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Dry Fly fishing for summer steelhead on the Olympic Peninsula

A dry fly steelhead post, and the fishing is good, but salmon fishing has started.  Most days now we are getting a few steelhead, a few salmon, soon it will be salmon season in full swing. The horrible truth about … read more »

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Too much stuff to catch

A little twitch, a little swing, a little strip, a big foam dry, means hooking summer steelhead and cutthroat, and the occasional coho. When its mostly Coho mixed with trout then we strip streamers.  If its mostly summer steelhead mixed … read more »

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Great news on the Hoh, open dates

Days open? Yep. Catching fish? Yep. Summer steelhead, yep, the trout are back from……where ever they were. The summer salmon seem to have given way seamlessly to fall coho and early kings. Right now jack kings abound…everywhere. Maybe the Quillayute … read more »

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Here we go, day one, Ryan on the Cowlitz

I will not torment you with multiple posts like this one. Just to say, yes there is water here and down south, yes, there is some very good fishing,both here and down south. yes we have open days, but only … read more »

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Yo, wanna catch a bunch of steelhead? Special rates!

What could be more special than our usual rate?  I know, I can’t think of anything either! Cowlitz people, just three days left 24,25,26 of August, this is a good idea, you should book it, I really think you should. … read more »

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Code word

Call in sick.  

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Steelhead, closer to home than Forks?

Just want to catch some steelhead, or work on your spey fishing, or get out of the office for a day? Ryan, (and maybe me for a day or two) will be down on the Cowlitz from August 24th through … read more »

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