Summer steelheading is on. We have been fishing the
Stillaguamish and Skykomish lately. The wild fish are starting to show and
there are some fish around. Man are they hot fish when you get one. River
levels have been great and the rivers have that emerald green to the water that
I love to see. We hooked 3 today but only managed to land a small one. There
are some kings starting to show too.
Me and a couple buddys just got back from Neah Bay
fishing with a charter boat that a friend has. The fishing out there has been
great but we hit some bad weather with some big swells so we couldn’t get out
on the ocean side so we had to stay in the straight. We managed to hook 4 kings
and land 2. But our captain had been getting much better fishing in
the last 2 weeks. There were some silvers being caught too but they are still
pretty small right now. I BBQ’d up the king last night, best damn salmon ever.
Just melts in your mouth. I’ve got a new way to cooking them up blackened that
is soo good.
Dennis is off to the Grande Ronde for a couple weeks fishing
with some boy scouts for some smallies. No reports on that yet but it’s usually
pretty killer.
I will be fishing quite a bit on the Methow next month for
trout. Beautiful river and some nice dry fly trout action. I usually wet wade
without my waders. The weather is usually pretty warm and the river will cool
us down. I do have a couple guys looking
for partners.
Should be another good year on the Grande Ronde. I have a
few open dates (October 1-3rd and the 12-14th) for our 3 day trips with a couple single day trips to fill in
the gaps. If you ever wanted to try for a steelie on a dry fly that would be
the trip.
I have been doing a ton of casting classes and ½ day salmon/steelhead
classes on the Sky. If you know a new angler that is looking to get into the
sport these are a nice start. They also make a good gift.
Happy fishing.
Mike and Dennis Dickson
