Northwest Fishing Reports

I fish the beaches here on Puget Sound in the winter months hunting SRC's. One does better with a 45-50' cast and then allowing it to swing into shore. I use a single handed 5 or 7 wt with floating line. I have found it is difficult to turn over the heaver flies even using a 1x leader. Clouser and s...

Chad, Educational content is provided in the form of speakers and usually some sort of demonstration. They have excellent fly tiers. My informal group is loosly grouped on our own google family web site where we can leave messages and photos for each other. We can arrange outings with others also. L...

Yes and no. I am a member of the Kitsap Fly Anglers club which has all the above mentioned problems. I attend for the educational content. On the other hand I also belong to a group of guys who have formed a loose group of non dues paying fly fishing clan. In addition to fishing we usually get toget...

I am selling my 1995 Jeep Cherokee. Rigged for fishing. 4.0L, 5 spd. Asking $2600

Mike L 360-876-6742

Met this little lady last week on Wye Lake while trolling a #10 Olive WB. :bounce:

I'm sure it will be just fine. I am upgrading from my prior U-tube. I am using fins that I got from Cabelas. Not the fancy ones but they work ok for me.

Mike L

My brand new 2008 Fish Cat 4 Deluxe float tube arrived today. Got it all blown up and now can't wait to put it to use.

Mike L

Salmon are not an endless resorce. We are taking more, (comercial, tribes, sport) than can be reproduced. The Govt can and will control the comercial and sport fisheries, but you can believe that the nets will be out. Why, because they can. I grew thinking that Native Americans were conservationists...

I have the Colorado 9 which I like but a word of caution. I have had significant problems with the bladders. I am on my second set. The right bladder has developed a leak in the seam at the rear where the bottom swings up. It seems like a manufacturing problem. (China). The good thing is that Classi...

I am by far not an expert on fly fishing but I am willing to share my limited experience. First, I am starting my second year. When begining it seemed beyond my ability. I bought an inexpensive outfit, took a casting class and began to practice. Without a doubt practice is key. I did most of my prac...

I also was a local chum fishery yesterday. There were still quite a few chum available but they seemed darker than 3 weeks ago. That was when I hooked my first salmon on a fly. Boy what a thrill. I knew chum were tough customers from prior experience using bait casting equipment. Yesterday I didn't ...

Chums are in at Chico Creek and I know because I hooked and landed one today for the first time using my fly rod and a self tied fly.

This is my second try at casting from my Colorado 9' pontoon boat. In the first case I actually hooked, landed and released a trout. ( I should mention I am really new at fly fishing) Later I managed to snarl the whole mess up. Last night I went to a local lake (WYE) and tried my hand at it again. T...

After a few weeks of practicing with my new fly rod in the back yard with yarn I finally went out to my sons house to try my luck in his stocked pond. I know, I know not real fishing, but hey I am a rookie. There was a lot a brush around the pond so I had to make good casts. After the third cast I h...

Here is a followup on my casting progress. After I talked with my brother-in-law in Michigan, who is an accomplished fly angler, I had a new perspective on the whole thing. I applied some of his suggestions and low and behold things began to flow together. I can now cast reliably and with some accur...

Yesterday my brand new 9 ft, 5 wt, 4 piece rod and reel combo from Cabelas arrived. This is all new to me as I have NEVER fly fished before. I took a casting class a couple weeks ago and I am sure that I will probably spend the rest of the summer in the back yard trying to figure out how not to use ...

I'm glad to see that Washingtonlakes.com has a forum for fly fishing. I too am a newby. Last week I took a casting class here in town. 4 hours of trying to learn how to get the line to go out into the lake rather than dumping at my feet. I finally made a few respectable casts so now it's time to get...