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Remember that our local rivers are subject to high water in the Spring and low water in the late summer. Our saltwater beaches are always available. Be prepared to adjust fishing venues if conditions arise. Gear to be prepared. Most of our fishing pursuits are for anadromous fish, or sea-run fish. Timing a "run" of trout, steelhead or salmon is our specialty, and we work hard to provide the best experience during the time of your visit. We encourage you to flyfish in Washington and throughout the northwest, we can help build your trip with cabin/house rentals on the rivers and beaches.
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Fiery Yakima buck in spring colors, Yakima River Mar '10.





Grover inspects the latest offering from the upper Yakima river, Yakima River Guides, March '10
Salt and Stream
Fishing Report
QUICK REPORT
WESTSIDE STEELHEAD - All Puget Sound Rivers Closed! Time to head to the Olympic Peninsula...watch out for crowds. For ideas on guides to book, give us a call.
EASTSIDE STEELHEAD - Wenatchee River closed Feb 28th! Methow to remain open through March. Lots of hatchery fish still in the river. Remember it is necessary to take hatchery fish, when caught, on the Methow and Wenatchee (when open).
TROUT - Yakima River: Fish are eating dryflies throughout the day! Skwala dry fly fishing in the lower river has been good to great. Large fish looking up in selected sections of the river. Days are varied with clouds, sun, so prepare for all temperatures. Big early season fish are hard to beat!
BEACHES (Salish Sea) - Look for fishing to be tough with weather conditions all over this time of year. But try surface poppers, when you can. It is a great way to find fish when your exploring a new beach. Look for cutthroat to be eating salmon smolt, aquatic insects, and sculpin, to name a few.

Puget Sound Beaches (The Salish Sea)
Sea-run Cutthroat are waiting at the creek mouths, or pushing up into them to spawn. Many fish are off the beach and chasing smolt and other baitfish. Keep on the move and get to know your favorite beach again. Look for structure and imagine at certain tides. A depression in the sand or cobble, could hold a cutthroat with the passing tide. Food is drifting in the current, or swimming with it. Vary your retrieve and presentations to imitate different food forms. Good luck!

Yakima River Fly Fishing
Nights are mostly above freezing below Thorp and the Skwala's are hatching, we have been taking all fish on dryflies in the lower river. Where in the upper, we are throwing some droppers with good success as well. Midge hatches are are day to day, and seem to be mostly in the middle to upper river. Remember to fish Skwala dryflies, even if you don't see the bugs. Good luck! We are running a Late Winter float trip special, through March, 10am-5pm hours, $275 for the boat. Email for available dates. Upper Farmland Flows; Lower Canyon Flows

Wenatchee River
Open through March 2010. The Wenatchee is open for the second time in over ten years. This time the fish are in better numbers. We broke the 2001 record of steehead over Bonneville Dam. Wenachtee River Steelhead are in great abundance due to many factors. Check out the Osprey for more information on preserving these wild runs of fish. All hatchery fish are asked to be kept and a four fish limit. The river can close as soon as we meet the imapct on wild fish to the river.Wenatchee River Fly Fishing may be open through March 2010. Before water temps drop, these fish will be readly taken on the surface with waking muddlers and other steelhead dry fly patterns. Wenatchee River at Monitor Flows

Cedar River
Closed until June 2010. The river fished nicely in '09 with some changes to the river from the January '09 flood. Many areas have filled in and changed course. But that is what rivers do. A smaller sockeye run this year will provide less smolt for next years trout in the river. Cedar River Flows

Skykomish River
Closed!!! River closed early this year, February 18th. You might find us floating the river on some of the nicer days this spring to watch for activity. From now until the end of May is the time for poaching of wild steelhead. Float the river and report any suspicious activity to the WDFW. Call 1-877-933-9847 to reach the WDFW's poaching hotline. Skykomish Flows at Gold Bar

Skagit River
Closed until the June 1, 2010. We took advantage of the numbers of big bull trout in the river. Many fish were caught over twenty inches. Skagit Flows @ Marblemount; Skagit Flows @ Concrete

Sauk River
Closed until June 1st! Low and clear, but weather is on the way and projected flows have the Sauk coming over the Valentines Day weekend. This will make the last few days on the river for the winter, one's you don't want to miss. Sauk River Flows

Snoqualmie River - below falls
Closed until June 1st! Slow winter steelhead fishing. Few fish in the river, unlike the Skykomish that still has decent numbers of winter steelhead. Snoqualmie River Flows at Carnation

Snoqualmie River & Forks - above falls
Open for trout fishing! Cold water and slow hatches will keep us off the upper Sno fully until summer time. However, if winter doesn't come back, we will have our runoff early. This means the Snoqualmie could be fishing much earlier. Try small nymphs this time of year. Middle fork of the Snoqualmie Flows

Cowlitz River
Open year round. Winter run steelhead are in the river, but numbers are fairly low. Flows have dropped to around 5000 with 50 or so fish a week showing up to the hatchery. The Cowlitz river king salmon and other lower Columbia tributaries will start to see their "springers" soon. We will be making selected trips to the river this spring and early summer in search of our largest sea-run species around..Cowlitz flows at Blue Creek