorite is "Charley". What's yours?
Snohomish River - October 21st, 2005
supplied by: Pacific Northwest Sportfishing FISHING: Good
Back on the home front the Snohomish continues to be decent for silvers and once the Skagit drops back down I would imagine it'll have a few shiny ones in it, as well. We've fished it hard the last few days for what fish we've caught. Rains this week have had the Skagit pretty well churned up with muddy waters and even the upper river has seen limited visibility off and on this week.
We picked up our new North River Scout a week ago and are still in the process of rigging it. We'll start fishing out of it this weekend. On the water tests have proven it's a runner!
Sekiu offers fantastic fishing, good facilities and calmer water than Neah Bay. If you can’t (or won’t) go to Neah Bay, this is your best option. We at Puget Sound Fly Company hope that this report will help anglers plan their trip and prepare them with up to the minute conditions.
FISHING: Fishing was great. Unfortunately the Silvers were few and far between. We hooked around a half dozen and kept one really nice hatchery hen. The Rockfish fishing made up for the salmon quite easily. As we entered one of our favorite spots, we saw a few fish boil. After a few fish on the standard ‘Striper’ setup, we switched to poppers. Over the next several hours, we caught and released dozens of Black Rockfish right off of the surface!
If you are reading this report and are grumbling because you don’t have a boat, don’t fret! We did all of this out of rented ‘kicker’ boat from Van Ripers Resort. ($100)
Check our photo gallery in a few days for some pictures!
FLIES: Shock and Awe, F.F. Herring, Clouser Minnow, and Floating Clouser’s
Flowing Lake - May 24th, 2005
supplied by: All About the Fly RECORDED:60 °FISHING: Good
Multiple reports of hookups - mainly rainbows and triploids. One report of a 6lb. fish, but most in the 1-3lb range. Try the North end of the lake, green sub-surface flies would work well.
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