Olympic Peninsula Steelhead Fly Fishing Report – 2/22/11

Epic FishingÊ- The stars aligned yesterday, we found ten chrome fish on the swing………. and only 3 on the nymphs. It was the best day of swinging I have seen for winter steelhead. Mike hooked one fish that was all of twenty pounds. It made some explosive head shakes, cartwheeled out of the water, then headed for a pile of logs across the river. Mike tried to turn the fish, but it broke off. There is nothing like getting your butt handed to you by a big chrome native steelhead. It is shaping up to be a great steelhead season. Since the rivers out here have come into shape, the fishing has been quite good. Friday (the second fishable day last week) Navy and Scott found an 18lb steelhead and managed to bring it to the net. If you are looking to get out fishing, we have some open days between March 4 and April 15.