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By: jonb
Posted: 8/24/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/24/2015
Hot Spots: 0
i got a text from mr. fishdude to go fish the snohomish after work today, i got there around 4:30pm. as i found my parking space i notice mr. butlers car there, i gave him a call got some intel, a...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/22/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/22/2015
Hot Spots: 0
i got a phone call from dj butler this morning to see about hitting the snohomish, and off i went. we met up around 2:30, just in time for receding tide :/ on the way there i overheard another group o...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/20/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 3
Fished: 8/20/2015
Hot Spots: 0
got to the river very early, went to the usual spot and there was no love to be had, the schools seemed to mostly be onbthe far side of the river today. i relocated after an hour with nothing and just...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/18/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
i hit the snohomish early this morning, got there around 7am. mr. butler was already there with 1 fish in his cooler. we both twitched jigs for a bit over an hour with nary a hit to be had. very few r...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/17/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
i strolled up to the river at around 2ish i think, saw dj butler, getting wrapped up getting ready to leave with his limit. a few casts in and i foul hook a small pink on the pectoral fin, i was kind ...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/14/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/14/2015
Hot Spots: 0
My wife and i arrived at squamish river at noon, targeting pink salmon.
Gear: 8wt fly rod with floating line, pink streamers.
Method: swing streamer in 2-3ft of water, with a tiny split shot about 2...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/12/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/12/2015
Hot Spots: 0
went to the squamish river in bc, fly fished with 3wt floating line and pink beadhead wooley bugger in 2'-3' of water caught and released a dozen pinks in 2 hours, kept my limit of 2 chrome bright hen...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/11/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/11/2015
Hot Spots: 0
took my wifes friend fishing, he is a noob i had to teach him how. in 2 hours i caught my limit of 2 chromers and released a few darker fish, my wifes friend barely managed to catch 2 dark hens. the b...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/10/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/10/2015
Hot Spots: 0
day 2 of squamish river murderfest
i arrived at the river around 9:30 am. i decided to strictly use a fly rod today. i brought along my 3wt redington ct rod and floating line set up. my fly of...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/9/2015
Species: Pink Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
this report is for the squamish river, in squamish bc canada.
ill start by saying the squamish river is in full tilt pink salmon season. at the peak of the season even.
my wife arrived a...
By: jonb
Posted: 7/30/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
i arrived at notellem river at 4:30pm. the bikini hatch was in full swing in the lower river, so i moved upstream away from the crowds. it was hot and muggy out, so i sought fast moving shaded riffles...
By: jonb
Posted: 7/26/2015
Species: Other
Rating: 0
Fished: 7/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Todays target species: Bull trout.
The river i fished has regs that state a 20" minimum size. and daily limit of 2 counted as part of trout daily limit. it is specifically listed as open in the regs...
By: jonb
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/9/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Part 2 of my chain lakes/ lake dowelle report, see my chain lakes report before reading this.
After a surprisingly decent night sleep on the ground inside my tent, i woke up at 5:00am. The twil...
By: jonb
Posted: 7/10/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 7/8/2015
Hot Spots: 0
This was the most brutal, exilerating, exhausting, exciting adventure ive been on yet.
In the quest to catch large alpine trout i searched google maps for hours and hours on end recently....
By: jonb
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/26/2015
Hot Spots: 0
After looking at and drooling over this stretch of river i finally decided to pull the trigger and fly fish it. I went way upstream, i wont say the exact location, but i will say it wasnt easy, after ...
By: jonb
Posted: 6/30/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 0
Fished: 6/30/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at one of my favorite subalpine lakes in snohomish county with a friend around 7:15am after a short hike. Upon arrival we see the shack, log book and canoe all still there as i last saw it. ...
By: jonb
Posted: 6/19/2015
Species: Brook Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/18/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I decided to try something new today, i arrived at the parking area for bear/ pinacle lake at 10:30am, first lake i arrived at was bear lake, a fairly large lake, very beautiful scenery, there wasnt ...
By: jonb
Posted: 6/17/2015
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2015
Hot Spots: 0
Ive been away from fishing for much longer than i can bare due to a work related wrist injury. I got the cast off this month and my doctors told me i could use my left(uninjured hand) to fly fish. Bes...
By: jonb
Posted: 3/30/2015
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 3
Fished: 3/29/2015
Hot Spots: 0
I fished blackmans for a few hours sunday morning. Started off throwing spoons and spinners from shore at hill park between the docks. Got a couple hits and a brief hook up. after a few minutes of cas...
By: jonb
Posted: 9/21/2014
Species: Cutthroat Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/21/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After witnessing a poaching of a snagged boot king at the wallace, i decided to get away from the crowds, and went to olney creek (above olney falls). A very good move. I waded about 3 miles of pristi...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/24/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/24/2014
Hot Spots: 0
my friend yen (ilvlkcassidy) and i hit lake mcmurray today in search of trout. we arrived just before noon, the wind was rough, the sun was bright and the temps were hot, some of the toughest conditio...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/23/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 4
Fished: 8/23/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at bosworth at 5:30 am, i blew up my raft and prepped my gear in the twilight and on the lake by 5:45, i started off trolling clown dodger/yellow hoochie on one rod, and pink splatter dodger...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/20/2014
Species: Salmon
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/20/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at bosworth at 0dark30 (5:30am) blew up my raft, rigged up my rods and on the water by 5:50am, the skies were overcast and it was cool enough to warrant wearing a light jacket. On one rod i ...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/17/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/17/2014
Hot Spots: 0
After working a short day at my side job, i decided the day was still young, and drove out to bosworth to see how the bite in the afternoon is. I arrived at 3:45, prepped my gear/blew up my raft, on t...
By: jonb
Posted: 8/16/2014
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 5
Fished: 8/16/2014
Hot Spots: 0
I arrived at lake bosworth at 7:45 am got my gear ready, blew up my raft, lake was like glass 62 degree air temp, over cast, perfect conditions, i brought my 3 weight and a ul spinning set up this tri...