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Calawah River - March 22nd, 2012
supplied by: Angler's Guide Service RECORDED:34 °FISHING: Excellent
The Calawah River is in good shape running at 1100cfs with 6ft of vis and dropping.
The Calawah has a good amount of wild fish.
If pulling plugs stick with T-4 Flatfish in silver, silver/red, flame red, grenn hornet, clair'a'belle, casper or flounder.
For the side drifter stick with 2 #2 vision hooks and a #8 corkie in flame red, chart/red, rainbow or chart/green dot. For bait fish eggs cured in Pink Borax-0-fire or Borax-o-fire cured prawns.
Wild fish spread out from the mouth all the way to the Forks.
Remember that above the 101 bridge it is selective gear rules which means no bait and sinlge barbless hooks and no retenion of wild fish.
This will get better as the water continues to drop.
Bogachiel River - March 22nd, 2012
supplied by: Angler's Guide Service RECORDED:34 °FISHING: Excellent
The Bogy is in good shape running at 27.871ft with 4ft of vis and dropping.
The bogy has been fishing very well with a good amount of wild fish.
With the river running high the best techniques will be pulling plugs or side drifting. If pulling plugs stick with T-4 Flatfish in silver, silver/red, flame red, grenn hornet, clair'a'belle, casper or flounder.
For the side drifter stick with 2 #2 vision hooks and a #8 corkie in flame red, chart/red, rainbow or chart/green dot. For bait fish eggs cured in Pink Borax-0-fire or Borax-o-fire cured prawns.
Remember that above the 101 bridge it is selective gear rules which means no bait and sinlge barbless hooks and no retenion of wild fish.
This will continue to get better as the water drops.
Hoh River - March 22nd, 2012
supplied by: Angler's Guide Service RECORDED:34 °FISHING: Excellent
The Hoh River is in good shape running at 2130 cfs with 4 ft of vis and dropping.
The Hoh is full of wild fish spread out from the Mouth all the way to the park line.
With the river running high the best techniques will be pulling plugs or side drifting. If pulling plugs stick with T-4 Flatfish in silver, silver/red, flame red, grenn hornet, clair'a'belle, casper or flounder.
For the side drifter stick with 2 #2 vision hooks and a #8 corkie in flame red, chart/red, rainbow or chart/green dot. For bait fish eggs cured in Pink Borax-0-fire or Borax-o-fire cured prawns.
Above 101 you can side drift Mad River worms in bubble gum pink, flr orange, methalate or pink/chart tails.
Remember that above the oxbow boat launch it is selective gear rules which means no bait and sinlge barbless hooks and no retenion of wild fish.
This will only get better over the next couple of days as the water drops.
Sol Duc River - March 22nd, 2012
supplied by: Angler's Guide Service RECORDED:34 °FISHING: Excellent
The Sol Duc is in good shape running at 2000cfs with 5ft of vis and dropping.
The Sol Duc has good amounts of wild steelhead from the mouth all the way to the closed boundry.
With the river running meduim the best techniques will be pulling plugs or side drifting. If pulling plugs stick with T-4 Flatfish in silver, silver/red, flame red, grenn hornet, clair'a'belle, casper or flounder.
For the side drifter stick with 2 #2 vision hooks and a #8 corkie in flame red, chart/red, rainbow or chart/green dot. For bait fish eggs cured in Pink Borax-0-fire or Borax-o-fire cured prawns.
Remember that above the salmon hatchery it is selective gear rules which means no bait and sinlge barbless hooks and no retenion of wild fish.
This willl continue to get better as the water level drops.
Methow River - March 18th, 2012
supplied by: Somers Outdoors RECORDED:20 °FISHING: Excellent
The Methow River re-opened up Friday the 16th with a BANG!!! Fishing has been incredible the last couple days, stay on the upper part of the river, from Danzel Road up to Twisp, one of our favorite spots is Beaver creek area and downstream, that area produced double digit hook ups both days so far along with the area below Carlton and Danzel road...
For the fly guy try Nymphs with a Red Copper John dropper, trout bead set ups, and Blue Leaches...
For the jig guy THIS IS YOUR TIME OF THE YEAR!!! try White head Red body, Chartreuse head Blue body, or one of our favorites Peach head and Salmon/Peach body, use the smaller size 1/16, 1/32 oz jigs fished 7-9 feet below your float and have some fun!!!
Give us a call or visit our web site for the latest info...
Below is the WDFW RULING ON THE RE-OPENER
Tight Lines
Bob
Fishing for hatchery steelhead to reopen on the Wenatchee, Icicle, Methow rivers
OLYMPIA – Starting Friday (March 16), the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) will reopen selective fisheries for hatchery-reared steelhead on the Wenatchee, Icicle, and Methow rivers on a short-term basis.
Anglers will be allowed to catch whitefish in the Wenatchee and Methow rivers so long as those rivers are open to steelhead fishing.
Steelhead fisheries in all three rivers are tentatively scheduled to run through March 31, but could end sooner if fishing impacts on wild steelhead reach annual federal limits, said Jeff Korth, regional WDFW fish manager.
