A few days ago, Peter Tobin, Bob Adams, and Jim Rohrer returned from a fishing trip to Moassin Lake, near Winthrop, WA. Here is a report supplied by Peter: "Why has Peter (& Snowball ) fished Mocassin Lake on June 15 almost every year since hiking into the lake in 1993? "YES - it is Peter’s birth

My son and I fished Ala Spit on April 10, 2023. Sky was overcast and light raining. We arrived at 6:30 am. The tide was at high slack and we started getting fish as the tide started going out. We first lost 2 Sea Run cutthroats both on surface flies. My son Geoff got a nice Dolly Varden on 8 weig

I spent an hour at Ala Spit yesterday, testing the waters for sea-run cutthroat (SRC) and Dolly Varden (DV). I made one pass down the length of the spit starting about an hour after low tide. I was rewarded only with solitude and an incremental improvement in my casting stroke--neither of which is b

I fished Pass Lake for a couple hours this afternoon and hooked three fish, netting two, including a 19-inch Brown. I was casting a medium-size leach pattern with an orange bead head to the bank and stripping it back at medium speed. My fish came from the west side of the lake, north of the weedy po

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

Been at Hoypus Point the last 3 days and may have seen 1 fish jump. Otherwise, no action. Planning to check out Ala tomorrow and maybe Friday afternoon for a few hours.

I fished Ala Spit near the beginning of the incoming tide mid-day yesterday and had pretty good luck: two Dollys, one of which was 27". The bright sun evidently wasn't a deterrent for these fish. I was using a fly called a foul-free herring (purple over olive rather than one of those shown here

I've always wanted to start a fishing report with words like these. The places I fish just don't seem to be anyone's secret. But the success of a fly fishing guide, like my son, often hinges on knowing those places to go that others don't know of or don't think about. So when Dave took me out f

Carol gave me a pass on new-puppy duty today, so I spent a few hours on Rock Creek. The weather is beautiful here in Montana, with clear blue skies and temperatures in the 70's. I was expecting crowds on the river, it being Sunday, but found it rather sparsely populated. Maybe the rising water le

Fished Lone Lake yesterday May 2nd. The water quality now shows signs of algae blum startng. Also concerning was the absence of chironomids which typically represent 70% of the food source for trout. Managed to catch a few fish.

While the parking lot at Pass Lake is still closed, I saw a backhoe there yesterday. Hopefully that means repair work will be underway soon. In the mean time, you can park in a couple of turnouts along Highway 20 and launch your PWC. I fished there two days ago from about 12:30 until 3:30 and had

I fished Ala Spit yesterday during an outgoing tide in the early afternoon. I caught a gorgeous Dolly Varden! This was special for me for several reasons. It may have been my first fish caught there. More special is that it took one of my deer hair poppers that I have focused on for the last couple

Just to be sure my Thursday experience at Ala Spit wasn't a fluke, I returned there yesterday afternoon. The incoming tide was a little higher than before, so I was fishing different water, but the end result was the same: no fish. I can't believe it will be long before fish start showing up at Ala.

Here's a report from Jeff Sturm. "I’ve been getting out on Pass Lake semi-regularly (almost weekly). Nothing too surprising, 2-3 rainbows to the net about the same number lost. However, I was there a week ago and while a beautiful day, I only had one bite and luckily I kept it on. I knew from th

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

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 m

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,

From Skagit County: https://skagitcounty.blog/2021/08/17/immediate-closure-of-pass-lake-danger-for-toxic-blue-green-algae-exposure-at-pass-lake-deception-pass-state-park/

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