Dateline, Montana. Evidently I need new waders. Fishing Rock Creek today I felt like I was fishing in a Northwest downpour: non-stop heavy rain. By the time I got off the river my pants and socks were soaking wet, and I hadn't fallen in the river for a change. The water just ran down my raincoat and

I fished Ala Spit in the morning last Saturday (9/3), hoping to find a coho. No luck. I didn't see any action from three other fishers nearby either (two fly fishers; one gear fisher). I had a couple small pecks from something on my first couple casts, but nothing after that. Paul Messner told me

Jim Rohrer, Pete Tobin, and Bob Adams fished Lone Lake on this date. The lake was still fishable given the recent weather for Western Washington/Whidbey Island. Expect this condition to rapidly change with the temperature going above 70-75 degrees. Lake water temperature was recorded at 71 degree

A heart-warming turnout, weather as good as we could have expected, aggressive fish, and fine eats: what more could a person ask? The revived first annual Nyerges Nymph One-Fly Outing was a hit! Nearly a dozen club members took to the water, and another half-dozen came to help with lunch. That's my

The weather was great, the bugs were out, and the fish were up! We couldn't have asked for more last Wednesday as eight club members enjoyed a day's fishing on the Yakima River. Four guides from Red's Fly Shop shared their expertise and pleasant personalities with us--putting us on a lot of fish, te

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Fished the incoming tide this morning at Ala Spit with Peter Tobin. I managed to catch one before all the boat traffic started up.

Carol and I are on the island for a couple days--escaping the Seattle heat. As we were sitting on the deck yesterday afternoon, I saw two fish jump just offshore. That's encouraging. Anyone have salmon reports?

Pete Tobin and I fished a couple of lakes in the Winthrop area. June 14 we fished Big Twin and had some success with big dry flies. We were told that the trout were at the 25 foot level, but we watched active surface feeding in the east end of lake. And this was the ticket to some good dry fly ac

I spent an couple hours fishing the outgoing tide at Ala Spit yesterday. Trying to get to the water was a chore in itself, given all the clam diggers. From the smiles and full buckets I saw, it must have been a success for everyone. Fishing (or catching, at least) was less common, though not tota

Had a great day on the Yakima yesterday. My old friend Jim and I floated from Red's to Roza with Craig, a guide from Red's Fly Shop. Craig was an awesome guide. We hit the water about 10:30am and used a two fly nymph setup. Both rigs had a small beaded worm fly below a larger weighted nymph under

Long time listener, first time caller - I'm fairly new to the stillwater game, but with the pandemic upon us I decided to spend some time this winter figuring out the Island's lakes. To that end, over Thanksgiving weekend I took my float tube out to recently stocked Cranberry Lake and ended up havi

After repairing some damage to our beach boardwalk that resulted from the last large storm, Dave and I had intended to fish Pass Lake for the afternoon, but the parking lot is closed temporarily because of a sinkhole. Check the park website before you head that way to fish. Not wanting to cancel fi

My son, David, and I fished Pass Lake yesterday afternoon for about three hours. Trolling a green leech, I caught two 17-inchers. Dave had no luck trolling a black leech. We were fishing along the eastern shore and went as far north as the large cove there. Dave was using a full sink type 6 line

Mark McGinnis and I are in the middle of a four-day fishing trip to Missoula. Today we were out on the Blackfoot River with my guide son, David. While I'll prepare a full presentation of our trip for showing at an upcoming club meeting, we had an experience today that I HAVE to share. I had hooke

Fishing Vancouver Island- Me, a long time fishing buddy, and watching for the bears! 8 weight rod and 20 lb leader. Fishing for Coho and Pinks

Club members Ken Price, John Welty, Pete Tobin and Bob Adams fished North Twin Lake, Colville Reservation in early May. There was still snow on the upper mountains! The Lake Resort was opened now that Covid restrictions were lifted. Lot's of surface action on the lake and hungry rainbows. We al

I guess the heading says it all. Two hours working the length of the eastern beach with a shrimp pattern produced nothing. Haven't decided if I'll go back tomorrow or try Pass Lake.

Not until today. Carol and I are exploring Idaho's scenic byways and have landed in Island Park, on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River. I've read stories of the fantastic fish here and how hard they can be to catch. Now I can vouch for the first but not yet the second. Perhaps it's the early season

I went fishing on the Skagit river for the past three days and the Silvers are running. Yesterday, I went fishing with my BIL and with his spin reel he caught 10 Silvers within the span of 3 hours. The fishing was hot between 6 am till 7:30. Every Coho was over 22 inches long! There is re