“These limited openings are designed to support wild-steelhead recovery by reducing the number of hatchery fish on the spawning grounds,” Korth said. “Anglers can play an important role in that effort by removing hatchery fish not needed to meet spawning goals.”
Because the fisheries could close on short notice, Korth recommends that anglers check the department’s Fishing Hotline at (360-902-2500) or Fishing Rule website (http://wdfw.wa.gov/) for updates.
The Similkameen and Okanogan rivers will remain open for steelhead fishing, although sections of the Okanogan River around the mouth of Omak and Tonasket creeks will close to all fishing March 16 to protect wild steelhead staging for spawning.
The daily limit on all rivers open to fishing is two hatchery steelhead, marked with a clipped adipose fin and measuring at least 20 inches in length. Anglers must retain any legal hatchery steelhead they catch until they reach their daily limit of two fish. At that point, they must stop fishing for steelhead.
Any steelhead with an intact adipose fin must be released unharmed and must not be removed from the water.
Selective gear rules apply to all areas where steelhead seasons are open. All anglers are required to follow selective gear rules and restrictions described in WDFW’s Fishing in Washington pamphlet, available online at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/.
Areas that will be open to fishing for hatchery steelhead on March 16 include:
Wenatchee River: From the mouth to the Icicle River Road Bridge, including the Icicle River from the mouth to a point 500 feet downstream of the Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery Barrier Dam. Night closure and selective gear rules apply. Motorized vessels are not allowed.
Methow River: From the mouth to the confluence with the Chewuch River in Winthrop. Fishing from a floating device is prohibited from the second powerline crossing to the first Highway 153 Bridge. Night closure and selective gear rules apply.
Okanogan River: From the mouth upstream to the Highway 97 Bridge in Oroville. Night closure and selective gear rules apply. All fishing is closed from the first powerline crossing downstream of the Highway 155 Bridge in Omak (Coulee Dam Credit Union Building) to the mouth of Omak Creek and from the Tonasket Bridge (Fourth Street) downstream to the Tonasket Lagoons Park boat launch.
Similkameen River: From the mouth upstream to 400 feet below Enloe Dam.Areas that will open to fishing for whitefish on March 16 include:
Wenatchee River: From the mouth to the Highway 2 bridge at Leavenworth.
Methow River: From Gold Creek to the falls above Brush Creek.To participate in these fisheries, anglers must possess a valid fishing license and a Columbia River Salmon/Steelhead Endorsement. Revenue from the endorsement supports salmon or steelhead seasons on many rivers in the Columbia River system, including enforcing fishery regulations and monitoring the upper Columbia River steelhead fisheries.
The endorsement has generated more than $1 million annually for WDFW to maintain and increase fishing opportunities throughout the Columbia River basin.
Medical Lake - February 27th, 2012
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:33 °FISHING: Excellent
We predict that Medical Lake will produce lots of hefty fish when it opens on March 1 (this Thursday). Restricted rules on this water (single-point barbless and knotless nets0, but the browns and rainbows will be hungry for your leech patterns (retreived erratically either just sub-surface or on the bottom). Strip a little slower than you usually do later in the season.
Pend Oreille River - February 27th, 2012
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:35 °FISHING: Great
As the weather starts to warm, the northern PIKE will start feeding voraciously in the weedy shallows. Use your biggest, ugliest streamer patterns (along with a bit of steel leader) and strip them along the weed beds and underwater structure found in the myriad slews and impoundments along the river. Just be careful not to fish any of the tribs and sloughs on the indian reservation (East) side of the river. Aside from the northerns, expect a little smallmouth bass action as well. Of course there are trout and pike minnow, but if you're hucking big nasties into weedy and brushy cover, you're almost guaranteed a day filled with pike. Stop by the shop if you want inside information on go to patterns, equipment suitable for chasing toothy critters and fishing locations.
Rock Lake - October 25th, 2011
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:48 °FISHING: Excellent
Rock Lake is fishing extremely well right now. Olive leeches (with red hackle face) are yeilding the best results. Scuds also work really well, even though a lot of people don't fish them. Much to our surprise, most of the fish being caught are rainbows, and not browns. We're fishing about 1 mile down from the primitive boat launch on the left side of the lake, working our way back to the boat launch. Watch out on the right-hand side - there are underwater obstacles that can seriously damage your boat. Go down to the inlet stream for the best results (it's where all of the feed comes into the lake - even though this time of year the amount of feed is relatively small).
Grande Ronde River - October 18th, 2011
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:65 °FISHING: Excellent
The Grande Ronde is fishing excellent right now, tons of reports coming in from our customers. You may have to fight the crowds on the weekends, but during the week is your best chance at a little solitude and more water for yourself. Come into the shop or give us a call for details on hot patterns and fly rod/line setups.
Sprague Lake - October 16th, 2011
supplied by: Swede's Fly Shop RECORDED:65 °FISHING: Fair
One of our regulars fished Sprague Lake with seven other fly fishermen on Sunday. The fishing was fair with most fishermen averaging two rainbow trout. Most were in the 16 to 19 inch range, but one was 24 inches long. Effective patterns were a black cone head woolybugger, an olive willy, a chartreuse woolybugger, and a prince nymph. Surface water temperature was 54F.
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