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Skykomish River Report
Snohomish County, WA

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12/28/2013
36° - 40°
Drift Fishing
Steelhead
Orange
Cloudy
Corky & Yarn
All Day
12/28/2013
3
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Hit the Skykomish today with my brother and Hepker. We intended to fish Reiter on the highway side, but were running a little late. Changed our plan when we saw how crowded the parking area was. Looked to be 30+ cars! We ended up going down stream about a 1/2 mile and fished there from about 8:30 AM until Noon. Beautiful water, a few bumps, but no serious hookups. Took a break and had lunch. After lunch we decided to go back up and see what was happening on the highway side at Reiter. As we suspected a lot of people had left. There were 12 cars in the parking area. Decided to get our gear out and give it a shot. Hooked up on my third cast, but I didn't get a good hookset and the fish came unbuttoned after about 5 seconds (bummer...). About an hour and a half later and after throwing everything at them including the kitchen sink I decided to change up again and drifted a single orange corky. First cast, fish on!!! Turned out to be a nice little 5 lbs chrome hatchery hen. Glad to finally catch my first Skykomish River Steelhead. Fished for about another hour and decided to leave while we could still see the trail out.


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Hepker
12/29/2013 9:26:00 AM
nice job buddy. glad we finally got that thing into a net and bonked. hopefully one day all of us can hook up on some fun!
tele_maniac
12/29/2013 4:30:00 PM
Thanks Hepker. The netting was a bit of a fiasco!
EFHutton
12/30/2013 10:07:00 AM
I've never had much luck with a kitchen sink. Kinda bulky and you have to use 50lb test or you lose it in the rocks. That being said....nice chromer! I look forward to landing one of my own!
tele_maniac
12/30/2013 2:31:00 PM
Thanks EFHutton. LOL! Let's just say I carry a small, but very well stocked gear bag on the river and tried just about every color of corky, jig and spoon I had with me as well as floating eggs and prawns. So not quite the kitchen sink, but getting close!!!
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