Fly Fishing Report: May 2019
Seasons come and seasons go. It’s a bittersweet goodbye to our much anticipated spring steelhead catch and release fishery on the Skagit and Sauk. Catching was hit and miss, picking up a little more through April as the month wound down. Whatever the day’s success rate, it was ever so nice to have some local […]
May Fly of the Month: Grey and Black Chironomid
Chironomids are at the forefront of our spring and early summer stillwater hatches. Trout eat them, lots of them, as they’re numerous, readily available and pretty vulnerable to predation throughout their slow emergence. There are literally thousands of different species in different colors and sizes. While many common chironomid fly patterns can cover multiple species […]
Fly Fishing Report: April 2019
Spring has most certainly sprung and along with it came one of the nicest Marches I can remember. Day upon day of T-shirt weather, birds chirping, buds blossoming and lots and lots of sun. Depending on your choice of fisheries, the weather has been both good and bad. Lakes are certainly warming, chironomid hatches are […]