Fly Fishing Report: March 2020
Things are finally beginning to unfold into a more palatable landscape of blue sky, budding trees, and breathless days that make spending a few hours on the water in pursuit of fish downright pleasant once again. I even heard the faint song of a varied thrush echoing through thin walls of an outhouse in Forks […]
Fly Fishing Report: February 2020
I think a lot of us are officially done with winter, though it may not quite be done with us. I usually look forward to the dark dreary days of January and February, knowing I’ll spend as many of them as I can knee deep in the cold flows of the Nooksack or Skagit, swinging […]
Fly Fishing Report: January 2020
Happy New Year everyone and thanks for a strong finish to 2019. We hope you all enjoyed a warm, safe and fun-filled Holiday season. While it’d be a bald-faced lie to say fishing in the North Sound region is anytime approaching red hot right now, there’s still some opportunity and with a little patience, determination […]
Fly Fishing Report: December 2019
It’s hard to believe another year has nearly passed us by and we’re winding down into the final few weeks. There’s still fishing to be had amidst the hustle and bustle of holiday activities. Fishing isn’t always red hot this time of year, but some pretty decent opportunities remain despite the sometimes crummy weather. Our […]
Fly Fishing Report: October 2019
I’ve always loved those years when summer seamlessly bleeds into fall. Lots of lingering sunshine and discernable warmth permeates the heart of the day. The leaves turn gradually, the breeze is light and occasional and those buckets of rain we all know will come sooner or later seem to take their sweet time. This doesn’t […]
Fly Fishing Report: September 2019
September is upon us and with it some cooler weather and wetter skies that for us mark a shift in focus back to our cold water salmonids. Salmon are making their way through the Puget Sound and into our rivers, bull trout are continuing their upstream journeys to stage below their spawning tributaries, bugs are […]
Fly Fishing Report: August 2019
Beating the heat is the name of the game. As a fair-skinned dude of Danish descent, I’m not really wired for hot weather. I get sluggish, nauseated and bake in the sun like an overcooked steak. I know we’re not accustomed to real heat here in the Northwest but anything over 75 gets me seeking […]
Fly Fishing Report: July 2019
Welcome back summer, our old friend. My how we’ve missed you! Along with the sunny skies, heat and days that linger long into the witching hour, our Northwest Washington summers bless us with a exciting array of fisheries, some in full swing, some just on the horizon. The shop bustles with people coming and going, […]
Fly Fishing Report: June 2019
Good golly it’s nice out these days! We’re getting spoiled on both the weather and the fishing fronts lately with so many different options out there and pretty fine conditions in which to enjoy them. Pick your poison: lakes, rivers, ponds, streams, swamps…it’s just about all open and fishing. The hardest decision is just figuring […]
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 […]