Northwest Fishing Reports

I bought a 9ft, 4/5wt hybrid Wright and McGill from Cabelas for around $80, and a 4/5wt hybrid Okuma Sierra reel for around $40. Spooled it with no taper, floating line and haven't looked back. Whole setup was maybe $150 out the door. I've been fly fishing for years and have had other rigs, and stil...

Buy frog baits with "channels" on the tops so you don't have to bury the hook back into the plastic. 'Bout the only way I've found that works.

Hey all, went today to finally get a new license, and was turned away from 2 different stores because of problems with the licensing system. Seems they did an update last night (?) and that, combined with all the halibut fisherman also waiting until the last minute seems to have crashed/crippled the...

Hey all, heading to the Dungeness tomorrow for my first trip on the river. I just moved to Sequim and figured I would try out some local fishing. Not asking for anyones secret spot or anything, but does anyone want to give me a push in the right direction as far as locations to try? Please? I'll be ...

Might as well get this over with... :) Name is Ian (that's E-N, not EYE-N just to clarify! lol) I'm 29 and just moved to Bremerton from Jacksonville, Florida in March. I've been fishing since before I could use the toilet by myself. For the last 25 odd years, that's been in Florida, where all water ...

Home is Bremerton, so South Sound isn't too far away, although I go fishing to get out of the cities, not go into them haha. I figured the rivers over in the mountain areas would have trout pretty much year-round, although I'm starting to realize that might not be true! Still trying to learn the fis...

Wait til you get there, hit a local fly shop, ask them what bugs are around, and grab a few flies from them. I'm thinking that'll be the best bet since the bugs are sure to change between now and then. "Match the Hatch" as they say...

I love fresh caught fish, don't get me wrong. It's just more of a hassle to clean them just for myself than it's worth usually.

Well, the wife doesn't eat fish much, if ever, and for me it's a pain to keep fish just for myself, unless it's a big fat steelie or salmon. So most of my river fishing and lake fishing is gonna be catch and release anyway. I'm happy just having something pull at the other end of the line, doesn't m...

I fish the Skok all the time in August. Springers run in there, most people don't know that cause your not legally able to fish for them. The hatchery will deny it, and say "we don't get any sprinters in our hatchery" but something even less people know is there's 2 hatcheries one is further up and...

Apparently it opened the 1st. I saw a couple other guys fly fishing a section of it just SE of the park border, but it would have been a wet crossing with just my hip waders. Water was deep and moving fast in the main channel, they must have accessed it from the other side from where I was.

Well, I just moved here a few months ago, and made my first trip to the Skokomish river today seeing as how it opened this weekend and all. Water was low and clear, but moving quick enough to take you for a ride if not careful. Walked a length of it off of FSR 23 in the park, near Brown Creek Campgr...