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Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 [size 1]Here are some recent fishing reports for your state. They come from the States report area and may include some flyfishing information as well as Salmon and Steelhead information. These reports will pick up from where the last ones left off. They are arranged from oldest to newest so check the bottom of the thread for the very latest in information.[url "javascript: addTag('cool')"][cool][/url][/size] Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Cedar River - August 16th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=140,re"]The Avid Angler[/url] RECORDED: 80 ° FISHING: Excellent Location: I fished upstream and downstream of the Golf Course. Time Fished: 9am to dusk Summary: I fished the better part of the day. Generally the morning was slow. I picked up one fish before noon, and things didn't really start to pick up until 1pm or so. I've found that the best "bite" so to speak, has been from mid-afternoon until 6pm or so. I continued to fish a double nymph rig and today no one particular pattern seemed to do the trick. I would fish through a run and if I didn't hit a fish, I'd try something different and that would often do the trick. I would continue to fish any larger stonefly nymph (size 8 or 10) with a variety of smaller flies as the dropper. I hit a couple cutthroat today as well, which represent the first cutts for me in the Cedar. The evening did not produce a very good hatch today and I didn't see many fish rising, however, nymphing continued to work into the evening on this day. The Cedar closes at the end of the day on August 31st. If you are going to fish it, now is the time. Patterns Fished: Large stonefly nymphs in golden and hare's ear, battle creek woolly bugger, olive hare's ear and a rock roller I wouldn't go to the Cedar right now without: Double bead stonefly nymph in golden and hare's ear Golden Stone Red Squirrel Nymph 8 Morrish's Hot Wire Caddis Amber 14 Rock Roller - 8 Glo Bugs Battle Creek Woolly Bugger Olive BH Hare's Ear Report submitted by: Nathan Keen Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Stillaguamish River – North Fork - August 16th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=48,re"]Dickson Flyfishing Steelhead Guides[/url] FISHING: Fair On the stilly I have seen sockeye, SRC's, steelhead, Kings and some really big Dollys. The fish are starting to see a few flies. It is time to start showing them something different. I have seen a few gear fishermen, guys using fly rods with spoons, and even those little white Styrofoam bait containers. It would be nice to see more enforcement on the N.F. Stilly. Here is a side note from the Wild Steelhead Coalition: REQUEST FOR LETTERS! THE AUGUST 28 STEELHEAD MORATORIUM HEARING IS FAST APPROACHING! PLEASE HELP SAVE OUR WILD STEELHEAD! SEND OUT YOUR LETTERS TO THE FISH & WILDLIFE COMMISSION. TELL THEM THAT YOU WANT THE TWO-YEAR WILD STEELHEAD MORATORIUM TO REMAIN IN PLACE! AT THIS TIME WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF HAVING THE MORATORIUM REVERSED. MAIL YOUR LETTERS TO: Washington Fish & Wildlife Commission 600 Capitol Way North Olympia, WA 98501-1091 OR E-MAIL: Commission@dfw.wa.gov Mailed letters have more weight then do email letters so if you can take the time to type one out and mail it in that would be great along with an email. GET THOSE CAR POOLS ORGANIZED! While letters are vitally important, being in attendance at the Bremerton hearing on August 28 will do even more for our cause. The City of Forks is planning to bring a large contingent of people who want the moratorium rescinded. We will need more people than ever to meet this challenge. If you plan to testify you will need to have a copy of your testimony for each of the commissioners and other officials who will be at the hearing. Even if you do not plan to give testimony, your presence is still imperative. Thank you for your continued support. Les Johnson, VP Communications WILD STEELHEAD COALITION Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Cascade River - August 21st, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=66,re"]John's Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Fair River Conditions: Running LOW and can color up quickly as temps warm Fishing Report: Lots of Dollie Varden here too!! Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Sauk River - August 21st, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=66,re"]John's Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Fair [url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/current?type=skagit&group_key=basin_cd&search_site_no_station_nm="]River Levels - click here[/url] River Conditions: Sauk river is running "Super Low" right now with zero visibility below the Suiattle. Above the Suiattle there's 1-3 feet of visibility. Fishing Report: Lots of Dollie Varden!! You have to be well on the upper river to find any good visibility though Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Skagit River - August 21st, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=66,re"]John's Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good [url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/current?type=skagit&group_key=basin_cd&search_site_no_station_nm="]River Levels - click here[/url] River Conditions: Skagit above the Sauk is running at low to normal flows with 6-8 feet of visibility. Skagit below the Sauk down to Concrete has zero visibility right now due to warm temps and glacial melt on the Sauk. Skagit below the Baker has 2-4 feet of visibility depending on flow release from the Baker, the more flow release the clearer. Fishing Report: Silvers are making a showing already and there's lots of Kings around. Very few Summer-run Steelhead, but lots of Dollie Varden. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Yakima River - August 23rd, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=135,re"]All About the Fly[/url] RECORDED: 0 ° FISHING: Fair The Yakima has been dropping slowly and surely for the last couple of weeks. All fishing has been from a boat since the flows are still to high to wade. The water temp. has been approaching the 70 degree mark, so be nice to the fish and don't play them any more then necessary. The banks are still good areas to concentrate on, but the fish are also holding in areas any where there is added oxygen, which can mean right out in the middle of the river. Big ugly's with rubber legs, Hopper's, Beetle's. and droppers are all working. Fishing info provided by guide Bill Loder. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 LaPush - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good LaPush Good out on the rock pile for a few kings and lots of silvers. Others secret spots are good for kings as well . Lots of big silvers. Sekiu Kings are closed in the Straits. Lots of silvers just out a few miles. Some big ones too. Neah Bay Kings are closed in the Straits. Lots of silvers in the straits are swatting hooks. Outside along the coast is very good for kings and silvers. Silvers are 8-14 lbs already. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Cowlitz River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good Good fishing. Starting to slow down a little. Steelhead from Blue Cr. down to Toledo. Salmon are starting to show in the lower river. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Lewis River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good Low, lots of steelhead around. Sould see some salmon soon. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Queets River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good Steelhead are in good numbers. Check your regs Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Hoh River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Fair River Level and Flow [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/current?type=flow&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Hoh"]click here[/url]] Tides [[url "http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tides04/tab2wc1b.html#134"]click here[/url]] River is up from the rainy weather. 0-1 ft visibility. Late Summer kings are still in the river! Summer-run steelhead are here too. August and Sept. will be good for Salmon and Steelhead. By the way... our D.O.T. is still building a strataverious on the lower river. They seem to think they're going to restructure the river course. We'll see!! Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Quillayute River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good Lots of silver salmon and summer steelhead are coming in! Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Calawah River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Fair River Level and flow [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/uv/?site_no=12043000&PARAmeter_cd=00060,00065"]click here[/url]] Has a little color from the rains as well. Lots of hatchery Steelhead. Fish are at the ponds or the lower river. Good fishing. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Bogachiel River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good Stream height and flow [[url "http://waterdata.usgs.gov/wa/nwis/current?type=flow&group_key=NONE&search_site_no_station_nm=Bogachiel"]click here[/url]] Tides [[url "http://www.co-ops.nos.noaa.gov/tides04/tab2wc1b.html#134"]click here][/url] Low and colored up water conditions from the rains. Fishing has been very good for steelhead. Retention on hatchery steelhead only. Cutthroat too. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 Sol Duc River - August 25th, 2004 supplied by: [url "http://www.fisheyesoup.com/redir.php?recKey=90,re"]Westside Guide Service[/url] FISHING: Good Low and finally got a little color from the hard rains. Fishing is good. Lots of summer silver salmon and some Steelhead are though out the river. Fly fishing and spinner fishing are working the best. Re: [tubeN2] Recent Fishing Reports for Washington. 8/25/04 - tubeN2 - 08-26-2004 End of Reports[url "javascript: addTag('cool')"][cool][/url] [signature]