Can anyone recommend a guide for the Skagit or Sauk? Would it at all be possible to accommodate one fly swinger and one gear dirtbag? My buddy is a die hard fly angler and while I enjoy swinging, at the tail end of the season I am hoping to just up my chances of seeing one of the darn things and float fishing is probably my best bet. Even if I don’t hook up with one as is most likely, I think it may be best for me to learn how to Steelhead fish with gear before uping the difficulty.
Float and a pink worm.
Float and a blk worm with chartreuse tail.
Float and nightmare jig.
If there are fish in the system, you should hook a few.
That's okay, leave them be.I’ve hooked fish on all those things but you still have to know where to find steelhead and how to present it. I see so many people fishing bull trout and salmon water out there…
Just got off the water from an 11 hour float in sideways slush rain nearly the entire day. Fishing was great but I’m so cold I don’t know if it was worth it.
I now feel like ive incorrectly believed that bull trout and steelhead water are similar (not the same) for far too long. Feel free to elaborate.....I’ve hooked fish on all those things but you still have to know where to find steelhead and how to present it. I see so many people fishing bull trout and salmon water out there…
Sauk was a gong show Saturday. Weather was slushy rain and everything you'd want for spring steelhead. Managed to hook and lose one while teaching a greenhorn to perry poke.
Although Bulls can be in nice Steelhead lies, the opposite is not always true. Really nice "Dolly" water will seldom if ever hold a Steelhead.I now feel like ive incorrectly believed that bull trout and steelhead water are similar (not the same) for far too long. Feel free to elaborate.....
Come on now, they are all tools and the snap tizzle is like the sawzall of Spey casts! As classy as the poke, no, but unless you’re single speying a dry line and a classic gut eye, it’s all slop with a tip!Any time you can get someone off the Snap-T you have done a great service for humanity so that hookup was actually a karmic coincidence. Once I got good at the Perry Poke I could not believe how much better it is, also a lot quieter, and I think that can matter a lot in some situations.
Why shouldn't they?Especially if you’re wading out where you shouldn’t
So many guys, and I’ve been super guilty of this, wade past their shins where they shouldn’t