Northwest Fishing Reports

Dang jens! You should be a flyfisher LOL. Was that 6 for 10 all 'nooks?? Geesh. That's some fish fighting practice! SAPI- that is a beautfiul brown :cheers: Was that on fly or gear? Nice either way. I caught it on fly (I don't do that gear thing :D on Belt Creek in Central Montana. I'll try and dig...

Salmon arn't really my thing...

Lol. I was at Surplus Ammo and Arms yesterday (picking up a bounty of shotgun ammo) and the road was closed right after we left.

Not really, but it depends alot on the fish and the location. Sink tip line should almost always have the sinking part colored black, or if it is full sink the whole line will be black or dark colored so that won't make much of a difference. On floating lines, for most fishing a fairly bright colore...

racfish wrote:The upper Snoqualmie might have brookies but prolly not Tokul.Looks like a young dolly to me.The last time I gave an opinion I got my head bitten off.

It does. I've caught several (including a 15" specimen) on the upper South Fork.

Not me, but my Dad and his brothers were fishing the Umatilla River in OR as kids and they saw a corpse floating down the river, and my Dad's brother reached out to grab him by the jacket and his weight pulled him off the breakwaters they were fishing on and right on top of dead, bloated, Indian. Ne...

I built a 6 weight off a Rainshadow blank with a fighting butt and full wells grip in a blue and green color scheme becuase I wanted something unique several years back. in the end absolutly worth it. It's cool to build a rod to your own specifications and to know how the rod building process is don...

Those are crazy. The details are amazing. Especailly on the Predator one.

Personally, I wouldn't skimp on Spey Equipment. It can really effect your cast. Especially the line and rod. I have a $190 Redington 14' 9" Spey rod and it casts pretty good, but when I casted a 12" 7 weight hand built G-loomis (I think) spey rod, there was no comparison. It was smooth and easy to t...

Wait.... so can you still target Chums in the Snohomish system and just not keep them or is it completley closed to targeting Chums?

It's a good idea to take a fly tying class, most fly shops offer one and there usually pretty cheap. Honestly, I couldn't imagine learning how to tie from scratch. When you first learn, it can be discouraging not being able to tie perfect flies but stick with it. You'll get better

In that situation you had all the right to shoot. Three dawgs that size could easily have killed you. I'm pretty sure if that was me, those dogs never would have made it to animal control. If they did it to you and that other guy with his dog, they've done things like that before and would have cont...

Thats so awesome. Thats what I would be like if I had a guide service. lol

I've always worn a vest, and it's great. Carries all the stuff I need (granted, I fly fish, so a tackle box isn't really practical :D )and allows you to remain mobile on the stream and also prevents theft by other anglers.

Ahh, the old orange Wiggle Wart. Back in the day thats what I caught my first silver on. Anyway, thats a pretty nice fish dude.

I use Spey Blood Quills for palmering.I've always palmered marabou by pulling off one side of the marabou and discarding the pulled off marabou and wrapping the now one sided marabou quill on the hook then counter wrapping a very thin wire through it.

The Mo' is fuckin sweet. Probably my favorite river in Montana. It's super technical so just be aware of that if your fishing there. Also, Belt Creek around the Sluice Boxes State Park is an awesome river. I gots me a 20" first cast Brown this summer there. My Dad and I never caught anything under 1...

Alright. When fishing eastern Wa rivers (maily the Methow and Wenatchee) depending on the run, I'll either nymph or swing flies. If I'm nymphing, I use 9-12lb flouro leaders with a beadhead Brown Kaufmanns stone (size 4-8) and about 17" behind it a Glo-bug (I like peach or white with a red spot). If...

Yeah, as other have said, the best trout fishing on the Sno is above the falls up into the forks. I prefer the middle fork, but I'll also fish the South Fork in several spots off of I-90. I've caught some Brookies in the 12" range up there.

Or you could just avoid combat fishing all together........