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They announced more monitoring cuts to all S rivers now…not sure what that means other then even less opportunity. Why do the S rivers all get budget cuts as opposed to other rivers in the puget sound basin or even Columbia tribs?

Idk this is essentially a volunteer project that the Trailblazers are doing with a Bio who is involved with the high lakes. Besides paying for the Bio's time and the future expense of paying for the YY Brook Trout, it's not really a huge expense. However, it is certainly more expensive and time...

Here is what Rex had to say about Little Gee... Your summary of the situation at Little Gee is basically correct. Together with WDFW Biologist Justin Spinelli, we have been gill netting Little Gee Lake for 3 years for 2 purposes. 1. To determine the population of the brookies in the lake 2. To...

Last update we had was in the fall if I recall and It hasn’t been working as well as they planned and we’re considering abandoning the project. However, it is still on going after another effort of gill netting but it’s proving to be difficult. I can ask Rex more if anyone is interested.

Had some time today with the wife and baby running around with friends from out of town so I headed over the pass for a few hours. I had really good luck last year right about this time fishing salmon flies so thought I’d give it a go again. I fished pretty high up in the system which I like at...

If you're only doing a day trip the float tube is the way to go. However, for multi day trips or really long hikes I really prefer a packraft even if it's not the best tool to fly fish out of. Put a short skagit head on your euro setup if you don't feel like packing a tube/raft and you're...

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@Brian Miller that is data for the Skokomish not the Skykomish

Can someone explain where the NF Stillaguamish Chinook demands need to be in order to have a longer season? Seems like that continues to be the issue with an earlier opener.

Finally seeing fry activity in 8-2. Time to bust out the poppers and gurglers!

Ross lake has it's own strain of rainbow trout that are collected and used as broodstock for some high lakes still.

Love Fuji cameras. I have an older XT3 and Instax for fun.

I'm a part of the younger/ish gen of anglers who want to continue to fish these watersheds and have spent a lot of time on them the past few years but unfortunately I started only a few years ago so I'm still green in figuring out what I can do to help but more than willing to show up. Shops...

I started rowing in 2024 and took a quick lesson from the guys at Red's. I'd recommend it personally unless you know someone with a raft/drift boat already who's willing to show you the ropes. After that, a session or two on some stillwater near you, I went to Pass lake, and you'll be a lot...

The sky closed July 8th last year including the SF and all tribs and didn’t open again until the fall. Doesn’t make sense you can’t even fish a little dry fly in the summer on one of the SF tribs.

Curt, do you recall what year it was that the fly fishers were targeting chinook and messed things up?

Thanks, I’ll probably do that at some point. For now, I place the butt end of the rod in the PVC zipper bag on the inside and point the rod tip backwards. It works totally fine but I’m also not rowing in technical water with my Kodiak.

Thanks guys. Sounds like what I was thinking, I will probably stick with the SA line and go with the 240gr on my 6wt (Winston Alpha+) which feels better with a bit of heavier load.

Anyone trid an integrated skagit line on their single hander? I have an SA Spey Lite on my trout spey rod that I like and thinking of using the same line on a lighter single hander for the beach. l’ve been losing enthusiasm lately blind casting and think this might get me more excited to hit...

Haven’t seen any cutts yet in 8-1/2, haven’t seen much of any fry yet either. Last year I started catching SRC consistently towards the end of April but wanted to try earlier this year but looks to be about the same timing this year. Two Sounders showed up for a bit