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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

Compared with what was seen in snorkel surveys over the last 2 years... 36 total NF Sky Summer Steelhead (124 in 2024) 19 total SF Tolt Summer Steelhead (71 in 2024)

Yes the SF Stilly Canyon Creek. @Smalma yes I got his book last year and found it it pretty entertaining as well.

Neither had I prior to that article I found. Yeah there's tons of private property and development on that creek now so I could imagine it would have been tough going. Also, yes the topography of the places our summer runs live in PS is stunning. I know there's snorkel monitoring still being...

Awesome, thanks for posting this! Watching now.

I've read that one, it was great. I think I've read every WA steelhead adjacent book so far that's available.

Anyone have any info on this old video? Bob Heirman mentions it in an older Everett Herald arcticle regarding Beaver Ponds but can't find anything online about. I enjoy reading all the old stories of the good old days of Puget Sound fly fishing, although kind of depressing, and wondering if...

Seems like there's an uptick in resident coho recently as compared to the last 2 years?

Ouch. Our roads are getting hammered this winter

@Smalma there is one lake where the trailblazers, who I volunteer with, is experimenting with WDFW with a stocked YY chromosome brook trout in an over abundant lake to see if that will work rather than putting rotenone in the lake. It’s showed success in Idaho but proving to be a bit more...

My question about genetics was more so an interest in their origin not predation/competition. A lot of the alpine lakes are stocked and have been historically, with Twin Lakes (near lake Wenatchee) stock which are known to become over abundant and are extremely hearty fish. I’d be nice if we...

Home Depot strikes again

Looks like a hybrid to me but awesome catch nonetheless. That lake also hosts Gerrard rainbows which get massive so wouldn't be surprised.

@Riverrun I'd be curious to read his study or how he came to that conclusion and if they've done any genetic testing on the cutthroat. I could see non native cutthroat playing a role in shrinking the native coastal cutthroat population and o'mykiss population but wouldn't think it would really...

I think I remember reading on Doug Rose's old blog, I've read his Color Of Winter book so maybe it was in there, but basically he recommended 4/5 days on a westside OP river to give yourself the best chance of hooking a fish if you were making a trip out there. He passed in 2013 so I'd imagine...

That's a nice coastal for a drainage ditch

Some good info in here https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/let%E2%80%99s-start-a-trout-spey-thread.317/ I love it, Spey casting is addicting. I use a 4wt and a SA integrated line most of the time in case I want to strip some line. Don’t catch quite as many fish as I used to but...

They do redd counts in many tributaries for bull trout every year.

Curt, out of curiosity what are your standards as to what you consider a large bull trout?