2023 Skagit/Sauk season is a go
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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.
HauntedByWaters
Life of the Party
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…
That's okay, leave them be.
JACKspASS
Life of the Party
If you are new to steelheading, here is a pro-tip.... Find the deepest hole on the river, and if the current is swirling and going reverse direction, get to that spot and guard it with your life. Indicator and a bead 7' down, let it swirl around all day, you'll thank me later
Here’s a couple
HauntedByWaters
Life of the Party
Paige
Wishing I was fishing the Sauk
The 2 wettest days in my life was a STP ride from Seattle to Portland, and a Skagit float from Marblmount to Rockport!
You can get the full Cold and Nasty. But when I think of the Skagit I think of days when you get all 4 seasons crammed into 1 day. Sideways slush and snow in the morning, followed quickly by blazing sun where you have to strip off your outerwear so you don't steam yourself to death. Soon after that the clouds and a cold wind come back and you're freezing again. Rinse and repeat throughout the day. 
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.
Yadwick
Smolt
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.....
HauntedByWaters
Life of the Party
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.
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.
JS
Mankie Old Chum
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!
I’ll def concede that it’s sloppy for a certain type of water, if there’s a chance of hooking up on the hang down, the snap isn’t great. Certain water on the Hoh comes to mind.
