CREEKSIDE ANGLING REPORT: SNOQUALMIE FORKS: Dry fly fishing is finally hitting its full stride on the South Fork. Weve been hearing good reports of guys doing well consistently in the evening skating dry flies. Anywhere you can access the river is good, but up high, around Denny Creek, has been especally productive. As always, your best success will be in the areas where you can get away from easy access, so try hiking up or down river before you begin fishing. CEDAR RIVER: Cedar River has been fishing as well as you could ask for. While there is some dry fly action on small caddises, nymphing continues to be the most productive option, especially for the larger fish. Pats Stones in size 8 & 10, small caddis pupae, and mayflies (size 16-18) If you really want to learn this fishery, consider booking a trip with our resident hustler, Ricky Davidson. He knows the river inside and out, and has techniques dialed in to put clients on some of the nicest rainbows in western Washington. YAKIMA RIVER: Some of the members of the Creekside Recon team hit the Yak around Thorp yesterday and did very well on dry flies. While most of the fish were smaller than the tanks of the upper river (biggest was only around 15 inches) they put up big numbers of fish on PMDs and caddis flies on the surface. Options : upper river nymphing for few, but larger average size fish, or go hit the farmlands or lower canyon for good numbers of smaller fish on dries. Cant go wrong either way. SALT: For those of you that cant get enough of the beaches, now is a fantastic time of year to explore some of the beaches of the eastern side of the OP for sea run cutthroat. Places like Carr Inlet, Dabob Bay, & Hood Canal are going off like crazy. Baitfish are everywhere, and there are cutts willing to take advantage. Any small baitfish pattern will work,but I would recommend something that resembles the millions of pink & chum salmon fry that are currently trying to navigate their way out of Puget Sound without being eating by a hungry cutt. ALPINE LAKES: For the more intrepid among you, the season of good fishing on the alpine lakes wilderness is getting started. Most of these lakes will have good populations of small cutthroat or brookies. Check in for specific info, but short hikes can take you to great fishing.
Posted on: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 00:59:42 +0000