Bummer! You didn’t need to try to make me feel better. When the fish whisperer doesn’t catch fish nobody does.

I can join you in the afternoon. See you there. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for the report! Good luck with the fly rod. I have been at Hoypus a few times in the last couple of weeks and haven’t seen any action or evidence of fish yet.

Be great to have you join us. Mark W, me and a few Fidalgo Club members have reservations.

Just got an update from the Deception Pass Park Manager: “Currently, the parking lot is back open with a temporary repair.”

Now that my fingers have thawed out and are working again I can add a comment... Also had a great time and if you haven’t floated the Skagit, this is a great stretch to test the waters. Short but gets you to plenty of fishy gravel bars that are otherwise not accessible by the road. The complete stretch is easy water to navigate even if brand new to floating rivers. Had a great time even though it was cold and soggy.

Fished Cranberry yesterday. On the water for a couple of hours and netted 4, had several on and several more strikes. Banner day for me. Trolled full sinking line with a Carrie’s Special. Planning to try again on Monday. Pass parking lot still closed.

Thanks for the update! Got back from the Kitsap Peninsula. We hit some Shelton areas as well. Had a great time. Caught a couple SRC’s. Learned new sites. Wet, wet, wet!!! Stopped raining the morning we left.

I will plan to join you guys. Thanks for organizing and invite.

What an incredible experience! Thanks for sharing. Absolutely amazing. And to have McGinn narrating icing on the cake.

I would love to but can’t make it this week. I was out there last week hiking with grandkids and say an osprey grab a fish. Must have been a SRC. Love to hear about the activity. I would be interested next week.

Thoughts on the tools... Can the fly tying class use them? If so, they get first dibs for free. New tyers building their tool collection should jump on these and take 1 of everything - maybe discount 50% off listed price. If anything is left, I would be interested in the bobbins and glue bottles. Still navigating crowd concerns so not sure about a jaunt to Lone Lake but congrats to Island County moving to Phase II! Hooray for you. Hoping Skagit County moves that direction soon.

I assume you are being truthful, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you downplayed your success to make us average fishers feel better about life. Rest comfortably!

Drove by yesterday at around 12:30 and 3:30. Parking lot was packed both times. Looked like several were pulling out at 3:30 and mostly social distancing.

Given he is in Seattle, I would recommend Pacific Fly Fishers. Before I learned about Confluence, they were my go to shop. I know there are other good ones as well but I have not shopped there. Avid Angler seems to get a lot of good press. Otherwise, Scott at Confluence would take great care of him.

I'll see you there. Probably a little later in the day.

Thanks for the update Mark. I have been going to Hoypus Point for the last few days. I saw some activity yesterday, interestingly, at low tide but haven't connected with anything yet. I was there today for the high tide but didn't see any activity. The boats are starting to congregate at the Honey Hole under the Deception Pass bridge. When are you headed out again? I would be very interested to join you.