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Snohomish County, WA

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07/29/2012
Fly Fishing
Steelhead
Streamer
Black
Sinking/Floating Fly Line
Evening
07/30/2012
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Went fishing the Snoqualmie River at the mouth of Tolt River in Carnation. (I thought this is still King County, but the web page forced me to choose Snohomish County. Weird.) People say there are steelheads.

I spent 3 hours there from about 4:00PM, caught nothing but a foot-long squawfish. Other than that, I got no bites at all. What I did was casting a streamer about 50' into the current coming into Snoqualmie from Tolt, let it drift and then 6-inch retrieve it back. I was using a sink tip line, the streamer is not weighted and no bead. What did I do wrong??? (At that place on the Snoqualmie River, other than the incoming current, which flows fast, the water in the river seems to be still, very slow. Is moving water like the incoming current a better choice or still water?)

There were another 3 fly-fisherman/women. According to them, they've been fishing this place for quite some time, they got nothing either. They said they didn't even see other people get anything at this place. What went wrong?


Comments

fear_no_fish
7/30/2012 9:41:00 AM
I don't think you did anything wrong, a weighted fly might help though. But I think it's more the run size is the problem. Most people I hear from tell me the return to tolt isn't that great. There are fish but your really going to have to work for them. Thats just what I am told though.
FinChaserNW
7/30/2012 10:54:00 AM
Hi P.T.

fear_no_fish is correct. You had a good game plan. There are simply not many fish in the system at the moment. I spoke with the folks at the hatchery (Tokul) last week and they had the same news. The Skykomish is a great alternative right now that isn't too far away. It can have it's slow days as well, but we know there are a number of fish up there to target.
p.t.
7/30/2012 7:34:00 PM
Thank you very much for the replies. This is somewhat comforting to me, I gues I'll just have to keep trying. Not a problem, patience is the go-to trick for all fishermen.:-)
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