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Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 6/3/15

By admin in Summer Steelhead, Trout, Winter Steelhead

9 years ago

We have been catching some late winter steelhead, early summer coho, big dollies, and sea run cutthroat recently. The dollie in the picture about spooled us, we had to chase it with the boat. Throughout May, the Spring Chinook have been the primary target on the OP. A few have been caught on the swing, but gear and bait is the way to consistently catch them. The Bogachiel, Calawah, Queets, and Upper Quinault open this week. There should be summer steelhead in the Bogachiel and Calawah on the June 6 opener. The Hoh looks great, but it isn’t going to open until August 1 at the earliest.

Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 3/17/15

By admin in Winter Steelhead

9 years ago

We got some rain and the fish came with it. We have had some insane fishing over the past week. There have been a lot more nice fish coming to the net. Marlon and Robert came out and we had very high water conditions, I gave them the option to cancel their trip because the water was so high. They said they came to fish and if there was a chance of catching one we should go. With low expectations we put the boat in and Marlon found this magnum buck, in the mid-20 pound range. Then we hooked quite a few more. It was an awesome day, much better than expected.

Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 3/9/15

By admin in Winter Steelhead

9 years ago

The water has been getting low and we could sure use some rain. We haven’t been putting up big numbers in the low water, but we have been hooking enough fish every day. Bob and Keith came up from CA and had a great trip. The weather was warm and dry and we found some nice fish. Then Norm and Pam came out from the East Coast. Norm has done a lot of steelheading, but this was Pam’s first trip. Maybe it was beginners luck, but she caught some big steelhead. Overall, fishing has been slower lately than it was in February with the low water we have been having, but there are still plenty of steelhead in the rivers on the OP. It should be really good fishing after the next big rain.

Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 2/27/15

By admin in Winter Steelhead

9 years ago

The rivers are on the drop, we haven’t had any rain for a while now. Fishing has continued to be really good. Over the last week we have seen some awesome fish. Ben came out and caught a huge upper teen’er buck in the same slot that is brother caught a huge one in late January. We landed that fish and got a picture within 20′ of where we landed his brothers steelhead a few weeks before. It was awesome. Doug and Jim came up from CA again this year and found some more great steelhead. Fishing has been good and the Hoh and Queets are in shape. It is a great time to be on the Olympic Peninsula.

More Rain & Wild Steelhead

By admin in Winter Steelhead

9 years ago

Well, the rain is pouring once again and there are some awesome wild fish in the rivers right now. We got these and a few others yesterday on the rise. After this next drop fishing should be good. It has been a wet few months. Yesterday the Hoh was flowing at 1,500 CFS and now it is at 23,700 CFS and just peaked. That should get some of that wood moving around, it might wash out some of those sweepers in the upper river. There have been some big wild fish getting caught. I am looking forward to getting back on the rivers when they are falling, fishing was good on the rise. I still have some dates open for the winter season, here is what I have open in January: 18, 19, 28, 31. There are still some prime openings in February, March, and April. Call or email and I will let you know

Happy New Year Fishing Report

By admin in Winter Steelhead

9 years ago

Happy New Year! There have been enough hatchery fish around to make it interesting and the wild fish are showing up now too. There are some major changes on the Hoh, well the whole upper river is different. I will be checking out the lower river in the next few days. There are some big sweepers about a mile below the park line and another major blockage before the last high bank above Minie’s. Below Spuce Creek the main river heads right under a log jam and you have to take a small braid to the left. The channels connect back up below Owl Creek. It is going to be fun learning it over again. I hope your Holidays went well. See you on the river.

The Silvers Keep Coming – Olympic Peninsula – 11/18/14

By admin in Fall Salmon

9 years ago

We’ve been fishing the Bogachiel and the Hoh lately. There are a ton of Coho salmon around and some hatchery steelhead are starting to show up. Bogachiel: The river had about 2 ft of vis, coming off a small bump the day before. This was Jeff’s and Kyle’s first time chasing salmon or steelhead. We found some nice silvers. There are still a lot of bright fish moving into the rivers out here. Pink and orange were the colors that were working good for us. The trick right now is to put your rig in front of as many fish as possible, which means posting up on a pile of fish sending a bunch of casts through them. That has been better than running and gunning all day. Hoh: The coho are still coming. I took Eric and John down to the Hoh to see if there was a good amount

Washington Fly Fishing Report – 9/4/14

By admin in Summer Steelhead

10 years ago

The past week has been pretty good fishing. We have been getting summer steelhead nymphing and on the swing. The steelhead have really been coming in the rivers and the little bit of rain we have been getting isn’t hurting at all. It will actually help to keep some of the fiberglass on the bottom of my boat.

Olympic Peninsula Summer Steelhead – 8/31/14

By admin in Summer Steelhead

10 years ago

Summer steelhead fishing has been awesome. We have been hooking a lot of nice steelhead lately and a few chinook. This low water and hot weather has been really nice, especially with the fish cooperating in the middle of the day. The silvers are showing up in the Sol Duc, but it is getting tough to float. We are doing a lot of dragging the raft through the rapids. But, the low water and light pressure is nice.

Olympic Peninsula Summer Steelhead – 8/30/14

By admin in Summer Steelhead

10 years ago

We have been picking up a lot of steelhead. Rob and Jim came out for a few days and crushed them. The summer steelhead are here. Mot much else to say. If you can get over to the Olympic Peninsula, I would.

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Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Fly Fishing Report – 3/9/14

By admin in Winter Steelhead

10 years ago

The water has been really high for the month of March and early February was more of a drought. It is getting ready to come off the big blow out. We are looking forward to more big chromers coming in with this high water. Fishing has been pretty good since January. We have been finding them here and there with the random double digit day. We have been seeing a lot of 3 salt fish this year. For dates still available, we have openings in the April 16-30 range.

Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 6/3/15

Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 3/17/15

Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 3/9/15

Olympic Peninsula Fly Fishing Report – 2/27/15

More Rain & Wild Steelhead

Happy New Year Fishing Report

The Silvers Keep Coming – Olympic Peninsula – 11/18/14

Washington Fly Fishing Report – 9/4/14

Olympic Peninsula Summer Steelhead – 8/31/14

Olympic Peninsula Summer Steelhead – 8/30/14

Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Fly Fishing Report – 3/9/14

Methow River Fly Fishing Report – 11/9/13

Methow River Fly Fishing Report – 10/27/13

Methow River Fly Fishing Report – 10/17/13

Klickitat River Fly Fishing Report – 10/9/13

Klickitat River Fly Fishing Report – 9/29/13

Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Fly Fishing Report – 4/21/13

Methow River Fly Fishing Report – 11/9/12

Klickitat River Fly Fishing Report – 11/9/12

Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Fly Fishing Report – 3/29/12

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