Author: John Kruse

Posted: 6/20/2008

If you are looking for an alpine lake or small stream angling experience away from the crowds head over to North Central Washington. The often overlooked lakes and streams of the Entiat Mountains between Lake Wenatchee and the Entiat River provide good fishing in a wilderness setting for a variety of outdoors enthusiasts. I have been able to explore this area on horseback with Icicle Outfitt...

Author: Marc Martyn

Posted: 6/5/2008

Many historians agree that the art of fly fishing began in the Late Middle Ages around 1496 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England about 22 miles north of London. The first published text on the subject of fly fishing was in The Treatyse of Fysshynge (Fishing) With An Angle. It is the most complete early reference writing on the sport of fly fishing. Included are instructions on how to make a rod...

Author: Mike Carey

Posted: 6/1/2008

Here we are at the half year point and we are finally getting some nice, consistent weather! It seems like this spring was one of those never-ending ones as we slowly transitioned into summer. But summer is now in the air and we have some fun activities being planned by members of WL.com. First, mark your calendars for July 19th, when we will have our second WL.com Fishing/BBQ event. I’m excite...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 6/1/2008

Which is best and when is it best for each??? From post-spawn all the way through to the end of fall I love to launch my boat on one of my favorite lakes first thing in the morning when it is just barely light enough to see what I’m doing around the boat. Once in the water I fire up the motor and run as fast as I can to the nearest point on the lake according to my map. I reach for a search ba...

Author: Tim Z.

Posted: 5/2/2008

I had the pleasure of spending the opener with my friends and family at Offut Lake Resort for their opening day derby. It all started Friday morning and ran through Sunday. Places where 1st through 4th 1st place was a minn -kota trolling motor, Second place was an equipped tackle box, third was a free boat rental and fourth was an Offut Lake Resort hat. This was my fourth year entering the der...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 4/28/2008

If fished correctly, windy days can land you major catches of bass… How many times have you not gone fishing because the wind was too high or quit fishing because the wind came up? How many other fishermen do you know that have said to you “ I’ll fish when it’s hot or cold but I hate fishing in the wind.” For the most part I usually hate to take my boat out on a lake when the wind is blowing ...

Author: Mike Carey

Posted: 3/25/2008

This year’s Big Horn Show in Spokane was another great success. Aaron, Marc, Lotech Joe and I passed out over 750 flyers and talked to hundreds of anglers over the four day show. Many had never heard of us and will hopefully become active, posting readers. We also met quite a few regulars who are very excited about the new WashingtonLakes.com beta version we had to show them. The new site will ...

Author: John Kruse

Posted: 3/25/2008

Late March through mid-April brings green hills, warm temperatures and rising trout on the Upper Yakima River. Managed as Washington’s only “Blue Ribbon” trout fishery, the 70 miles of the upper Yakima between Easton and the Roza Dam south of Ellensburg draws fly anglers from all over the Northwest who cast to rainbow and cutthroat trout that average 10 to 13 inches and go as big as two feet long...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 3/25/2008

What every fisherman needs to know about Barometric Pressure… Lets start out this article with a little known fact: bass fishing can be just as bad if the barometric pressure is very low or very high. It’s the truth and I will take you on a tour of this World Wide fact and how it affects the way you need to approach bass fishing. But in order to understand how to fish under different times and...

Author: Lotech Joe

Posted: 3/25/2008

I can't tell you when I first saw the rod, because I can't remember when I first started fishing. I'm sure it was sometime before I could walk. My first memory of the rod was seeing it stacked in the corner of dad's closet with about six or seven others. It was wrapped in khaki colored muslin with a fabric tie string and had that special "old" smell. I asked dad where he got the rods and he told m...

Author: Lotech Joe

Posted: 2/25/2008

I first heard about furled leaders about 5 years ago. I had the opportunity to test cast a friends fly rod and his line had a furled leader attached. I wasn’t casting his rod very well and the yard we were in wasn’t maintained at all, so it had a lot of weeds in it. Often, my back cast would land on the ground and the leader would pick up almost every weed it came in contact with. What a tangled m...

Author: Bruce Middleton

Posted: 2/25/2008

Different types of weeds demand different fishing approaches… Up here in the Pacific Northwest we have basically six types of weeds that inhabit our lakes. Each type of weed has its own growth habits and therefore demands a different approach to fishing in and around them. The six types of weeds are Lily Pads, Reeds and cattails, Milfoil, Pondweed and Curly Leaf Pondweed. While other weeds e...