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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.
Available Fishing Guide:
Website: Darrell & Dads Family Guide Service